The Absurdity of ID

[Jester]

I agree with the lady in the OP that the fact they have to check your ID for money procedures is absurd. It is also absurd that so many people in this world will go out of their way to try to steal other people's money and/or identity. So I am quite willing to accept one absurdity due to the other.

As for alcohol purchases, I agree with many of my bar customers that it is absurd that we have to card so hard. Hell, I think it is absurd that you can be legally considered an adult in this country, including the right to vote, pay taxes, get arrested, and serve in the military, but you still cannot purchase or enjoy alcoholic beverages. However, my opinion on the absurdity of this is inconsequential, as I work under laws that REQUIRE me to ask for ID for alcoholic purchases, and to not sell to anyone that does not provide proper ID or who is under the age of 21. And while I think those laws are indeed absurd, I will take their absurdity over getting in trouble with the law each and every fucking day of the week, thank you very much.

So, is it absurd? Sure. Now show me your fucking ID, asshole!

...these days you pretty much have to stay in a DTA mindset all the time.

DTA?

Not even a passport (presumably the format of passports is pretty standard worldwide)? Then how are the tourists supposed to be able to buy their booze and smokes?

I am sure they can take passports. It sounded more like the person in question had a foreign ID, i.e. an ID issued by a foreign government like a driver's license or somesuch, rather than a passport.

[dalesys]

...that it's 15% alcohol by volume...

I remember cinnamon & mint mouthwashes that were 80 proof (40%)!

And friends & neighbors gargling this stuff every morning.

The same ones who refused to drink booze "Because it burns so much!"

[BeeMused]

I am sure they can take passports. It sounded more like the person in question had a foreign ID, i.e. an ID issued by a foreign government like a driver's license or somesuch, rather than a passport.

I sure had fun, when I was in the USA and got carded. Most people never had seen a foreign ID, so I had to show them my German ID, passport and driving licence before they believed that I was well over 21. Once even a local police officer was called to have a look. All documents are trilingual german/french/english, so they could find the DoB.

[Magpie]

I remember cinnamon & mint mouthwashes that were 80 proof (40%)!

And this is why, as the Mythbusters demonstrated, you don't want to use mouthwash to try to beat the breathylizer.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

I am sure they can take passports. It sounded more like the person in question had a foreign ID, i.e. an ID issued by a foreign government like a driver's license or somesuch, rather than a passport.

Pretty much spot on, sorry if I wasn't clearer when I posted yesterday.

The ID the customer had appeared to be a government issued ID card from outside the US, which our company doesn't accept.

[Estil]

Hell, I think it is absurd that you can be legally considered an adult in this country, including the right to vote, pay taxes, get arrested, and serve in the military, but you still cannot purchase or enjoy alcoholic beverages.

Indeed, as my PS 101 instructor pointed out, a 18-20 year old can (in the right MOS of the military) be trusted with a nuclear bomb, but can't be trusted with a beer.

[CrazedClerkthe2nd]

DTA?

DTA = Don't trust anybody/anyone

[Plaidman]

Excuses I've gotten for lack of ID

1: I Swear I'm this old. (I don't care)
2: I come here all the time (That's proof?)
3: I'm a father/mother! (Wow. Never heard of teen pregnacy?)
4: Flashing of boobs.
5: Flashing of penis.
6: Bribes, money drugs, sex.

And more.

However, yesterday I had the strangest request of proof that she was 19.

She had no ID for smokes. She asked me if she can give me her ID number and put that in my computer.

Her ID Number. Not her DOB. Her ID number. Like a convience store's computer is so magical and advance that it knows all ID numbers.

Its bad enough I get people who are so parnoid they refuse to show ID if I I'm going to scan it because that means the goverment knows they are buying beer and will bust them. For drinking. Or something.