# I need advice for working at 7-Eleven **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 15, 2022, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-advice-for-working-at-7-eleven/973276 "2022-10-15T00:16:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-advice-for-working-at-7-eleven/973276/41 "2022-10-16T03:35:11Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > A surprising number of people do not seem to understand that, for instance, being scheduled to come in at 9am means that you need to be ready to work at 9am, and not just mosey on in at 10:30 or 11:00. Or that if you have something else you want to do on a workday, you should arrange to have someone else cover your shift instead of simply not showing up and not telling anyone. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-advice-for-working-at-7-eleven/973276/42 "2022-10-16T03:43:00Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > Or that if you have something else you want to do on a workday, you should arrange to have someone else cover your shift instead of simply not showing up and not telling anyone. Heh, the time I fired someone and it felt good to do so was when the employee showed up for work, said she was going out for a break a half hour into her shift and showed up six hours later at the end of her shift to clock out. When I asked where the hell she’d been, she replied that it was her birthday, and she’d been down at the pizza place at the other end of the shopping center. I still felt it was somewhat my failing, because she had previously called in sick and I saw her riding with her friends through the parking lot a few hours later, and I didn’t mention it to her. If I was a good manager, I would have at least said something. But clocking in, abandoning the rest of your shift and clocking out to leave at the end of your shift? No, that’s basically theft, you’re fired. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-advice-for-working-at-7-eleven/973276/43 "2022-10-16T03:54:35Z")
Or better yet, do that at some other time if possible. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-advice-for-working-at-7-eleven/973276/44 "2022-10-16T03:59:13Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > I was told to just put in my own birthdate I’m ever so sorry, but DAFUQ who told you that? If it was another employee, then they’re an idiot. If _management_ instructed you to do so, then … { _sucks teeth_ } yeeesh. ---
**Author:** ![WellHelloThere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9dc877/32.png) [@WellHelloThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WellHelloThere)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-advice-for-working-at-7-eleven/973276/45 "2022-10-16T05:00:37Z")
It makes it quicker, if the person buying beer has a gray beard or something. Any random birthday will work ifyou know the buyer is legit ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-advice-for-working-at-7-eleven/973276/46 "2022-10-16T05:13:47Z")
NO! This is wrong and could possibly get the OP in a whole lot of financial and legal problems. You should never suggest that anyone break the law, especially not the laws involving carding someone. The OP is a nice person who might follow your very bad advice in the interests of making the customer in front of him happy. He could very well go to jail over this. Is this something you want, and if so…why? ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-advice-for-working-at-7-eleven/973276/47 "2022-10-16T05:28:36Z")
I realize that every jurisdiction is different, but do people really go to jail for failure to card for cigarettes? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-advice-for-working-at-7-eleven/973276/48 "2022-10-16T05:41:22Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > It only takes once to be a _highly_ memorable experience. Trust me on this. In my case it was sweet potato casserole fresh out of the oven that spilled into my open shirt collar and gave me second-degree burns across my chest. Nacho cheese probably feels about the same. ---
**Author:** ![WellHelloThere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9dc877/32.png) [@WellHelloThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WellHelloThere)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-advice-for-working-at-7-eleven/973276/49 "2022-10-16T05:49:17Z")
I think you are correct in that the OP should err on the side of caution. I did not mean to encourage any negative behavior ---
**Author:** ![WellHelloThere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9dc877/32.png) [@WellHelloThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WellHelloThere)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-advice-for-working-at-7-eleven/973276/50 "2022-10-16T05:51:50Z")
The establishment can be fined for failure to card. So people can definitely lose their job ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-advice-for-working-at-7-eleven/973276/51 "2022-10-16T05:57:26Z")
Yes, but the claim was “you can go to jail” for it. ---
