I just find this strange. I'm 25 and I don't think I've been carded for alcohol in at least 2-3 years. But even when I was 21, I very very rarely got carded. I think I've only been carded maybe...3 times my entire life. Once by a good friend of mine who was bartending and knew it was my 21st birthday but needed to see my ID anyway (kudos to him for following the law), once at another bar a couple years later, and once when I bought 2 bottles of wine at a grocery store.
I don't drink a LOT, but usually when my husband and I go out to dinner on the weekends, I will have a glass of wine or a margarita or something. I have never been carded in all the times we've gone out to dinner since we started dating. I always get worried when I leave or forget my purse in the car or at home (I try to bring it with me even when I don't plan on paying anything but sometimes I leave it in the car under the seat for convenience) thinking that I will get carded for ordering alcohol and not have my ID...but it NEVER happens! We were even at the grocery store once together and I wanted to get some beer, but didn't bring my purse in with me, and was worried we would both get carded, even though my husband was paying for the groceries. Nope, cashier never even looked twice, at either of us.
I get the impression that in a lot of these cases (especially with the beer story) that the cashiers/servers/whoever don't care or bother to check ID because it would take longer and they are on a time restraint. Yet, I read a lot of stories on these boards of bartenders or cashiers asking for ID all the time, like they're supposed to. So, how often do you guys actually get carded?
I don't drink a LOT, but usually when my husband and I go out to dinner on the weekends, I will have a glass of wine or a margarita or something. I have never been carded in all the times we've gone out to dinner since we started dating. I always get worried when I leave or forget my purse in the car or at home (I try to bring it with me even when I don't plan on paying anything but sometimes I leave it in the car under the seat for convenience) thinking that I will get carded for ordering alcohol and not have my ID...but it NEVER happens! We were even at the grocery store once together and I wanted to get some beer, but didn't bring my purse in with me, and was worried we would both get carded, even though my husband was paying for the groceries. Nope, cashier never even looked twice, at either of us.
I get the impression that in a lot of these cases (especially with the beer story) that the cashiers/servers/whoever don't care or bother to check ID because it would take longer and they are on a time restraint. Yet, I read a lot of stories on these boards of bartenders or cashiers asking for ID all the time, like they're supposed to. So, how often do you guys actually get carded?
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