Does this make me an SC? I did kinda get upset later.

[kibbles]

That cashier was an awful employee and was hopefully blessed with many true SC's for the full entire day.

And no, you were not a SC, you just came across a cashier that was an arrogant idiot. Don't blame yourself at all. If I were in your position, I would have immediately have gone to the manager and reported the cashier.

IMO, I think you should go back there and have a little chat with the manager.

[Becks]

I don't think you were an SC.

She's a sucky employee, and makes that store look bad.

[AFpheonix]

No, you did fine. Honestly, if people hand me their ID's even when I don't need it, I look at it politely and hand it back with a "Thank you!". That's all she had to do. Not hard.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Karma will bite that cashier in the ass someday.

Sometime she'll get somebody who looks to be 21 but isn't, she'll sell them alcohol without carding the customer, it will be a sting set up by the police, the store will get in lots of trouble and she'll be shit-canned.

Or maybe she'll somehow end up in the

[RecoveringKinkoid]

I have a friend who has NEVER been carded. He could buy beer at 15. He was 6'6", full beard, salt and pepper hair. Packing a little weight around the middle. Yes. By age 15. I went to high school with him.

Have another friend who was completely silver haired at 20. Otherwise youthful looking, but her hair is completely white.

As for me, I've only just recently QUIT having people routinely card me. I'm in my forties and had a baby last year. So I'm just now starting to get a little threadbare. People just couldn't tell how old I was. I'm sure they didn't honestly think I was under 21, but they sure couldn't tell if I was under 30 or not.

I have had a lot of fun with the "fool the guesser" guys at carnivals.

This woman is an unhappy, nasty shrew. I'm certainly not one to go running to management at the drop of a hat, but in this case, I think the manager should know how this troll is treating his customers.

[lordlundar]

RL: It's totally uncalled for, what are you going to go run to my boss about how the mean lady didn't check your ID?

Nope! gonna tell him about your attitude.

[erik316wttn]

She should have felt damn lucky you weren't part of some police sting operation.

[Barefootgirl]

What a rude woman. From what you've said, it doesn't sound like you were sucky to her, and there was no need for her to call you a brat ! In your shoes, i would certainly have asked to see the manager and let him know that he had a training issue on Till 9 (or whichever she was on).

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

i can see why she would be annoyed if she had gotten a lot of teenagers acting differently about id then people who dont care anymore so i dont think she was that out of line at first but she went too far

But the first thing the person behind the counter said after the OP mentioned to the guy behind her about not getting carded was "Listen you little brat".

In my opinion the person behind the counter was way out of line simply from the stand point that the OP wasn't being bitchy about it, just making a silly comment that not being carded meant that she was getting older.

Sorry, but I have to disagree, for the counter person to open with "brat" was an open declaration of verbal war. I get tired of people making the same joke over and over (I've heard 'my cupholder's broken' far too often to count) but I have never taken it out on the customer. You would never hear me call the customer a 'brat' for trying to be cute.

Mongo

[PuckishOne]

Bitch Alert! Bitch Alert!! And, to throw my warble into the chorus, that's not referring to you, OrcPrincess.

I have never - repeat, never - been carded for beer at a grocery store, nor at our state-run liquor stores, both of which have signs posted prominently that "we will card you if you appear to not have a walker and a head full of silver hair, blah blah blah." I have, on occasion, made a silly joke or remark about this to either the cashier or whomever I was with. Not once has anyone reacted like this - and it ain't because my jokes are always funny, I'm sure. This woman needs, at the least, a good stiff whack upside the head - and, like BrightEyedKitty, I also would have reported her to the manager although that's not my normal MO.

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

Frankly OrcPrincess, if you were the sucky customer then I'm the Queen of Spain...and so far I don't see a crown on my head.

The counter ape fired off the first shot by calling you a brat. From your previous comments all you were doing was chatting with someone other than her. She fired off the first salvo of the war and if it had been me in your position I would have showed her exactlly how evil I can get in a verbal war.

[DesignFox]

I would have gone to the woman's manager...I don't usually make complaints about employees- mainly because I work in retail and understand what it is like dealing with the public all day- but if someone had the audacity to call me a brat after making a joke- they would be done for. And I agree, when I am working a register and someone hands me ID for a check or credit card or anything- even though I haven't asked for it- I politely look at the ID, look at them and say thank you. This woman has NO EXCUSE whatsoever for being rude.

[Strange Magic]

I gotta jump on the bandwagon that says talk to the manager. If it was myself going about all this ,it would be my new mission in life to get this woman fired. Sometimes you just have to help karma along in it's timetable if things are going to slow. What good is it if something happens to this woman and you don't know about it anyhow? one of my personal philosophys is - Be nice...until provoked then declare all out war. and then adopt a scorched earth policy. (Kinda OTT I know...there are always certain times you can't be quite that nasty-but this is not one of them)
When I was in collage (age 21) there was a guy in my dorm who I thought was 35+ years old. He was short,mostly bald (except for the ring of hair around the very back of his head) and had a paunch. Turns out he was 18 and a freshman.
Another example of age mistakes on my part...i was in a training session for HD a couple of years ago and a stunnimg black woman was seated next to me. she had the figure of a woman in her early 20 (who worked out to boot) and it turned out she was 2 years older than me...that would have put her in her mid thirtys then....(not gonna give her age since that would be less than gentlemanly)
As for me...If I shave off my beard and pull my hair back I can pass for my mid /late 20's and I'm almost 40...
You just can't go by looks when it comes to these things . I know the TABC is really active in this area looking to bust folks for selling violations.

[LdyJedi]

So... you're prepared, like a good customer, she gets cranky. You speak to *someone else* in line and she inserts her two cents and goes off on you... no way are you the SC here! Actually, I would have spoken with the manager on that one, I thought anyone under 30 was supposed to be carded, regardless.

[digilight]

Mark me on the talk to manager side. As customers we have (hopefully) been trained to show ID for restricted purchases like booze, smokes, spraypaint, cold medicine, etc etc. There are enough assclowns out there who put up a fight over showing their ID and make it harder for the cashiers helping them and the customers in line behind them who have no problem proving their age. Her attitude in refusing to check your ID and then being a bitch about it is very detrimental in keeping customers trained to show it.

I know it sounds like some kind of Sci-Fi crap, but if you think about it thats really what it is.