Monopoly VS SuperMega: Good Ol’ Book Fair – PART 2 – Game Grumps VS

There's one thing that always bothers me about Danny's "bong store" story.

I used to work in a glass shop myself. Little do folks know, prior to legalization and decriminalization across the States, talking about the pipes in the context of smoking weed automatically classified them as drug paraphernalia, which was (at one point) illegal to sell. And undercovers and minors working with compliance officers would come in all the time, trying to sweet talk and catch us selling paraphernalia, drugs, or selling to minors. Being caught doing so might end in the store losing its vendor license and shutting down, but would certainly result in a heavy fine and auditing. We received a letter once congratulating us for having successfully carded, identified, and refused sale to a minor, which turned out to be some sort of test. Scared the bejesus out of me. We've had people walk in and straight up ask if we could sell them weed or recommend a dealer while we were working, which are questions that even entertaining can end in criminal charges.

So yeah, it was a pretty big deal. You never really know who is and isn't referring to the pipes that way to agitate you, or to catch you slipping up. But we all knew what they are used for, it's just that no one wants to lose their job over some joker using stupid terminology.