But SHE"S the one buying them.

[BookstoreEscapee]

If I make that trip, I would have my ID, but if I'm coming to the counter with a big dark chocolate bar.... Mmm.... Dark chocolate.... It's annoying to end up carded. Understandable, but annoying.

Some days I think chocolate should be a restricted item. It might have a positive effect on my waistline...

nawm nawm cupcakes! nawm...damn, frosting on my blanket...

No worries, the more Pepper the merrier.

Achoo!!

[MadMike]

No worries, the more Pepper the merrier.

Wouldn't you like to be a Pepper too?

(Ducks flying tomatoes, and gets back on topic)

I'm old enough that I very rarely get carded anymore. But to my surprise, it did happen at a bar two summers ago, when I was 37. I was kind of shocked, as I couldn't remember the last time it happened, but handed the bartender my ID. She looked at me, looked at it, and then looked at me again. Then she handed it back, apologizing profusely. I told her, don't be sorry, she just made my night.

[Misanthropical]

I got carded for a cough suppresent. It's not the kind you have to go to the pharmacist for, it's right on the shelf, so I bit shocked, but hey! I GOT CARDED!

[Greenday]

I got carded for a cough suppresent. It's not the kind you have to go to the pharmacist for, it's right on the shelf, so I bit shocked, but hey! I GOT CARDED!

They gotta make sure you aren't a kid who's going to go to school and take it to get high. Those crazy kids.

[AnqeiicDemise]

In NM, everyone in the party present gets carded if a single person purchases alcohol or tabacco...

And I completly understand. When I was eighteen, I'd buy cigs for my 17 year old smoker friend (three month's younger than me) and so forth when it came to booze a few years later. The fact of the matter is that people bitch about the consequences and would rather point the finger at someone else when that happens.

25 year old boyfriend buys booze for his 20 year old girlfriend. Girlfriend gets drunk and has an accident. Boyfriend sues store because they didn't card her when she was with him at the time of purchase as 'its the store's responsibility to prevent underage drinking.'

I know it sounds stupid and nonsensicle but this is one of the few laws I have to say needs to keep in place. We live in a 'sue-for-the-look' society and businesses have to take extreme measures to cover their ass.

Responsible parents shouldn't get offended. Its not the store's personal attack on you for being a smoking parent; the store's got to treat everyone under the 'Unbiggoted Stupidity Act' to make sure you're not going to be some sue-happy retard in the future.

Sad but true.

[SongsOfDragons]

Once when we were in Iceland, me and my mate Stein were getting stuff for ourselves (shopping etc) and he got this bottle of his booze of the month - this stuff that tastes like alcoholic ribena called Spirit of Kentucky. We had christened the stuff 'Schlakii' in one of our roleplays. So here we were in the queue, cheering over Schlakii!! Needless to say we both got IDd - neither of us get bothered by it, but I think the schlakii cheering gave us away.

Mmm, schlakii.

Where I live a lot of places only take passports or driver's licences, nothing else. I've even seen one place that ummed and erred over taking a green (provisional) licence, and another that will also accept photo pilot's licences. (WTF?!? Who out of 10 students has one of those?) This was very annoying and we stopped going to these dumps after they started cracking down. The only place here I know that accepts student ID/ NUS cards is Shakeaway, to give you your 10% off.

It doesn't help that the place I really want to go for my birthday only takes licences, and a couple of my friends don't want to get them for varying stupid reasons. So I either have to leave them out of the party of go somewhere else, and somewhere else sucks balls.

[pyxee]

It is the law here in Missouri, there are even stings by local police to test this. It does suck, but I can't even count the number if times that I know full well that the overage person is buying for his friends.
Now generally I would make exceptions in some cases. A parent with a teen would usually get the sale, unless I heard them discussing what the teen wanted. Also two or three friends would also get the pass, but only if it was something like one pack of smokes, or one bottle of something. Now in those situations if they asked for two different types of smokes or got a case of beer, no deal.
There are some young people these days that just go about things in such a stupid way that I absolutely love to see their face when they are denied the sale. Just like some others in this thread I also had older people buy me booze when I was underage, however I was never dense enough to go into the store with the person, and would never park the car right out in front of the store windows. I just can't help but laugh at the people who come in with two or three others, and freely discuss what every single individual wants, then claim that it is all for the one person with ID.
Same goes for the two guys with a car load of teen girls sitting in the car right out in front of the doors, when you come up to my counter with two cases of beer and four packs of wine coolers tucked under your arm, no dice.

