Underage Drinking

May 20, 2015
1 min read

Today was an interesting day to say the least. I decided today was the day I attempt to buy alcohol in a bottle store.

Thinking back to matric I think I went to a bottle store in my uniform a few times but did not feel all that uncomfortable as I was of age and felt it was 'my right'. This time felt very different. I felt like I was doing something a little bit naughty. In all honesty I wanted the cashier to ask me for some sort of identification just so I could explain and not look like a naughty teenager buying alcohol during 'school time'. The cashier did not even bat an eyelid. Nothing. Walking out the bottle store I felt so uncomfortable, all I wanted to do was run back inside and tell her I'm a good person and not a student.

I was so surprised by how relaxed the cashier was. I could have been 16 and trying to buy alcohol and she would have sold it to me. A little scary!