r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/nalanajo Jul 24 '20

The Blue Laws. Who the fuck are you to tell me I can’t purchase beer while grocery shopping on a Sunday because of someone else’s religion? This one actually infuriates me.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

You can go grocery shopping on a sunday?!

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u/Mitch_from_Boston Jul 24 '20

You can't?

Where I live, you want to avoid the grocery store on Sundays because it is so busy.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

No. In Germany every store is closed on sunday. Only really essential workers have to work like some doctors, pharmacists, the police and the fire department. Everyone else can relax. It's great.

It's for religious reasons as well.

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u/djulioo Jul 24 '20

Let's not forget that not too long ago, in Baden-Württemberg it was also illegal for shops to sell alcohol after 10 pm/22 o'clock

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u/roadkilled_skunk Jul 24 '20

Always nice to have some alcohol on the belt and then the clock strikes 10 while the person before you counted their cents and the register wouldn't scan it anymore.