Alaska’s underaged bartenders

18-to-20-year-old kids serving alcoholic beverages to adults

Nobody really believes that underaged bartenders are serving any alcoholic beverages that they aren't drinking themselves. Perhaps young girls aspiring to adult ladies nights out all the time, similarly to underaged boys out with the guys, but it's even worse than that.

The prevailing desire of course is typically of older men to drink at bars and taverns where they desire young women to have access to alcoholic beverages to drink in order that they may more easily take advantage of underaged female drinkers sexually.

Alaska Senate passes bill that would allow 18-year-olds to serve alcohol
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Senate Bill 15, which allows young adults who may still be in high school to serve alcohol to customers at restaurants in Alaska, went into law on Friday, without the signature of the governor. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Kelly Merrick, allows a person aged 18- 20 to be employed and serve alcohol in establishments […]
Minimum Ages for On-Premises Servers and Bartenders | APIS - Alcohol Policy Information System
Laws that specify a minimum age for employees who serve or dispense alcoholic beverages in on-premises establishments.

As if underaged bartenders are going to serve the liquor they aren't allowed to drink themselves, and the proprietors of the restaurant and bar establishments with signs threatening to sue children in court aren't going to be held liable for furnishing alcohol to minors.

2024 Alaska Statutes :: Title 4. Alcoholic Beverages :: Chapter 16. Regulation of Sales and Distribution :: Article 1. Prohibited Acts. :: Sec. 04.16.052. Furnishing of alcoholic beverages to persons under the age of 21 by licensees
Alaska Stat. § 04.16.052 - Furnishing of alcoholic beverages to persons under the age of 21 by licensees from 2024 Alaska Statutes