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Wine Kiosks To Be Added At 100 Pa. Supermarkets
Headline: Wine Kiosks To Be Added At 100 Pa. Supermarkets
Sweet! Sounds like a (small) step in the right direction!
Posted: 9:42 am EST December 23, 2009
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- More than 100 Pennsylvania grocery stores are expected to be getting vending machines that sell wine.
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board says the kiosks could be operating at all the stores by the middle of 2010.
Board spokesman Nicholas Hays says the kiosks can carry up to 500 bottles of as many as 50 wines.
Awesome! One less store to stop in possibly.
Patrons would slide a driver's license into the machine to prove they are 21 or older.
Ok - makes sense.
A camera would also ensure that the person and the license match.
Wonder how many false readings it will get? Seems kind of stupid.
The buyer would also have to breath into a device that would measure blood-alcohol level.
WTF? Seriously? This just went from kind of cool to retarded without passing Go or collecting $200...
Hays says a prototype will arrive in Harrisburg early next year so the technology can be tested.
Then, Kiosks will be piloted at several stores in the Harrisburg area.
I have an idea - why not just let the grocery store sell it? They're letting them sell beer in some stores now, why not the wine too?
Come on Pennsylvania - stop being stuck on stupid.
Sweet! Sounds like a (small) step in the right direction!
Posted: 9:42 am EST December 23, 2009
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- More than 100 Pennsylvania grocery stores are expected to be getting vending machines that sell wine.
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board says the kiosks could be operating at all the stores by the middle of 2010.
Board spokesman Nicholas Hays says the kiosks can carry up to 500 bottles of as many as 50 wines.
Awesome! One less store to stop in possibly.
Patrons would slide a driver's license into the machine to prove they are 21 or older.
Ok - makes sense.
A camera would also ensure that the person and the license match.
Wonder how many false readings it will get? Seems kind of stupid.
The buyer would also have to breath into a device that would measure blood-alcohol level.
WTF? Seriously? This just went from kind of cool to retarded without passing Go or collecting $200...
Hays says a prototype will arrive in Harrisburg early next year so the technology can be tested.
Then, Kiosks will be piloted at several stores in the Harrisburg area.
I have an idea - why not just let the grocery store sell it? They're letting them sell beer in some stores now, why not the wine too?
Come on Pennsylvania - stop being stuck on stupid.