Let me start by saying I never have any problems showing my ID to purchase age restricted items.
So, I'm in the store buying cigarettes, and the clerk asks me for ID. I open my wallet and show her. Now, I keep my license in the little window pocket so this is easy. Some stores ask you to take it out, and that's not a problem for me. Anyway, the clerk gives me a funny look and says "that's not you". I give her a quizzical look and say "of course it is!" and start to get a little irritated. My driver's license picture is recent is is actually a pretty good picture. She then tells me she can't accept my ID. Now I'm confused and irritated, but right as I start to get agitated, I turn my wallet around and see what ID is actually facing outward.....
And then nearly fall over laughing. My 12 year old son has to have a state issued ID card because he has a handicapped parking permit. Somehow or another, my own driver's license got tucked behind his ID, and the child's ID was showing.
Oooops. We all got a good laugh out of it. I apologized to the clerk and it was all good, but I still felt like a moron. Thankfully the clerk was in good humor and accepted my apology, saying she knew what it felt like to have those kinds of days.
So, I'm in the store buying cigarettes, and the clerk asks me for ID. I open my wallet and show her. Now, I keep my license in the little window pocket so this is easy. Some stores ask you to take it out, and that's not a problem for me. Anyway, the clerk gives me a funny look and says "that's not you". I give her a quizzical look and say "of course it is!" and start to get a little irritated. My driver's license picture is recent is is actually a pretty good picture. She then tells me she can't accept my ID. Now I'm confused and irritated, but right as I start to get agitated, I turn my wallet around and see what ID is actually facing outward.....
And then nearly fall over laughing. My 12 year old son has to have a state issued ID card because he has a handicapped parking permit. Somehow or another, my own driver's license got tucked behind his ID, and the child's ID was showing.
Oooops. We all got a good laugh out of it. I apologized to the clerk and it was all good, but I still felt like a moron. Thankfully the clerk was in good humor and accepted my apology, saying she knew what it felt like to have those kinds of days.
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