When I lived in Maine I was bar-tending at a local seafood restaurant and Maine does have a similar law on their books. It's a bartender's nightmare.
Picture this: A group of 4 to 6 people walk in, grab a table, and just a couple of people from that group come up to the bar for drinks and carry them back to the table.
How are you supposed to judge who's already 3-sheets to the wind when you're 40 feet from them?
Sure, it's easy if they're staggering or getting ugly (sloppy drunk)... but what if you just can't tell. Sometimes it's hard enough to tell whether or not the people over 21 at a table (such as in a restaurant with a bar) are the ones drinking the beverages; never mind how many drinks folks may have had already before they even walked in! You can only hope that the waitstaff is also sharp and will alert you. Like I said... it's a nightmare!
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