Discount Store Rants (ID) (Language) (Very long)

[Estil]

You can't buy guns in the UK.

I didn't think even the POLICE could carry guns until the mid-90s or so?

[Monterey Jack]

I didn't think even the POLICE could carry guns until the mid-90s or so?

Reminds me of that old Robin Williams standup routine, "Stop...or I'll say stop again!"

[Captain Trips]

I like getting carded. I guess I look under 25. In fact, I was just carded a couple of weeks ago.

BTW, I'm 54.

[cashierbex]

Hell, I have my ID before I get to the cashier.

[Gizmo]

You can't buy guns in the UK.

You can buy airguns (Co2 ones can even handle steel pellets) but if you are caught carrying it in public you are likely to be in trouble. Also most employers would have rules against employees being armed with a gun or a knife etc.

Honestly the best way to deal with something like that is martial arts. No weapons, if they are close enough to you and are threatening you then its self defense.

[Teefies2]

I like getting carded. I guess I look under 25. In fact, I was just carded a couple of weeks ago.

BTW, I'm 54.

In my job, we have to card anyone who looks younger than 40, so I feel your pain. I'm 56, so I'm ready to kiss the cashier if they ask me for ID!!!!!!!

[ozcatbug]

I got carded for buying a PS3 and 3 R-rated (18+) games about a month ago. For the record I turn 37 at the end of next month.

[morgana]

I just do NOT get having a hissyfit at the cashier over ID. Hell, the last time I was carded for something age-related, I nearly tackle-hugged the cashier!

[winner every time]

That beefy neck guy in particular... that's scary.

I don't get the id-freakouts either. I always pull my id out and have it in hand whenever I'm buying something I know is age-restricted... 'cause I know I look young to some people.

[jennie]

I love getting asked for ID simply because it means I look younger than 25!! And how stupid are people who say "well I will buy it for them"..instead of being discrete! :S

It does suck that the law requires you to card for regularly used every day items. It it just for aerosol deodorant or any deodorant??

Actually, it is just for aerosols; to require ID for roll-ons would just be silly!

[kibbles]

LOLOLOL!! The question did sound silly as I typed it..but it was something I always wondered..hehe

[XCashier]

I am so glad you are out of there. You totally do not deserve any of that crap. I can't believe your manager didn't call the police over Mr. Roid-Rager. Big muscly bully threatening a skinny girl a third his size, he ought to be ashamed of himself and quite frankly, he belongs in jail.

I'm another one who doesn't see the point of flipping out over being asked to show ID. It's a little plastic card that fits easily in a pocket, it's not like it's eight feet across and made of lead. You pull it out and show it to the cashier, who most likely does not have a photographic memory and isn't trying to steal your identity or rob your house or whatever you're so damned paranoid about.

While I do think it's a little silly for aerosol deodorant to be an age-restricted product, I didn't write the law and neither did you, but everyone has to follow it. I know why it is, of course; idiots trying to get high. Same reason Sudafed is prescription-only here when it used to be over-the-counter. It's an annoyance to law-abiding citizens, but it is the law and it must be followed. Screaming at the cashier over it does no good and only makes the screamer look like an asshole.

[backroomshocker]

I get carded on a regular basis for cigarettes or beer and im 30 and balding. I don't take it personally.

[dalesys]

... idiots trying to get high...

If they'd been trying to legislate sanity in my day, bananas would have been age-restricted.

[dakhur]

I always treat these idiots like I would an unrestrained dog on the street. You clear your mind, clear your facial expression to as neutral as you can, relax your shoulders, step back one pace and lace your hands at your front, making sure you keep your eyes fixed on theirs.

Like most savage animals, they rely on scaring their prey. And they "feed" off your fear, getting their pleasure out of knowing they've frightened you. Treat them with the same sarcastic disdain you would treat a loose animal.