Yet more ID suck

[Lace Neil Singer]

Today was truly the day of suck. -.- Halfway thru the day, I got a call from a collegue over in the supermarket, who works mainly on the cigarette kiosk, but occasionally comes over to petrol. Let's call her Serena.

Serena: Just a head's up; I just asked this girl for ID, and she didn't have any, so she threw a massive tantrum and said she was coming over to you.
Me: OK; what does she look like?
Serena: Long dark brown hair in a ponytail, tallish, slim.
Me: Okies, thanks.

I ring off and tell Kat and Jim, who are on the till, about the ID SC. I then go back to what I was doing. SC comes in about ten minutes later and sure enough, throws a giant fit. She claims to be twenty two, married and demands to know if the girl on the kiosk rang us up and tipped us off. Jim declines to answer and tells the SC that if she wants her cigarettes, then she's got to provide ID as Think 25 means that we have to ID everyone who looks under 25. SC throws a fit and leaves.

SC comes back a little later, still bitching about the injustice and slams her passport down on my till. I serve her the cigarettes and she leaves, still muttering under her breath. Bitch.

[Bright_Star]

With her nasty attitude, I would have refused the sale.

[LillFilly]

WTF. I LIKE being ID'd; makes me feel young! Besides, you should always have it with you; never know when you might have to fake your own death

[Raveni]

Where I live, showing irrational fits of anger is considered a sign that the person might be intoxicated. We are not allowed to sell any age-restricted items to people we suspect are intoxicated. That includes cigs.

[ExRetailDrone]

Where I live, showing irrational fits of anger is considered a sign that the person might be intoxicated. We are not allowed to sell any age-restricted items to people we suspect are intoxicated. That includes cigs.

Oooh, I like that. I like that very much.

"Nope, sorry, since you've decided to go and throw a tantrum, I suspect you might be drunk, so now even if you did bring in an ID, I can't sell it to you!" *blows raspberries*

[Miss_Stress]

This happens ALL the time where I work! I get 2 reactions usually - either a temper tantrum because they don't have said ID, or I get the "Are you joking?" approach. I think most of them think we get a kick out of ID'ing them like we CHOOSE to be shouted at and abused! Personally, I'm getting fed up of being shouted at for doing my job, obeying company policy, and obeying the law.

[Can I Help Your A$$?]

I suppose they are going to have to get used to it right quick; here, we ID for cough medicine, spray paint, Nyquil and computer/desk canned air.

[firecat88]

I suppose they are going to have to get used to it right quick; here, we ID for cough medicine, spray paint, Nyquil and computer/desk canned air.

As it should be. There's way too many opportunity otherwise for that stuff to be used very stupidly (I mean, there's still a risk of it being used in a stupid manner even with the ID, but it's reduced)

[CiggyStoreClerk]

I went down to New York State to get some grocery shopping done last night (why Canada doesn't have Cookie Crisps, I'll never understand) and ended up picking up some Twisted Tea (yum!) before coming back home. I forgot my ID in the car, so I had my friend buy it for me. This is how the interaction went:

Cashier: Ok, (to friend) you're good. (To me) Do you have ID?
Me: Yeah, I forgot it in the car. I'll go get it now. (Run to car, get my license, come back in, show license to cashier).
Cashier: You're good too. Sorry about that.
Me: Oh, it's not a problem at all. Thanks for the booze!

Why don't other people understand that THIS is what the interaction is supposed to be?!

[Lace Neil Singer]

With her nasty attitude, I would have refused the sale.

To be honest, at that point I just wanted her to get the fuck out. I was tired, hungry for my dinner and just could not face having to deal with an SC blasting off at nuclear level.

[Elandora]

At my store, we have to ID for anyone looking under 27 for cigarettes and 35 for alcohol, I just go with the latter number for either one and tell them that they look suspiciously under 35, and therefore I must ask for their ID. This usually gets more pleasant reactions than just 'I need to see your ID'. I hate having to ask for ID's for checks though.

I had a customer come in the other day that wanted cash back on a check, she's been in before, and when I asked for her ID, instead of providing it, she said that everybody knows her because she's in all the time, she named off several employees and said that she knew them all, and still would not produce an ID. After unsuccessfully trying to Jedi mind trick™ me into thinking that I did not need her ID at all, she admitted that she did not have a drivers license on her.

'But I come in here all the time' is a terrible excuse. So what if Steve knows you? I don't, and Steve isn't here to vouch for you.