I am on the store's side. Here's why: In Ohio, the state runs stings on liquor and cigarette retailers. The agents pose as people like you and if the store had let the "daughter" through, the cashier would be facing jail time. It's entrapment, but our state supreme court allows it.What if the child with you wasn't your daughter? Maybe it was the neighbor's kid that you picked up after school as a favor to your neighbor. Maybe it was the kid you babysit for. Maybe it was your niece or nephew. What does it matter whether that child was your progeny if you can legally purchase the product?
I don't want to go to jail. Therefore, in Ohio, I do not buy alcohol with children I am responsible for. That's just the way it is. Wrong, yes, but
you try fighting MADD and county children's services.
No offense, but you are naive.