Liquor Store Nonsense

[Guest]

I was at the liquor store earlier today (we were almost out of rum!!!) and I was waiting in line behind this very loud woman as she piled her purchases on the counter.

The college age lad rang up her total and was most gracious, even when she informed him, "Now I KNOW you are going to card me."

He didn't miss a beat but said, "Of course I am, May I see your ID please?"

As she handed it over she continued with, "I KNOW you know I don't look old enough to be buying this liquor."

(YES, she did. She was easily in her late thirties, and a big girl, so she looked older, besides.)

He was laughing as he said, "Now, don't you put words in this man's mouth. You have a nice day."

Polite, witty and handled well.

I was next. I plopped the rum up on the counter, handed him the cash, and grinned, "I don't think you need to card me."

He grinned back.

We shared a moment.

 

[Carnevil9]

Nicely played. He never would have fallen for your fake ID......Carney

 

[Guest]

Nicely played. He never would have fallen for your fake ID......Carney

BWAH!

I think I love you.

 

[CharleyH]

Unfortunately, I get that all the time - I recently got carded for cigs LOL I am 40 LOL - LOL THANK GOD for carding

I was at the liquor store earlier today (we were almost out of rum!!!) and I was waiting in line behind this very loud woman as she piled her purchases on the counter.

The college age lad rang up her total and was most gracious, even when she informed him, "Now I KNOW you are going to card me."

He didn't miss a beat but said, "Of course I am, May I see your ID please?"

As she handed it over she continued with, "I KNOW you know I don't look old enough to be buying this liquor."

(YES, she did. She was easily in her late thirties, and a big girl, so she looked older, besides.)

He was laughing as he said, "Now, don't you put words in this man's mouth. You have a nice day."

Polite, witty and handled well.

I was next. I plopped the rum up on the counter, handed him the cash, and grinned, "I don't think you need to card me."

He grinned back.

We shared a moment.

 

[Roxanne Appleby]

I haven't been carded for years.

 

[Guest]

Disgustingly enough, I've never been carded for purchasing liquor. I looked 18 long before I was (although I never used that tto try to buy) and, because both my parents worked in the industry (mom was a bartender, dad worked for a beer distributor, and I was fairly familiar with the stuff, even though I rarely drank) I could buy beer for my dad without exciting a second glance.

Damn.

 

[SeaCat]

Amazingly enough I get carded quite often, but only when I have my hair tied back. I turned 40 last November. (When I have my hair down they just cross themselves. )

Cat

 

[Guest]

Amazingly enough I get carded quite often, but only when I have my hair tied back. I turned 40 last November. (When I have my hair down they just cross themselves. )

Cat

Amen.

 

[SeaCat]

Amen.

Wise Ass.

I'll have to get a picture and post it. (My hairs down to my shoulders already.)

Cat

 

[Guest]

Wise Ass.

I'll have to get a picture and post it. (My hairs down to my shoulders already.)

Cat

Wonders if that aids Mrs. Cat in a chorus of 'Oh God!"

No?

 

[minsue]

I just got carded buying beer this weekend. Not only that, but they took down all the DL info and made me sign for it. WTF?

 

[cantdog]

Sign for it? That's weird as hell.

 

[Guest]

Sign for it? That's weird as hell.

I've never heard of that.

Unless they are having you sign for check-cashing, in case it bounces?

No clue, otherwise.

 

[Guest]

Min, I'd go back and check with the manager about that. That's sounds very fishy...very VERY fishy.

 

[minsue]

Sign for it? That's weird as hell.

I thought so, too. They had a little book full of people's driver license info and signatures. Didn't write a check, either, so I've no idea. It seemed more than a little extreme to me. Especially since there's no way on this earth that I could pass for under 21 anymore.

 

[bronntanas]

Not in parts of Arizona. A Quik-mart wrote down my info and had me initial the log and later at a Circle K they swiped my driver's license. Being's how I'm visiting from Canada, my magnetic strip tilted their systems when it couldn't pull my info!

 

[minsue]

Not in parts of Arizona. A Quik-mart wrote down my info and had me initial the log and later at a Circle K they swiped my driver's license. Being's how I'm visiting from Canada, my magnetic strip tilted their systems when it couldn't pull my info!

Yup. AZ be where I'm at.

 

[arienette]

I get carded all the time, but I suppose it's okay because it's only for cigarettes - being that I'm not of age to buy alcohol yet.

