I'm sorry I deal with 300 people a day

[Becks]

Good one, Becks. I'll have to file that one away to use at work.

Feel free.

Are you sure she hadn't forgotten who was answering to what name that day?

Oddly enough, we had our name tags on.

[EricKei]

I am forever astounded at manufactrers that can't get the most simple of products right.

I'm not. It's generally more profitable to make them almost right; they know that most people will just buy another and figure that the problem is on THEIR end...Kinda like how product rebates are only actually sent in by, what? 30-40% of buyers? Max? And, if they're lucky, half of those will actually get their rebate (the rebate companies are pretty much in the business of finding reasons to deny rebates, not grant them).

[Nayeli_Sabia]

What happens if they're using a passport for ID?

I've actually had my passport denied as an ID. We were at a restaurant, and I didn't realize that my permit had just expired. So I showed them that, it was denied, of course, since it was expired. Humiliation on my part, then showed the passport. Waitress called the manager over, manager decided that since my permit was expired, the passport wasn't enough ID to prove who I was or how old I was.

If I'd shown the passport first, instead of the expired ID, he would have said fine.


Stupid, stupid Manager.

[BeenThereDoneThat]

These days it's very rare for me to get carded (except perhaps at Target!), but if I do I just chuckle and show my ID. It's been 22 years since I turned 21.

Funny story too. When I was in my 30s, and probably early 30s at that, I went through a grocery checkout with some alcohol of some kind. The teenage cashier asked me for my ID and I happily provided it. She looked at the year and this is exactly what she said:

"Oh wow...you're WAY legal!"

Thanks a lot, kid!

[MadMike]

I was lucky. I didn't have to worry about getting busted for not carding for age-restricted products. Cigarettes were only available at the customer service desk, and alcohol can't be sold at supermarkets in this state.

I did, however, have to deal with something like that when it came to cashing checks. If someone had one of our store cards, we could just cash them. Otherwise, we had to call a manager for approval. When I asked this one guy if he had one of our cards, his answer was, "I shop here all the time!"

OK, that's not what I asked. I was also new at the time, so even if I wasn't so horrible at remembering names and faces, I would still have no idea who he was.

[PepperElf]

SC: Oh. **acts as if it's a great struggle getting his ID out**

My old ID - NY, enhanced - actually was hard to get out of the wallet because I kept it in the RFID-blocking foil. So I started pulling it out in advance.


though I never raise a fit when I get carded. I'm 38 so I take it as a compliment.

Which reminds me - off topic but I had a customer tell me that even his son thought I was in my late 20s only... though I suspect he was trying to butter me up a little to get his computer worked faster on. I wish I could have - I liked the guy - but we really had a bad backlog.

[Mr Hero]

I'm sure the day I asked to see your ID was the most important day of your life. But for me it was a Tuesday.

[Pagan]

These days it's very rare for me to get carded (except perhaps at Target!), but if I do I just chuckle and show my ID. It's been 22 years since I turned 21.

I'm almost the same age as you, but I get carded regularly. Mainly because I look like I'm in my mid/late 20s. And I don't act like a "woman of a certain age". That's no fun.

At a restaurant in Santa Fe last summer, I ordered a Guinness and got carded. When the waitress saw my age, I think she got curious, because she carded my dad after me. He's 76, but he doesn't look or act his age either. Neither does my mom, for that matter (she's going to be 68).

All I can say is "Thanks" to my ancestors!

[underemployeed]

I've actually had my passport denied as an ID. We were at a restaurant, and I didn't realize that my permit had just expired. So I showed them that, it was denied, of course, since it was expired. Humiliation on my part, then showed the passport. Waitress called the manager over, manager decided that since my permit was expired, the passport wasn't enough ID to prove who I was or how old I was.

If I'd shown the passport first, instead of the expired ID, he would have said fine.


Stupid, stupid Manager.

That is kind of BS, because your passport is a Valid photo Id that i believe is a lot harder to obtain than a regular ID. Sure your regular ID is expired, so what your trying to use another non-expired ID. Of course, I'm not supposed to take foreign IDs either especially those that look easy to fake, but exceptions have been made. It really depends on mood I guess and well if it smells of setup or entitlement

[BeenThereDoneThat]

I'm almost the same age as you, but I get carded regularly. Mainly because I look like I'm in my mid/late 20s. And I don't act like a "woman of a certain age". That's no fun.

At a restaurant in Santa Fe last summer, I ordered a Guinness and got carded. When the waitress saw my age, I think she got curious, because she carded my dad after me. He's 76, but he doesn't look or act his age either. Neither does my mom, for that matter (she's going to be 68).

All I can say is "Thanks" to my ancestors!

Wow...your dad getting carded at 76 is epic!!

As for me...I think my anxiety and depression has gotten to me physically. I don't think I look *old*, just not like a kid anymore. Oh well...I don't really mind being my age so it's all good

[Pagan]

Wow...your dad getting carded at 76 is epic!!

I think it was more curiosity of how old he was since I look about half my age.

[DeltaSierra]

I got carded when I bought a rear view mirror repair kit.

FYI - Don't waste your money on those. It failed miserably. My rear view is now being held on brilliantly by Krazy Glue.

Is it wrong that I read this as "My rear is now being held on brilliantly by Krazy Glue"?

OPUS IS THAT YOU??????

[pzychobitch]

they likely call someone over to check and authorize the sale

Yes, this is the case.

[Bandit]

The last time I had do the ID thing was the day before my 30th birthday.

It made me happy.

But that was so last century.

If someone was to ask for Proof of Age now, I'd be thrilled.

B

[EricKei]

re: Passports...I'm wracking my brain over this one. How is a Federally-issued ID somehow LESS valid as identification/proof of age than a State-issued ID? >_<

alcohol can't be sold at supermarkets in this state.

Wow. There's one law that will never get passed here >_> Most groceries with better liquor (excuse me, *wine*) departments, and skilled people to work the areas, devote as much floor space -- if not more -- to alcohol as they do to produce or dairy. The best such department in town (short of the actual Wine Cellars) is at a discount grocery that has only one location. To the best of my knowledge. we have no significant restrictions on the purchasing of alcohol save for the usual 21 and up law (which was 18 and up to BUY but not to DRINK, not all that long ago), and the Open Container Law, whose wording is such that it allows for the existence of drive-thru daiquiri shops.