pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksM to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agoIt was an innocent time.sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square40linkfedilinkarrow-up1354
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minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoThey used to have cigarette vending machines. An underage person could buy cigarettes from a machine, because it had no way to check your age.
minus-squareLillyPip@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoDidn’t even need to use the machines, because most people didn’t care. When I wanted to walk to the store in my teens, my mother would give me extra money to pick up cigarettes for her. Cashiers always sold them to me, no problem.
minus-squareLemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoYep, I witnessed a mom send her 7-year-old child to the corner store with a permission note to buy cigarettes in 1984.
They used to have cigarette vending machines. An underage person could buy cigarettes from a machine, because it had no way to check your age.
Didn’t even need to use the machines, because most people didn’t care. When I wanted to walk to the store in my teens, my mother would give me extra money to pick up cigarettes for her. Cashiers always sold them to me, no problem.
Yep, I witnessed a mom send her 7-year-old child to the corner store with a permission note to buy cigarettes in 1984.