I went into Sheetz not too long ago and bought a pack of cigarettes and the guy goes "Do you think I'm stupid?" I just looked at him...did he want an honest answer? He said "Seriously, you're 14, maybe 15 - you're not old enough to be smoking." I shoved my ID in his face and smiled.

What 14 do you know carries around D cups?
Oh wait, at the rate people are developing probably a lot.

 

[gauchecritic]

I get carded all the time, but I suppose it's okay because it's only for cigarettes - being that I'm not of age to buy alcohol yet.

I went into Sheetz not too long ago and bought a pack of cigarettes and the guy goes "Do you think I'm stupid?" I just looked at him...did he want an honest answer? He said "Seriously, you're 14, maybe 15 - you're not old enough to be smoking." I shoved my ID in his face and smiled.

What 14 do you know carries around D cups?
Oh wait, at the rate people are developing probably a lot.

This is what comes of watching Happy Days, Welcome Back Cotter, Grease etc. If you don't look older than Olivia or John then how could you possibly be 21?

 

[angela146]

What 14 do you know carries around D cups?
Oh wait, at the rate people are developing probably a lot.

Yup, twenty years ago, I was 11 and was wearing a C. Today, size D in middle school (age 11 - 13) is not at all surprizing.

 

[EmeraldKitten]

Man, that woman was settin' him up, lol.
Good for him though.

I've always looked older than what I am..
I'm the resident 'old hag' amongst my friends. Sweet eh? lol.

I started smoking when I was 17.. a friend bought cigs for me.
On my 18th birthday I went to the gas station to buy my very first pack of smokes on my own, and the dumb bitch didn't even card me, lol.
And I didn't get carded for over 6 months.

Worse than that.

I turned 21, yay legal to drink!
And I assure you I bought alcohol almost every day, lol.
For a year.

Anyway, I went to the local grocery store, and knew the woman that was running the register in the lane next to me. So her and I were chatting while the girl rang my stuff in and took my money.
Afterwards, she laughed and said, 'You're old enough to buy this, right?"
I laughed and said yes...
Then I added, "Ever since I turned 21, no one will card me!!"
Her mouth dropped, and she said, "You just turned 21?"
I said, "Yeah... why? How old do you think I am?"
Her face turned beet red and she didn't want to answer.
I smiled and badgered her into telling me.
Her reply?
"I thought you were like 30."

Gee, I can't wait to see what I look like when I'm 80, LOL.

 

[scheherazade_79]

I got carded buying a packet of cigarettes in a gas station a few months back. You have to be 16 to buy them over here. I was gobsmacked and had to ask the woman to repeat what she just said. Bear in mind I'd driven in (legal driving age: 17), filled up with gas (legal age: 16) and was paying by credit card (legal age: 18).

When I responded that I was a teacher, the assistant went red and started mumbling her apologies. I wasn't mad over it - just amazed.

I get carded everywhere in the US, which really annoys me. It wasn't nice having to display my full name and nationality to someone in order to get into the dirty dvds section of a sex shop. I also got carded just for accompanying a friend to the liquor store. I wasn't aware that you had to be a certain age to look at a bottle of wine out there, and I didnt have any ID on me... so instead I launched into a sermon on the American paranoia over alcohol, and how I'd probably find it easier picking up a box of bullets in Walmart. I went on for quite a long time, until I noticed the assistants' jaws starting to drop. They served my friend without so much as asking for ID. I think they were just glad to see the back of me

 

[oggbashan]

My youngest daughter is a doctor (MD), a house doctor in a London hospital.

Sometimes she still gets asked for ID when buying alcohol - 18 minimum in the UK, even though she has been through 6 years of medical training after 18. It doesn't happen when she goes at the end of a long duty shift still wearing her medical ID and with a stethescope visible.

My wife was on a postgraduate Teacher training course when she was asked if she was half-fare on a bus (up to 14 years in that area). She didn't know whether to be flattered or insulted.

Me? I was banned from a playground for under 12s when I was 7 - I was too large for the equipment. Sigh.

Og

 

[rgraham666]

One of the main reasons I grew my beard was to stop getting carded for alcohol.

 

[MagicaPractica]

I worked in a gas station a couple summers ago and my policy was, if you don't have grey hair, you get carded. The company policy was to card anyone who looked under 35. They were VERY serious about it and with clerks getting fired and arrested in stores around the area at the time, it seemed better to be safe and refuse a sale than sorry when you found out it was an undercover cop or even just a store rep.