[Primer]

The only time I can remember actually asking someone else to purchase alcohol for me when I was underage was for a birthday present for my father. I wanted to get him a bottle of Glenfiddich (sp?) scotch. I was even in the store, and at the counter at the time of purchase. I guess they sold it to us as it was probably pretty obvious that we were not scotch drinkers (too young to appreciate good scotch). Also, most (kids) our age would go for the cheap stuff if it were for personal consumption.

I don't think I could get away with that now, though.

[BookstoreEscapee]

The only place here I know that accepts student ID/ NUS cards is Shakeaway, to give you your 10% off.

I don't know about other schools but my college ID only had my name and student ID# and picture on it, and a little sticker on the side that said what semester it was. It wouldn't get me anywhere for buying restricted items (and I was still 17 until October of my freshman year).

Every time one of these threads comes up it makes me newly appreciative that I never had to card for anything other than the occasional Adult Magazine. It's the only age-restricted thing we sell. Only other things I needed ID for were checks and unsigned credit cards, and they have nothing to do with determining how old someone is.

[retaildrone]

Don't ask me why. I mean, sure, a few older people may get offended if you work at a place that cards everyone, but in my experience, the barely legals are the ones who pitch the biggest fit. It's as if, in their own little stupid minds, they think that once they hit the magic 18, they will NEVER be carded for smokes, and once they hit 21, they will NEVER be carded for beer.

I am 30 and get carded when buying a drink. in fact, I was SOL at hubby's company Christmas party because I forgot my ID and no ID meant no drinks. Oh well.

Same thing when I tried to go to a casino in New Orleans once. Left ID in hotel room. No ID meant no casino.

Sucked, but I got over it. No need to throw a fit over my forgetfulness.

When I was a waitress, most people were 'flattered' that i asked for ID.

[blas]

I stand strong in that belief because my boyfriend is a total jerk when it comes to carding. He thinks because he's 25 (but looks 20!), just BEING 25, everyone should know that by looking at him and how dare they card him.

I only had to card him once at the gas station because I remembered him.....cuz it was a 2 year crush type of thing. But damn does he get cranky over that!

Meanwhile I ask for smokes and the clerks always look at me like I'm an informant, and I merrily hand over my ID.

[PepperElf]

i guess i forgot to put this in my other post....

i know it's a law - not just store policy - for alcohol... both people in the group have to be carded. if you're the guardian of the minor then it's not an issue... but if it's just your friend, then they cannot complete the sale. (and if they do, they can get in trouble with the law).

i wouldn't be surprised if the law was the same for cigarettes.
which means... yes you can go through the line with your children, but the situation with the teens would run into the same issue... if it looks like they're going to be sharing the smokes you can't complete the sale

(and if she did give the smokes to the minor, she could get in trouble if caught)

[LadyAndreca]

Hmm...my store doesn't sell cigarettes or alcohol, but off the top of my head we card for M-rated games, Sudafed, cough syrup, lighters, nicotine patches and...there's another one. One of the glues, maybe?...was a pain and a half with back-to-school sales but got more laughs than complaints, if memory serves.

I've had occasional people bitching about it, but usually commisserating with people ("Yeah, doesn't it suck? I wish I didn't have to") works. I've also used "I'm so BAD at guessing ages...I guess it's because I'm older than I look. Would you believe I'm 25?" on a couple people. Since I look like I'm still in high school, 16-18 is the usual guess, that generally works on the younger people.

I did have one parent thank me for letting him know the game his 10-year-old son picked out was M-rated and had the kid pick out another one instead. Got a dirty look from the kid for THAT one.

[PepperElf]

oh that reminds me... the medications.... there's actually a law behind that one now.

at least in NY state...

a while back i found out from a friend who worked in a pharmacy. they had limits of how much sudafed they could sell to a single customer because ... it can be used to manufacture crystal meth. i dont know how, but that's what she said.

so... the law stepped in to control the sales. you can still buy the pills, but now you have to provide a state ID when you purchase the pills. and they only accept state IDs, no other forms of legal identification.

which is also why you'll find "new" versions of some of those drugs that don't require ID checks, but those also don't contain the chemicals that can be abused.

[Dorath]

I know I'm a bit of a jerk, but I loved every moment of refusing a sale. It wasn't kids either, but immigrants trying to use their green cards or out of country ID.