**Author:** ![WellHelloThere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9dc877/32.png) [@WellHelloThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WellHelloThere)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-advice-for-working-at-7-eleven/973276/52 "2022-10-16T06:09:32Z")
I dont know. It is best to be proactive and not put yourself at risk ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-advice-for-working-at-7-eleven/973276/53 "2022-10-16T06:12:43Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > I realize that every jurisdiction is different, but do people really go to jail for failure to card for cigarettes? The O.P. hasn’t divulged their location. Are you asking about every state law in the U.S. ? … cuz you know, they vary. Change your question to “alcohol” and I can assure you, the answer is yes, yes they absolutely do. Since tobacco sales were changed from 18 y.o. to 21 y.o. under the Trump administration, I assume the relevant laws were changed accordingly. However, without knowing what O.P. location to research, we really don’t know more info to provide. ---
**Author:** ![WellHelloThere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9dc877/32.png) [@WellHelloThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WellHelloThere)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-advice-for-working-at-7-eleven/973276/54 "2022-10-16T06:32:59Z")
Next time somebody calls out with zero notice, cover their shift. ---
**Author:** ![omenran](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omenran/32/3318_2.png) [@omenran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omenran)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-advice-for-working-at-7-eleven/973276/55 "2022-10-16T08:22:48Z")
Not proof, but it seems it can be possible. > [In some states, the offense of selling cigarettes to a minor is a misdemeanor offense. Penalties for a misdemeanor offense can include jail time of up to one year and fines of up to $1,000. In addition, the business’ license may be revoked](https://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/selling-cigarettes-to-minors.html#:~:text=In%20some%20states%2C%20the%20offense%20of%20selling%20cigarettes%20to%20a,business'%20license%20may%20be%20revoked.) In Washington state it’s a “gross misdemeanor” and in Tennessee it’s a “class C misdemeanor”, and I saw that New York and several surrounding states were just using fines at the time (2007). ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-advice-for-working-at-7-eleven/973276/56 "2022-10-16T12:36:57Z")
This is the city: Clearwater, FL, 2005. I was coming on the night shift at the liquor store, when I was informed that one of the day shift guys had sold cigs to an under age female police cadet and had been hauled off to the hoosegow. Of course, I never got his side of the story as he was summarily fired and I never saw him again. I worked there. I carried no badge. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-advice-for-working-at-7-eleven/973276/57 "2022-10-16T13:27:47Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > You should never suggest that anyone break the law, especially not the laws involving carding someone. This is true. But those are state laws, so they almost certainly vary by state. I am less confident than you that what he says violates the law in every state. But I’m willing to bet it violates the law in some states. @ekedolphin , if you are even a little unsure, Google your state’s laws, and make sure you follow them. State laws regarding selling liquor can be draconian, with stiff penalties to the clerk who actually conducts the sale. CYA. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-advice-for-working-at-7-eleven/973276/58 "2022-10-16T13:47:26Z")
Buying alcohol I get carded at the grocery store every time, even using self checkout and I look way over 29. 😉 Meijer must have a no exceptions policy. I’d kinda rather have means to swipe my license by a card reader. I’m kinda opposed to digging it out and handing it over to the clerk though by now I expect it. Sometimes the clerk holds on to it, scrutinizing it, and delays giving it back to me. That’s irritating. I’m tempted to hold it out so they can confirm dates but not let go of it. And I’m super polite about it, always nice to the checkout clerks. But sometimes one comes marching over with a suspicious attitude. Oh boy. Have a nice day. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-advice-for-working-at-7-eleven/973276/59 "2022-10-16T13:49:59Z")
> [@chela](#): > > Sometimes the clerk holds on to it, scrutinizing it, and delays giving it back to me. That’s irritating. I’m tempted to hold it out so they can confirm dates but not let go of it. Unless they have one of those handy placards that says what the cutoff date is, they may be actually working to do the math… ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-advice-for-working-at-7-eleven/973276/60 "2022-10-16T13:57:15Z")
Could be, though it’s obvious in 2022 dates earlier than 2001 need not apply. 🛒🥃🪪🤷‍♀️ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-advice-for-working-at-7-eleven/973276.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-advice-for-working-at-7-eleven/973276.md?page=4)