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[–] 90 points 5 months ago (16 children)

This message does not apply to hard liquors.

I’m very curious as to why, but I won’t argue.

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  • [–] 55 points 5 months ago (6 children)

    They have a resealable top. The library is most likely concerned about spills. Most of them have a no cans policy.

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  • [–] 16 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    Beer dries sticky, does hard liquor dry out clean? It's mostly water and alcohol so it might be better

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  • [–] 24 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Opening cans is very distracting.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    What about a bottle in a paper bag? That could be just as distracting!

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  • [–] 12 points 5 months ago

    There's other good speculation on the reasoning but I wonder if it's due to the younger staff put in charge of posting this notice. Maybe they pestered management about the specific reasoning until they determined that hard liquor did not meet the provided definition of restricted items, then added the last sentence as a form of protest.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    In my experience the library is often visited by homeless people because it's free entertainment. A lot of the homeless people around my area are also alcoholics and have you ever tried to take alcohol away from an alcoholic. It's not easy.

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