Posing as a food/drink/whatever inspector is a time-honored way to get in a bit of grift, but you gotta know when to quit:
At a restaurant in Söderhamn in Sweden, the man introduced himself as alcohol inspector from the local authorities. He said that he was going to control that the restaurant provided the correct amount of alcohol in drinks.Posted by Chris at July 7, 2004 06:41 PM
Alcohol for about NOK 660 (USD 95) was placed in front of the 59-year-old man, who immediately started to investigate the volume and the amount of alcohol in the drinks.
After a while the man became so drunk that he started to throw the alcohol all over the place. At this time, the staff concluded that something was not quite right, and called the police.