Don't Asume

[ShinyGreenApple]

I got carded Saturday when I took nephew to see Watchmen. I'm 25. The tech that I was shadowing at the VA hospital last week admitted she thought I was 16 or 17, and I still get people asking when I'm going to graduate high school. Stuff like this used to really bug the crud out of me, but I've just come to shrug it off and enjoy it

On a similar note, when one of my older brothers was 18, he was working in the tire department at Sears, someone gave him a dry-rotted tire to inflate (we still don't know if foul play was involved), it blew up, and shattered his arms + one of his pinky fingers was hanging on by a piece of skin. When he got to the hospital, they stuck him in the pediatric unit. They had a very angry patient when he came to and saw teddy bears and dinosaur pictures on the wall.

[Seshat]

My husband (4 years older) and I wanted to buy an appliance - I think a washing machine. He left me with the machines and went over to the TVs to geek out.

I didn't like any of the machines terribly much, or the way the salesman was behaving with me, so I made some noncommittal noise and said I'd have to consult with (husband's name).

Salesman: "It's okay, we can wait until your father comes back."





(In his defence, I did have my hair in a high ponytail, and my husband grayed early. But still!)
(No, we didn't buy the washing machine there.)

[tigger222]

When my best friend had her son she kept commenting on how she thouht that it was a little weird that I would take either her two year or her son out by myself but not both. Until we went shopping one day and I had him in a front pack and was pushing the cart with her daughter in it and had had about 10 different people comment on how I was too young to have any kids let alone 2 or that they didn't know I was pregnant. I think the funniest time was when I had her daughter who wasn't quite one at time in an umbrella stroller in the store and a family friend walked by stopped turned around and looked at me looked at her for a second and then said nah I would have seen that one commin and walked off.

[ShinyGreenApple]

I had him in a front pack and was pushing the cart with her daughter in it and had had about 10 different people comment on how I was too young to have any kids let alone 2 or that they didn't know I was pregnant.

On a similar note, someone I used to work at Hell-Mart with is also very well-preserved. She's in her early 30s now but looks like a teenager. She said when she and her husband were first married and she was expecting their first child, they were in the grocery store. An older woman walked up to her husband and slapped him across the face and told him he should be ashamed of himself for getting her pregnant so young

My sister used to get similar comments, especially after she had her third child. She'd take them all out shopping with her and people would ask her if she was babysitting. She said that they were hers and people would say (it was a small community) "Oh, they must look like their father, then!"

[PepperElf]

one of my friends... at age 22 an older lady thought she was 12. O_o

but for me... i already did my thread about being carded @ age 36 (probably my Quidditch ski cap)

[SilverOrb]

One of the ladies that I answer for sounds like a 12 year old. She is in her early thirties. We asked her about it one day... She said that she has to go into the bank because they never believe her on the phone:P (She is a big sweety btw)

[LillFilly]

The lady with the little girl voice, I think I saw her on Oprah or Dr. Phil.

One of my friends is a little guy with a baby face; about 98lbs soaking wet, about 5'1", and 23-24 YO. If he shaves, he gets into places for the under 12 price. He also saves a ton of money by buying his clothes in the boy's section.

He also sinks into whatever surface he's on. He was staying with us and myself and some friends came home. Other friend asks "hey is --- here?" I said I don't know, he was on the couch when I left." We look at the couch which is flat and has a blanket lying across it. Friend picked-up a golf club and gave the couch a wack, not believing anyone could be on it. We hear

"....ooooOOOOOWWWWWW!"

Needless to say, when --- stayed over we were careful about where we sat!

[draftermatt]

People always think I'm older than I am, I rarely get carded anymore (I'm 24).

But I've never understood why when I was 8, and my family went to a family reunion in Green Bay, WI a bartender handed me a glass of Gin.

I had asked for a Ginger Ale, and she handed me a drink. I took a sip, went to my Dad and said "this isn't ginger ale". He drank it and got a concerned look on his face, and said "it's gin".

I don't remember what he said to the bartender, but I got my ginger ale.

[Amina516]

My 48 year old mother in law STILL gets carded....Which makes me LOL, since its happened when shes out with her 30 year old son and he doesnt get carded. WTF?

My sister in law also looks VERY VERY young, is about 100lbs, and 4'10", it was funny to see her pregnant. The looks and dumb questions she got from the general public were ridonkulous.

[Stormraven]

I'm in my early forties, but no one can guess my age correctly. The closest I ever get is 5-6 years off. Yes, this was an issue when I was a lot younger. Not much of one, though, since most any time I did something regarding age, I was on base and usually in uniform. (USAF).

[Broomjockey]

They had a very angry patient when he came to and saw teddy bears and dinosaur pictures on the wall.

I dunno. I probably would have liked it better there. Assuming the bed was long enough.

Salesman: "It's okay, we can wait until your father comes back."

Similar to when I told a gentleman that the R-rated movie he wanted to see required his companion to be over 18 as well, and I wasn't sure someone so young should be seeing the movie anyways. I don't think his wife was too pissed off at me...

Friend picked-up a golf club and gave the couch a wack, not believing anyone could be on it. We hear

"....ooooOOOOOWWWWWW!"

Needless to say, when --- stayed over we were careful about where we sat!

WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?!?! Seriously, hit the couch with a golf club to prove there's no one there?

Heh. Well, I usually pass for a bit younger than I am (most people think early, not mid-20s), and I've already proven I suck at judging ages because of the time I ID'd a 40 year old lady for an 18A movie. She was excited at least.

[JPD]

This past summer, while I was with my mom, someone thought I was 13 and my mom was 30. I was 23 at the time and she was 50.
When I was 16 I frequently got mistaken for 18, and now at 24 most people think that I am around 18 or 20. Most people think my mom is in her thirties, or at most her early 40s.
I will admit I am a horrible judge of age. Where I work we are supposed to card anyone that looks under 30 or 35 (depending on what posted notice you go by). I end up carding people who are into there 40s, just since I can't tell.

[Cia]

My SIL has had telemarketers ask to speak to her parents when she answers the phone. Her voice never broke so she sounds like a 10 year old.

[Kiwi]

I was asked how I liked high school at the shipping company once, when I was like... I barely remember it they got a look on their face and asked when I finished high school

um....6 years ago? They didn't believe me until I showed them my ID...

depending on how I am dressed I can look 18 or 30 so that one I can understand.

Ive also had a woman be snarky to me at costco. K and I have a joint membership and a joint bank account (going on 4 years now!)

I handed over my card and he tried to swiped his debit card through the machine, she stopped him and got all pissy and went on about how the member had to pay and not their friends. All the while with a lovely example of a cut butt face on her mug.

When I rather huffily pointed out that we were living together, had a joint membership AND were paying from a joint bank account not that I should have to be questioned in front of everyone anyway, she suddenly found something on the floor very interesting. We were in our second year of membership, we shop there on average once a week and pay/show the card by who ever had it most convenient and had never once been told that before.
I can't prove it but I'm sure it was because we look "young" and both of us were dressed in skate shoes, jeans and hoodies