FroGro: Something To Wine About

It's true: booze is coming to FroGro. According to a story in The DP, the liquor license posted on the door last week was referring to one of those newfangled wine kiosks that the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board is trying to make happen–scheduled for about a month from now. But before you get your panties in a twist with thirsty excitement, you should know that there's a catch.

First, these things sell wine only. Fine, we can handle that – there's nothing to make us college kids feel classy like drinking wine from a vending machine. Second, don't even think about using a fake ID, ye underagers. After scanning your drivers license, this machine will take a video of your face so that some PLCB employee can creepily watch you from their desk and confirm or deny whether it's a match.

But wait, it gets weirder! After proving that you are 21, you have to blow into a breathalyzer to prove that you are sober. Anything higher than .02 and it's a no go. Are these things seriously supposed to be convenient? Seems to us like the time it takes to go through this ordeal could be better spent walking a couple extra blocks to the liquor store.