Beer Ban: Its all up to the cashier.

Headlines on 7th August 2009:

Arak: Selangor tidak larang (click)

It was stated that all premises, supermarket, and convinience store have to control and ban the selling of beer and liquor to muslims - THEMSELVES.

Question: How?

Let's assume the role as a customer here. I go to nearby 7-E. Walk in straight to the drinks section. Take a Carlsberg. Marched to the paying counter.

(Now here's the interesting part)

What's next?

Do you expect the casher will even dare warn me not proceed buying?

Do you EVEN expect them to ask if i am a muslim (afterall some say i am chinese-looking)

Heck. Even I am chinese, aren't there any chinese muslim around??

In terms of hierarchy cashers are the first line. They are the one will meet the customer. Hence they are the one most suitable to bear the responsibility to warn/ ban the selling of alcohol to muslims.

..and we all know that these cashers aren't capable of doing that.

First is because their level is even lower than that of the customer! "Customer is always right" is a well known motto in the business world. Sometimes these poor cashers are being scolded by customers without justice. In short. People undervalues cashers.

Perhaps it is because of the level of education? Everybody has a common delusion (fixed false belief) that cashers comes from SPM graduates (with so-so result, or just waiting to be accepted into college). Plus, because it is seen all over the place, this same delusion has become something that is so deeply ingrained in the society and even happened to take place inside the casher mind himself!

"Siapalah aku. Aku hanya seorang cashier"

They have poor self esteem. Thus are they the one who best to work out this ban ruling?

Second is the age barrier. Almost all casher that i've seen are those around 20s. Rarely do i see casher in their 30s. Thus they will have problems to speak out (warn) their elder 'muslim' buyer. They must mouth out the words cautiously. If lucky, they'll be abused verbally. If not, perhaps a slap to the face, or worse being thrown out of jobs.

What about their peer muslims, those of that aroung their own age?

I would say this is more difficult. Those who drink alcohol are not likely to be the sopan, mendengar kata type. Right? Perhaps these group of people are more violent than theelderly buyer.

Yes, these are all hypothetical situation that i myself created. It almost never happened anyway.

In short.

Not practical. And the government is not serious to combat liquor and beer selling.

I don't want to comment on the politics involved.

But if they are really serious, and they WANTED... they could've done better.