What Genius Thought Of The 2.30am Rule?

RockinRolla

Isn't it nothing more than a farce that a grown adult can't purchase a bottle of wine in a shop after 10pm in this country? I went down to Texaco last night to buy a bottle of red for the missus and myself. I asked the foreign guy at 9.55pm for a bottle, by the time he served me it was 10.01pm and he replied "Oh, I can't serve you"....what the hell?

I was so gobsmacked, I couldn't help but burst out laughing to the point where the guy got kind of freaked out..lulz. What a joke with this 2.30am rule also? Isn't this the rule that the British drew up a century ago? Why are we still enforcing it? It's mind-boggling.

Local-womanizer

It must be a good joke if you were laughing that hard....


But I agree with the offy thing,10 o clock is annoying but I just buy my beer the night before.

Canis Lupus

Write to your local TD detailing your outrage.

orourkeda

Why didnt you got to the pub and get sh*tfaced

Sea Sharp

It's 'thought of the 2:30am rule'

And yes, it's a crap rule. Most other European pubs/clubs open much later.

ziggy

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mikemac

Anyone here old enough to remember "holy hour" on Sunday?

Minstrel27

feelingstressed wrote: »

Anyone here old enough to remember "holy hour" on Sunday?

It wasn't that long ago.

orourkeda

I thought the whold idea was to help reduce binge drinking

Duggy747

The kids were used as an excuse to close offys at 10pm, lousy punks! :pac:

Mark200

Don't think it's a huge deal tbh. The law was fairly well publicised so nearly everyone knows that they've to buy their wine or whatever before 10pm.

biko

RockinRolla wrote: »

I went down to Texaco last night to buy a bottle of red for the missus and myself. I asked the foreign guy at 9.55pm for a bottle, by the time he served me it was 10.01pm and he replied "Oh, I can't serve you"....what the hell?

It seems this has some relevance somehow?

Anyway, just keep a few bottles stored next time.

Logical Fallacy

biko wrote: »

It seems this has some relevance somehow?

Right up there with the reference to the British, even though the closing times changed in 2008.

scientific1982

Its bull**** by a nanny state. Probably saved me from some serious hangovers though.

Agent J

I hate the 10pm rule. It was only brought in to try and force people back into the pubs.

The pretense that its supposed to curb binge drinking is nothing more than a cover. People will find ways around it by buying in advance and having extra around just in case. Which admittly can be done but its not the point. It shouldnt be the government telling us what and how they think we can buy alcohol. By putting an arbitary time limit then people end up drinking aganist a clock.

If you are over 18, get drunk and do something criminal. Then here is an idea.. you get extra punishment for it instead of less. If you allow yourself to get to that state then it is your fault. None of this alcohol as a mitgating factor crap. Add a couple of years, couple of thousand euro to fines and enforce it if committed while drink and watch people cop on.

FreudianSlippers

Duggy747 wrote: »

The kids were used as an excuse to close offys at 10pm, lousy punks! :pac:

Which actually makes absolutely no sense... in that case shouldn't offies only be open after 10pm?!

Yakult

Meh, I know of plenty local pubs that will sell takeaway bottles (cans etc.) from behind the bar well into the night. Handy bit of cash for them.

PeterIanStaker

Thought up by the Publican Party to keep their cronies onside. Nanny state horsesh!t,


but this thread has reminded me to go get cans:)

FreudianSlippers

PeterIanStaker wrote: »

Thought up by the Publican Party to keep their cronies onside. Nanny state horsesh!t,


but this thread has reminded me to go get cans:)

Yeah, obviously the pubs don't want us drinking at home, so they lobby to get the offies closed early so we'll be forced to hit the pubs.

MistyCheese

The worst thing about this law is that it doesn't solve any drink related problems. It doesn't reduce binge-drinking. Binge drinkers tend to stock up anyway, by nature of the fact that they require large amounts of the stuff, this only encourages that practice. It doesn't cut underage drinking, teens still either buy within the allowed timeframe or steal and that can be done at any time. It just inconviences the law-abiding regular people who happen to buy alcohol and perhaps don't work 9 - 5 hours and want to buy a drink after their shift finishes at 11pm.

The second worst thing is that I've gotten confused before and mixed up the times. It's 10:30 am to 10 pm NOT 10 am to 10:30 pm.

But, for people who complain that they can't get served at 10:01 pm, it's not the fault of the person serving you. I think the tills won't scan alcohol outside of the designated hours. I'm not certain, I don't work in retail so maybe someone will correct me but I think that's how it works.

fonecrusher1

RockinRolla wrote: »

Isn't it nothing more than a farce that a grown adult can't purchase a bottle of wine in a shop after 10pm in this country? I went down to Texaco last night to buy a bottle of red for the missus and myself. I asked the foreign guy at 9.55pm for a bottle, by the time he served me it was 10.01pm and he replied "Oh, I can't serve you"....what the hell?

