The info's on the check. Why do I have to show my license???

[Food Lady]

Because a number written on a check doesn't tell me you are the person who owns the account. It's just a bunch of numbers. *sigh*

[Lachrymose]

I truly don't understand how people have lived to be a certain age and have never experienced having to provide ID for these kinds of things.

*massive facepalm*

[bainsidhe]

Same goes showing ID for restricted purchases. I understand people being frustrated showing ID for alcohol if they're clearly over 21, but when they look young and every local business cards anyone appearing under 40 for alcohol? Then why act so shocked?

[sweetj82]

My cousin who is 45 got carded yesterday. She bitched on her facebook all day. what got me were alot of people were behind her and blaming all the clerks.

[mharbourgirl]

My cousin who is 45 got carded yesterday. She bitched on her facebook all day. what got me were alot of people were behind her and blaming all the clerks.

I got carded days before my 40th birthday. It was awesome. Especially the startled look on the clerk's face when she realized how old my birthdate said I was. I was on cloud 9 for the rest of the day.

Your cousin needs a good smack.

[blas]

If I get carded at 40, I think I will have to be escorted out of the store for dry humping the cashier.

It's a compliment, not an insult!

I still get over the moon when I get carded. Unfortunately, my immature bf and friends think it's so "inconvenient" and "dumb", I think it means "Hey, you look young!"

And I want to look young forever.

[AtDIelement]

I got carded for cigarettes the other day... I almost got thrown out for trying to hug the cashier.

[aurelemsrealm]

My state requires ID for beer sales regardless of age. Most people are used to the drill now, but every once in a while we get some random idiot throwing a fit.

My advice to those who are put off by showing ID is to quit buying stuff that gets you carded. I'm so sick of customers lately, anyway, that I'm ready to tell anyone with a complaint about things beyond my control to fuck off and die the most horrible death imaginable. That's another rant, though.

As for me when I'm the customer, I'm always prepared to show ID if they ask. I always carry it with me because I know I'll likely need to show it for such things. I know I'm old enough to buy beer and snus, and I have my ID ready to prove it. Most of the time, I have it out and show it before they even ask because I know they'll be asking. It just makes life so much easier not to be a sucktomer. Why can't sucktomers understand such a basic concept?

[Food Lady]

If I get carded at 40, I think I will have to be escorted out of the store for dry humping the cashier. It's a compliment, not an insult! I still get over the moon when I get carded. Unfortunately, my immature bf and friends think it's so "inconvenient" and "dumb", I think it means "Hey, you look young!" And I want to look young forever.

But with my customers it's not the age thing. It's about "I can't get my card out of my wallet." So, don't keep it in the window slot. Even if I can see the info, how do I know it's real? But my sucktomers don't get that there is fraud out there, that I can't just trust them. A lot of midwesterners are naive. I can say that because A) I've been here 8 years and B) I grew up on the west coast. BIIIIG difference. annoys me to no end.

[Mytical]

Along with the 'EW' thing of "I shouldn't have to show my ID, don't you know (say it with me) WHO I AM???!" Nope, and don't care either. You can be the emperor of the universe for life, still don't/won't care.

[ChozoGhost79]

With all the SC complaints about check policies, I think they miss the point. There is no law saying a retailer HAS to take your check at all!

[Gizmo]

My cousin who is 45 got carded yesterday. She bitched on her facebook all day. what got me were alot of people were behind her and blaming all the clerks.

A friend who really must have a Dorian Grey in his attic (he still looks around 20ish and is at least late forties or older) does a lap around the bar in honour whenever that happens - which it does which alarming regularity.

[XCashier]

A friend who really must have a Dorian Grey in his attic (he still looks around 20ish and is at least late forties or older) does a lap around the bar in honour whenever that happens - which it does which alarming regularity.

Maybe that's how he stays so young looking: regular exercise!

[Chromatix]

I never get carded for age. That's half because I rarely buy age-restricted things, and half because I have a pretty decent beard. No mistaking me for an under-18.

[simplyanother]

I hate checks, and I hate ids. I hate most things. I'm so damned pleasant.

"I can't find my ID..." and they look at me ...like I'm just going to say "oh, shoot, you know what, it's not actually a rule...I was just bored..." or "ha ha, april fool!".

"What happens if I can't find my ID?"

"well then, you don't get to pay by check..."

"...oh".

Same people who get all pissy because we require a phone number for check purchases. "well, I don't have a phone!"
"well, you don't get to use a check, sucks to be you!"

I'm in my early 30's. When I was younger, it used to irritate me to get carded for things. Now, not so much. It'll catch up with me, one day, and I'll look my age, but right now, I'm going to just enjoy it. I think. People don't expect as much from me, and that's fine, sometimes. heh