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ConstraintCognitive automation2018-05-02
An employee must check the customer's ID and signs of intoxication before activating a self-service beer tap, under a Washington State liquor rule
Bartender / baristaoccupation page →
Event date / reported
2018-05-02 · reported 2018-06-02
Evidence stage
ConstraintFailure, rollback, regulation or cost is suppressing adoption. Can lower an assessment or widen its uncertainty.
Tasks this bears on
Checking age and serving alcohol responsibly
Checking ID, judging whether someone has had too much, and refusing service when the law requires it.
Still human-led✓ Evidence-backed
Where this applies
Washington, United States. The rule lets on-premises licensees use self-dispensing wine machines and self-service beer taps on conditions: adequate staff to monitor for over-service, employees operating the systems holding an alcohol server permit, an employee first checking the customer's ID and signs of intoxication before activating the system, a cap of 24 ounces per purchase, and employees able to deactivate the system remotely. The machine pours; a permitted person decides who may use it.
What this means
A machine may pour the beer, but only after a trained person has decided the customer may drink.
What it does not yet show
One state's rule; other places regulate self-serve alcohol differently.
What you can check
Open Washington Administrative Code 314-12-085 and find "must first check the customer's ID".
Does it change the assessment?
No. The impact index is never moved by a single event. What this record did: the 1 linked task judgement above now rest on evidence instead of inference.
Source
Washington Administrative Code 314-12-085 (self-dispensing wine machines and self-service beer taps), WSR 18-11-002, filed 5/2/18, effective 6/2/18 · verified 2026-09-30 · Claude (VOLO agent) · interpreted 2026-09-30 · Claude (VOLO agent)
Primary source — published by the party that did this, or the authority of record. No co-signature needed.