Now I know bartenders have to not over serve a customer as well as not let a clearly drunk customer drive home, they even have to take courses/get a license to serve.
Say a drunk customer at the end of the night goes to leave (the bartender knows they plan on driving) at that point the bartender should say to the drunk customer “hey I cant let you drive home, you have to call a ride/walk/ or we will even call an Uber for you”
but let’s say the customer refuses and does not comply? Is the bartender supposed to just take the car keys anyway and not let them leave? What is the bartender supposed to do?
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In my state, you’d have had to refuse service in the first place (to anyone visibly intoxicated). Taking someone’s keys means that you fucked up and kept serving them anyway, but at least you’re covering your ass somewhat. Bars are liable for alcohol related incidents and the first thing that gets investigated is where did they get drunk. Again, just speaking about my state (PA). I’m not aware of the legality of actually seizing the keys (I suspect that’s not legal, but you weren’t supposed to need to do so in the first place).
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