This Chancellor meeting today....over other Covid ban rules....picked up the idea of forcing an absolute identification of customers at cafes, bars and restaurants for the 'Covid-form'.
This comes up because in the past two weeks....several outbreaks have occurred, and false ID on the forms has become apparent.
So you can imagine these intellectual politicians standing there and discussing this....with the 50-Euro or more fine, for a false name, address, etc.
Then they hit this odd point, which I noticed a number of regular Germans were bringing up today. By law, the only folks who can ask for an ID are the police, customs/border control, grocery clerks selling alcohol, or people serving alcohol. If you walk into a ice-cream shop....selling no booze, the law doesn't allow a request for an ID. The same would be true for a coffee shop or bakery.
I should also point out.....your phone number and email address will not be on your German ID card. So that presents an entire issue by itself.
As much as the Berlin leadership want to make this 50-Euro fine and the showing of the ID mandatory....it's going to require a regular law change on who can ask for the ID and why.
But you browse around on social media.....a lot of people have openly said...if you demand the ID, they won't show it, and will just pass on. Basically, they will go buy their beer at some local grocery or drink shop, and go sit on a park bench with their buddies....conversing there and avoiding the cafe or pub.
This fake ID business and the gut feeling that the politicians have to resolve this problem....is basically going to invent a way of handling the problem....by just avoiding bars and clubs.
It's kinda amusing in some ways, but shows the fix-it mentality of the politicians.
4 comments:
well , here in the states we send such eggheads to congress that the only results you get are ' unexpected consequences ' .
reminds me of what we used to tell the army cooks about our morning egg preferences -- might as well stick your d*ck in it , youre gonna f*ck it up anyway . :)>
of course you wanna make sure the cook is in a jesting mood . i have seen one of em hop the counter and beat a GI down .
We spent so much time in the field only eating MREs that we were glad anytime we had hot chow brought out to us even if it was green eggs.
@ M1,
it was c rations in my days and i dont remember even one item being a favorite over the others . no need to heat them up because they sucked either way . best choke em down cold and move on .
23rd engineers , hanau , 76 - 79
and you never forget the smell of SOS in the mornings . brrrr
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