You're right, I'll get that law changed right away

[Enigma]

I hate customers who get upset at me because of age restrictions. I don't make them up, the government does. All I know is that if I want to keep my job, I must ask you for an id when prompted. Most of the time it's people who are angry because I need to make sure they are 21 to buy alcohol, and sometimes it's younger people angry because they want to buy cigarettes and I need to card them. But yesterday the two stupidest teens came through my line, both who looked little over 13:


TN1- *places down an R-rated movie, which I scan and am then prompted to be sure the cust's are at least 17*
ME- *unsure* Are you two 17?
TN2- *who does not have money, and was not paying* Well, I am. But I left my ID in the car.
ME: Well, I'm sorry. I can't sell you this until you get you're ID. *completly ignoring the fact she was not the one purchasing it*
TN1- You have to be kidding! My mom lets me watch this all the time! She doesn't care about ages, I was watched 300 in theatres and I had just turned 13!
ME: You have got to be kidding me, are you that stupid? So you're 13?
TN2: *nervous and doesn't look much older* Yeah, but I'm 17.
ME: Okay, what's you're birthday?
TN2: Whatever, okay. We don't need it.
ME: Look Kid, it's not me, it's the law.
TN1: Laws are stupid, anyway. Like they help anything.

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:Banghead:

[Shengirl]

I'm reminded of the adage, "Support Anarchy - pummel an anarchist."

[NateTheChops]

TN1: Laws are stupid, anyway. Like they help anything.

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:Banghead:

I agree. Like laws that say we aren't allowed to sterilize the population by preventing you to breed. Lets do away with those laws while we're at it.

[marty]

I like the ones that scream obscenities at you when you deny them.

I blame that kid's parents for letting him watch 300 when he was 13. Nate, you're right, they should do away with certain laws...

[Soulstealer]

I agree. Like laws that say we aren't allowed to sterilize the population by preventing you to breed. Lets do away with those laws while we're at it.

If we're going to do away with laws we might as well just get out the woodchipper.

[allniter]

TN1: Laws are stupid, anyway. Like they help anything.

That's wonderful to hear sir. So when I lean across and slap you in the face, it's good to know that the police won't be able to do anything about it because the law isn't there to help you it seems.

[LizaMarie]

stupid kids! *fistshake*

I like that they didn't even try to do the math to figure out their birthdays.

[Geek King]

I'm reminded of the adage, "Support Anarchy - pummel an anarchist."

As an aside, did you ever notice that the people screaming, "Anarchy Now!" are usually the skinny fishsticks that would get snapped in half in a real Anarchy system? It always makes me want to pop one in the snout just to see if they really believe in Anarchy, or if they'd go running to the law with a broken snoot.

[Can I Help Your A$$?]

Actually, I'm an anarchist. A fat one, too. There have been anarchies in the past that have worked very well--consider Iceland. And most of our lives are lived outside of consideration of monopolies of force. Consider the internet--we seem so eager to make our Government Nannies protect us from the Big, Bad Internet. I think we can take care of ourselves. Had to say it, because I hear a lot of misinformation about anarchy, and I must clear things up when I can. Anarchy is not about bombs--it's about a voluntary society without force by a monopoly ruling class. It's also not communism, rather, it's opposite. That's what anarchy is about. If anyone cares, we have a site at simplyanarchy.com .

And movie ratings are not the law. The MPAA system is a voluntary policy set by the movie theatre industry--not the United States government. The movie industry simply got there before the government stepped in--and it would have, too.

[qaxons]

Didn't Clinton make it a law, though?

[Enigma]

Perhaps it's a local or state law, but I do know here you cannot purchase an r-rated video unless you are 17 years of age, or have direct consent of a parent or gardian

[alphaboi]

You think carding people for DVDs is bad? I once had a manager who had age prompts programmed into the registers for grape juice and cider because they came in glass wine bottles (we didn't even sell real booze) and he expected us to card people and deny sales to under-21s.

[BookstoreEscapee]

TN1- You have to be kidding! My mom lets me watch this all the time! She doesn't care about ages, I was watched 300 in theatres and I had just turned 13!

Wow...time flies...it's been 4 whole years since that movie came out, huh...

and I thought I was bad at math...

[Jester]

As an aside, did you ever notice that the people screaming, "Anarchy Now!" are usually the skinny fishsticks that would get snapped in half in a real Anarchy system? It always makes me want to pop one in the snout just to see if they really believe in Anarchy, or if they'd go running to the law with a broken snoot.

Oh dude, that one just cracked me up!

I once had a manager who had age prompts programmed into the registers for grape juice and cider because they came in glass wine bottles (we didn't even sell real booze) and he expected us to card people and deny sales to under-21s.

Alphaboi, your manager was a blithering idiot that should have been sterilized and caged far, far away from the rest of humanity.

[Enigma]

Wow...time flies...it's been 4 whole years since that movie came out, huh...

and I thought I was bad at math...

No kidding, I had to stop and make sure she was serious.