I was so gobsmacked, I couldn't help but burst out laughing to the point where the guy got kind of freaked out..lulz. What a joke with this 2.30am rule also? Isn't this the rule that the British drew up a century ago? Why are we still enforcing it? It's mind-boggling.

Why didn't you just make him aware that you wanted to buy wine as soon as you realised your predicament?

Or maybe ask whoever was in front of you could you get to the front of the que as the 10 o'clock rule was about to prevent the till from accepting alcohol purchases.

You have to speak up in these situations. At the end of the day the guy behind the till doesn't give a sh!t about you not getting drink so you have to take the initiative. To be fair to my local dunnes, the till staff usually let people with drink come to the front of the que when it gets dangerously close to 10.


btw i think its a retarded rule. Its things like this that make us look thick.:rolleyes:

msg11

Mark200 wrote: »

Don't think it's a huge deal tbh. The law was fairly well publicised so nearly everyone knows that they've to buy their wine or whatever before 10pm.

It's a huge deal to people who work in 24 hour supermarkets and don't want there fellow comredes thinking there raging alcholics buying 12 can's every weekend.

I should be allowed by drink when I need ****ing drink, not cause some clown in the dail said so.

Chaotic_Forces

Stops kids getting smashed. It really works. Now instead of kids getting their older brother/sister/whoever to get them alcohol at night, they get them to get it earlier. It works perfectly!

So before any of you say it's retarded, think again.

The government planned and tried to stop underage drinking happening so often and they did.

Instead of an extra hour worth of underage drinking (10pm-11pm) they only get to 10pm. It drastically reduced underage drinkers since they can't buy alcohol till 11pm.

At least that's what I think the government thinks.

On a more serious note, it's a load of bollocks. There are a fair few times when it's about half ten and I think "I wouldn't mind a few cans or a naggin". But no, I cannot. I have to think of the kids! And how they now just get pissed at an earlier hour.


TL;DR: the government are idiots and it ruins the freedoms we should have.

PeterIanStaker

OisinT wrote: »

Yeah, obviously the pubs don't want us drinking at home, so they lobby to get the offies closed early so we'll be forced to hit the pubs.

Gimme an oul fellas pub over a cafe bar any day though.

mp3guy

MistyCheese wrote: »

But, for people who complain that they can't get served at 10:01 pm, it's not the fault of the person serving you. I think the tills won't scan alcohol outside of the designated hours. I'm not certain, I don't work in retail so maybe someone will correct me but I think that's how it works.

This is true.

FreudianSlippers

Chaotic_Forces wrote: »

There are a fair few times when it's about half ten and I think "I wouldn't mind a few cans or a naggin". But no, I cannot. I have to think of the kids! And how they now just get pissed at an earlier hour.

This is exactly the point. To everyone that just says "who cares, just buy earlier!" obviously has never been sitting around and suddenly felt like having a drink only to have it be after 10 and go FFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.
:mad:

Ridiculous

FreudianSlippers

PeterIanStaker wrote: »

Gimme an oul fellas pub over a cafe bar any day though.

I'm just saying sometimes I want to drink at home and not with a bunch of ****.

fonecrusher1

Its a load of bollox.

If kids want to get their paws on drink they will find a way no matter what time they stop serving at.

Inconveniencing everybody else to 'solve' this problem is just....thick.

MistyCheese

mp3guy wrote: »

This is true.

Thank you. It's good to have it confirmed.

Chaotic_Forces

OisinT wrote: »

This is exactly the point. To everyone that just says "who cares, just buy earlier!" obviously has never been sitting around and suddenly felt like having a drink only to have it be after 10 and go FFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.
:mad:

Ridiculous

TBH "just buy earlier" or "buy more for whenever you want" is what causes alcoholism to increase I think.

Think about it. You say to yourself "I want a drink, I'll grab 4/5/6 cans, oh it's too late". The next day you think the same about 8pm and say "I'll get more for next time so I don't make the same mistake as last night, like everyone tells me to" and you end up getting double. You'll more than likely drink at least one more can than you wanted to. It's stuff like that the government doesn't think through.

Was the official reason for prventing kids buying alcohol?

hellyeah

OisinT wrote: »

This is exactly the point. To everyone that just says "who cares, just buy earlier!" obviously has never been sitting around and suddenly felt like having a drink only to have it be after 10 and go FFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.
:mad:

Ridiculous

agree completely. spot on. i sometimes work late ie past 10pm some days and on the way home i might fancy a couple of cans.
there have been nights were i have looked a complete alco running into the local centre at a 1min to 10. I swear they are given me funny looks.
and for those saying go to the pub. well its cheaper at home and i dont
have to listen to all the numptys at the bar.