You got pulled over how many times the past 2 days!?!?

[SG15Z]

Well it's been a while since ive posted. Been an interesting time lately. Seems all I do is sleep, eat, work, eat, sleep, repeat. Oh well I have a few stories that I can recall.

Thanksgiving

Well my store was a nut house the wednesday before thanksgiving, as usual. People get really tempered during the holidays and it can really affect your mood...

CW: SG15Z to register ___!
Me: What's up?


The customer had one of those holiday meals from the deli, but there was no tag o ring it up, and the lady seemed confused. All she kept talking about was the free 2liter cokes you get for free with the meal. And my co worker just wanted to know how to ring up the meal. Of course I didn't know. I called the deli when the lady's relative? spoke up.

SC: What's wrong?!
Me: We're just trying to get the meal rung up.
SC: UGH!!!!

He got out of the scooter he was driving, and forced the meal box thing out of the cart and slammed (literally) it on the counter!!

SC: IT'S ALREADY PAID FOR!!!! SEE IT SAYS IT ON THE BOX!!111!!!11!!
Me: (sees the word paidacross the box) Ok sir that's all I needed to know.
SC: Unbelievable

Does it end there?? Well considering I asked the question it's likely it's not. A little later I'm checking on an express lane when as the SC is leaving out of no where he yells at a kid who was with him.

SC: COME ON!!!!

He was so loud that EVERYONE on the entire front end. Every employee and customer at all 14 registers stopped and looked in the guys direction, who of course was oblivious to the amount of attention he now has.

Later my CSM told me she heard him yelling at me some 6 registers away....

ID

Okay so far this is mainly aimed at the customers I come across at the fuel station.

If you look under 27, I'm gonna card you. It's the law and I like having a paycheck. So if I card you don't give me the huff puff. See a couple of you I've carded almost laughed in my face and said "you serious?" Um yeah?! And when I look at your cards your birthyears are 1986 or 84! Your 22 to 24 year old and your asking me if I'm serious about carding you?

I mean yeah you've been able to buy cigs legally for over 4 years now but that doesn't mean your excluded from carding ok. Jeeze!

ID 2

If you're buying alcohol you should really learn the state laws that regulate acoholic sales. See hear in Texas you can only buy beer between 7am to 12am monday thru saturday. On Sunday it's 12am to 1am and then not again till 12pm to 12am. Also when carded onl a valid (unaltered, non expired) Texas Drivers License or Texas State issued ID card. And must be a picture id of course.

So that means I cannot except IDs that are bent, cut, has bumps, mishaped in any way, faded, etc. I also cannot accept any other form of ID. No Military ids, no passports, no Louisiana, Michigan, Arkansas, etc. So if you only have a Military ID, I'm sorry I can't accept it. Don't yell at me about it, Yell at the big whigs in Austin. All of those other forms of ID are not a very common thing to see for cashiers so they don't really know what they're suppose to look like, in other words very easy to pass with a fake one.

So STOP WHINING ABOUT IT AND GET A TEXAS ID, YOU'VE LIVED HERE FOR 5 MONTHS NOW!!! UGH!!! Thank You.

HYPER EPIC FAIL

Warning the fail in this story is so monstorous you may want to turn back. This may cause your brain to lose massive amounts of brain cells, or may even cease to function ever again. Or you may just laugh so hard it is recommened you are sitting on a toilet at the time.




So I'm running the Customer Service Desk last week bored out of my mind when a lady comes up asking to use our phone. No big deal I put it on the desk and she biggins to frantically dial several numbers each time not getting through till finally she go a hold of someone. Now she is in very much doo doo right now. She and her boyfriend got pulled over and the cop is threatining to tow the car unless they can get someone out here to pick them up.

Why is the cop threatining to tow the car? You may ask. Well see the cop noticed back at the stop light they're inspection sticker was expired. So he pulled them over but guess what? Neither the driver nor the passenger had valid Drivers License!! Oh fun!

But wait the fun deosn't end there! See they already have a ticket for being pulled over not even 2 hours before for THE EXACT SAME THING!!!! But wait I'm not finished still!!! They also got pulled over for the very same thing (inspection sticker expired and no valid DL) the day before!!! ..................

So that's right during a 2 day period they got pulled over not once, but 3 TIMES! And the first two times the cops let them keep going only one ticket came out of either event. So the third time the cop is giving them a warning and not letting them drive home, and is telling them they better get someone to pickthem up or else. Wow the cops must be feeling a little generous this week.....They usually aren't that nice about it out here...

It take every ounce of will power I had to not laugh at this lady as she told me her tale. Wow talk about HYPER EPIC FAIL!!!




Well that's it for now, more to come when I get the chance...

[Shpepper]

Off topic but a question. So what you are saying is that If I came into your store in Texas visiting from Washington State that if I wanted to buy alcohol, I wouldn't be able to? That muxt not do alot for tourism and the like.

[nomorecarts]

Shpepper-some places are like that, places that are a little off the beaten path don't see much of any ID other than state DLs, so it'd be easy to get a fake through, and open them up to liability/fines

in 4 months I've seen IDs from every state(or at least close to it), several canadian provinces, a couple other foreign countries, I see probably 5-10 military IDs a day, only accepting state IDs would cost a lot of business, and we see enough to know how they should look

[smileyeagle1021]

Yeah, I think nomorecarts is right on that... it does depend a lot on the location... Salt Lake City... we see enough out of state IDs to be able to tell if they're legit... especially downtown SLC (not so much in some of the suburbs)... granted I work in a hotel but in any given swing shift I will see half the states west of the Mississippi and a handful east. Now in Logan UT, even working in a hotel I might see 4 state (Utah, Nevada, Idaho, and Wyoming).

