You Should Be Honored

[pinky]

I've been reading the old posts on this site, cause they're awesome, and a few of them just reminded me of something that happened at work not too long ago.

This kid came into the gas station to buy cigarettes. He's obviously younger than 30, so I ask for his ID.

At the time of this incident, I was just starting to work on curing the dreaded monotone. I have been told that having a monotone voice offends a lot of people, but it has saved me from customer complaints quite a few times. (particularly from the lady who said "I didn't smile correctly." That's a different story, and a very weird one)

Well it was either my monotone, or the fact that I asked for ID that seemed to offend this SC. Cause he says in an angry voice, as he's pulling it out of his wallet, "You should be honored. It's not everyday I pull my ID out for an employee."

Of course, I didn't respond to this comment. He buys the cigarettes, and then stomps out the building with an aggravated grumble.

I'm sorry. Did you want a response, you arrogant brat? Of all the entitled, narcissistic, behavior I've seen that took the cake. He beat the bag-my-lotto-tickets lady hands down.

Just for the record "Mr. Honored" it is required by law that you pull out your ID. Unless of course, the expiration date and birth date can be seen from it's placement inside your wallet. Maybe a nice bar of soap, and a shot of lemon juice will wash the arrogance out of your mouth. Creep.

[ADeMartino]

I had one customer bluntly declare that "he never CARRIED his ID" when I carded him. NOT "I forgot it" - "I NEVER CARRY MY ID." Of course, he stomped out, all pissed off, WITHOUT his beer. How's that 'I don''t carry ID' thing workin' out for ya, chief?

Loosely translated, "I don't carry my ID" means "I don't have ID, but you should totally take my word that I'm old enough, even though by all appearances I'm scarcely seventeen." Seriously, it costs money to get an ID made, and you REFUSE TO CARRY IT? And where are you going to need ID most? At home? Or when you want to purchase something that requires ID? Like.... oh,I don't know... BEER or CIGARETTES?

Whatta maroon. I was actually insulted that he thought I was that damned stupid.

[pinky]

Wow. He sounds pleasant.. pleasantly ridiculous. The last I heard, a person is now required to carry ID at all times. If a cop stops them, and they dont have it they could pay a fine. Or spend the night with the cops. Is it like that where you live to?

[Teefies2]

What amazes me is the customers that want to buy age-restricted items. They come into the store, you can see that they drove here (at least at my store, our parking lot is pretty small).

I DON'T HAVE MY ID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JUST SELL IT TO ME ANYWAY, I'M OLD ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Umm, yeah. No ID? No age-restricted item. And let's see you pull that attitude with the cop that pulls you over on your way home. Say hello to some nice shiny bracelets and a "way-cool" place to sleep tonight!

[eltf177]

Whatta maroon. I was actually insulted that he thought I was that damned stupid would gladly sell him cigarettes and not worry this was a sting.

Tweaked that a bit...

[blas]

Oh, it never gets old.

It's always the freshly 18s and 21s that think they don't need to be carded.

Really, really. It's so dumb.

[BrenDAnn]

The freshly 18s and 21s, and ones in their 30s that just LOOK that young, actually, are hte ones that throw the biggest fits. That's my experience, anyway. So very many times, I've wanted to pick up the phone and tell the police that this person is driving around without their ID on them. Unless you want to pay my multi thousand dollars fines, find me a new job, and possibly pay for a lawyer for me, show me your ID. Also, YES you have to take it out of your wallet. I know, they make the slots in the wallets a bit snug, but the ID HAS to come out. At CStore, we have to not only look at the front to be sure it's you and check the details, but we have to pass the barcode on the back under our scanner. Yes, we're advanced enough that scanning that barcode tells us if you're old enough. Deal with it.

[cashierbex]

The worst ones I have encountered is when I deal with more than one person in the group. Sorry, I need to see all IDs. Tis the law.

I was told I was on a powertrip last night. That was hilarious. Took a lot not to laugh in her face.

[ADeMartino]

Wow. He sounds pleasant.. pleasantly ridiculous. The last I heard, a person is now required to carry ID at all times. If a cop stops them, and they dont have it they could pay a fine. Or spend the night with the cops. Is it like that where you live to?

I've been stopped by the police a couple of times when I had forgotten my ID. I've never been cited for not having it; HOWEVER, it's important to to remember that most of these incidents were in the 1980s and 1990s. The world has changed a bit since then, and yes, you are technically supposed to have it with you at all times. That's actually been the law for a long time, at least where I've lived.

That said, I think as a general rule, if you are cooperative and don't have an extensive history with the authorities, you probably won't be cited.

Of course, some departments (or individual officers) may pursue that more aggressively than others, so to be safe, I carry my ID with me and advise others to do the same. It's not like that card weighs 80 lbs or anything...

[blas]

I just renewed my license, and the new way they're doing it is sending your new one in the mail, so I have a piece of paper for now. God help me, I hope I can still get ciggs and into bars.

[Kittykat]

I had been to a bar with my girlfriends a few nights ago, and just had cash and my ID in my pocket as we lock purses in the trunk of the car. Honestly forgot to take it out of my pocket and put it back in my wallet and got pulled over for a busted brake light yesterday. I got lucky and just got a warning for not having it on me.

[retro]

I'm ashamed to admit that my only admission of ever being a SC is through ID. At the time I was 35 and I'd popped into an off-licence (a UK shop that sells alcohol) to pick up some drinks and snacks for a party I was headed to. Admittedly I was a bit late and had been held up in traffic so I was a bit on the annoyed side already.

I tend not to carry ID on me because I've never been ID'ed in the past, and also because I don't want to lose it. Carrying ID isn't compulsory here to my knowledge. I don't want to go into the details because I'm still really embarrassed about it but I left the store and left the basket of shopping on her counter.

I then picked up a friend, and drove to a supermarket around the corner and bought the same items. The girl at the checkout scanned me through with no issues and at the end, my friend said to the girl, "Would you have asked him for ID?" pointing at me. The girl scoffed and said, "No. You look over 18 to me." Unfortunately at the time, this sort of validated my behaviour at the previous shop.

I've since gone back to that off-licence, carrying ID to see if I could find the previous advisor and apologise to her but I haven't seen her again.

Ironically, all subsequent times I've visited that off-licence, they haven't once asked me for my ID....

[mhkohne]

I just renewed my license, and the new way they're doing it is sending your new one in the mail, so I have a piece of paper for now. God help me, I hope I can still get ciggs and into bars.

Keep the paper with your old license - the old one proves who you are, the paper proves it's still valid(in theory).

[Jack7957]

The worst ones I have encountered is when I deal with more than one person in the group. Sorry, I need to see all IDs. Tis the law.

I was told I was on a powertrip last night. That was hilarious. Took a lot not to laugh in her face.

Grocery store I used to work at years ago was near a college campus. It wasn't unusual that on Friday and Saturday nights to see a group of people come in, go right to the beer section, and load up a cart with everyone's selections, then all but one leave the store. But the way our store was laid out, you could see the beer aisles from the registers, so it was easy to deny the sale, because you could describe their friends and which person selected what beer. They would usually stammer with "I came in alone." No you didn't, now either bring in all your friends with their IDs, or leave.

[XCashier]

Grocery store I used to work at years ago was near a college campus. It wasn't unusual that on Friday and Saturday nights to see a group of people come in, go right to the beer section, and load up a cart with everyone's selections, then all but one leave the store.

Jeez, how difficult is it to send the overage guy with a written list of the beer you want?!

Nobody thinks anymore. Idiocracy is coming true, centuries ahead of schedule!