[Aethian]

Wow I was going to ask aout that too. I guess if someone is going to go visit someone else they better have that person with them. I don't drink but I have had to buy rum or wine for cooking.

[Nyoibo]

Note to self, no buying alcohol in Texas, not that I've been to Texas, funny I've never had a problem with an Australian DL anywhere I've been in the US.

[Hobbs]

If you're in Texas, you should see plenty of Military IDs; Ft Hood, Camp Bullis, Ft Sam, Randolph, Lackland, Kelly, NAS CC, and the slew of others in this state alone make it very common to see military IDs.

[persephone]

[/B]If you're buying alcohol you should really learn the state laws that regulate acoholic sales. See hear in Texas you can only buy beer between 7am to 12am monday thru saturday. On Sunday it's 12am to 1am and then not again till 12pm to 12am. Also when carded onl a valid (unaltered, non expired) Texas Drivers License or Texas State issued ID card. And must be a picture id of course.

Actually, I believe this is a company policy. As far as I can find, the Texas State law makes absolutely no remarks about what is or is not a valid ID, only that a person must be 21 to purchase or consume alcohol.

Is it illegal to sell alcoholic beverages to someone unless they show a Texas driver’s license?

The law does not require that a person over 21 provide any identification to purchase alcohol in Texas. But since store clerks, waitresses, and bartenders can be held criminally liable for selling to a minor, they often require a Texas driver's license or Texas Identification Card issued by the Department of Public Safety, to prove that the person really is 21.

The law provides a statutory defense to the charge of selling an alcoholic beverage to a minor when the seller has asked for and examined an apparently valid DPS issued Texas DL or ID card which contains a physical description consistent with the presenter's appearance and shows the presenter to be 21 years of age of older.

So a store, bar or restaurant might or might not sell alcohol to a person with an out-of-state driver's license, military ID, or passport. What's acceptable in any establishment is a matter of that establishment's private business policies.

(above found on the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission website http://www.tabc.state.tx.us/help/General.htm#age)

So while the law does not make this specific rule, companies have the right to require whatever they want. If they don't want to serve or sell to anyone that doesn't have a Texas ID, that's their right. However, I can't see how it would be good for customers, since I'm sure you get tourists, being in a largish town, that do not have local IDs. Or what about college or military that aren't going to be permanent residents and therefore don't have to get Texas IDs?

ETA: Good for you for standing by company policy, though. I may think it's a little screwy, but you should always stick to it even when people are stupid. CYA and if they want to make a stink about it? Let a manager be the one who gets in trouble if the ID is fake!

[ViolaPlayer]

Persephone has it right. Texas law does not mandate that we accept Texas only IDs. However, if we accept a fake out of state ID we are not covered legally. But fake Texas IDs are no problem!

Our store chain has a similar policy to Kroger. Non-Texas IDs must be approved by a member of management. I'm about the only one comfortable looking at out of state IDs since I have lived so many places and have received police-taught training in spotting fake IDs, regardless of the state of origin. (As well as specific to each state)

Gotta love Texas liquor law and enforcement making everyone paranoid.....

[blas]

Ya'lls need to get what we had at the grocery store and the gas station. It was a little book that showed what every state's driver's licenses look like. There was a Jane Doe Sample or whatever you'd like to call it, and it showed where the DOB goes, the expiration date, etc etc......very convenient. And tourists could buy their smokes or beer without worries.

[auntiem]

I vaguely remember when I worked at a beer stop kind of place that we had a booklet that had a picture of every state ID and what to look for. I'm sure it included military IDs too. I don't remember if it was issued by the state liquor control board or not - but that thing was dog eared since it was a college town.

I was going to visit Texas in a few months - is there a sign on the door of the store that only Texas ID will be accepted?

[Imogene]

So STOP WHINING ABOUT IT AND GET A TEXAS ID, YOU'VE LIVED HERE FOR 5 MONTHS NOW!!! UGH!!! Thank You.

I've lived here... three years (?) now, and I still have my MO ID, because it's still valid (until 2010) and I have a glimmer of hope that I might be moving back to MO. Getting a TX license would be giving up for me. Of course, I also just turned 27... even if I've been told I look young...
I've only ever bought one bottle of liquor, a thing of meade (no, that's how it's spelled on the label) so, I don't really need the ID for liquor.

[SG15Z]

Well I checked and it is just company policy. Just the way they talk about it made it sound like law. Plus a lot of local businesses have similar policies. I guess I got confused. lol.

[RetailWorkhorse]

So STOP WHINING ABOUT IT AND GET A TEXAS ID, YOU'VE LIVED HERE FOR 5 MONTHS NOW!!!

Oh, has it been five months already? Time to pack up the RV and head back to New Mexico! But first, I need red wine for my roast tomorrow.

*Makes a megaphone*

OI NAZEN! GO BUY ME SOME WINE YOU OVER-SIZED REN-FAIRE DRAGON TOTING VIKING* WANNABE!



*He's not even of Viking descent, the poor sod. Barely worth speaking to half the time.

[Animae]

I actually ran into this when I went to visit my friend who lived in texas for a while. The guy in the gas station didn't want to sell me smokes. I showed him my school id and library card, to prove to him that I really was just on vacation.

Its also been fun when my friend from Australia has come to chicago. We've had many a chat with a head bouncer in bars. But since he has the accent and passport to back it up, they are really nice about it.