I've got an ID story.

[Jester]

Oh, I almost forgot, dealing as I was above with the serious side of this......

When I card people, I always do it in a friendly way, and don't USUALLY have problems (other than the ones you see listed here), but one amusing thing that happens is this:

If I card someone that looks 30 or younger, and they are with older folks, invariably one of the older folks asks why I didn't card them. And by older folks, we are talking 50's and up, kids. Depending on the people, I vary my answer. If I know for certain they can take a joke, and it is a man asking me, my response will be extremely smart ass.

MAN: "Hey, how come you didn't ask for my ID?"
JESTER: "Moses told me you were of age, Father Time."

Or some variation on that. That is rare, and only when I KNOW I can get away with it. More often than not, it goes something like this:

OLDER PERSON: "Hey, how come you didn't ask for my ID?"
JESTER: "What? You don't remember doing tequila shots with me last night?"

Always gets a laugh, and gets me out of the awkward position of explaining that they are too old for me to bother carding.

[ShortTemperHatesStupidity]

I'm 23, and I'm constantly told (especially on the weekends, with no makeup and hair in a ponytail) that I could pass for 17

I get that too. It drives me crazy that people go the extra length to tell me how young I really look, cuz ya know, I don't look in the mirror or anything. But I respect them for doing their job. I'm glad to know that it's one less vendor that enables the underaged to get into trouble.

If I was setting up the system, I'ld probably have the person swipe their ID in a reader that would pull up their picture off the state database, just so I don't have to worry about fake IDs. It would also solve a number of the other ID issues you get.

Now that is a great idea.

[alphaboi]

I'm 21 and get carded pretty much every time I go to a bar/resturant/club/ etc. The one place that never cards me is our government-run liquor stores....

[DGoddessChardonnay]

I've been to places with no indoor plumbing. No electricity. No streetlights. Swamp muck up to my ankles. No floors. No walls. No roof. Guess what I had in my pocket? That's right, an ID card so I could have a beer.

Why oh why oh why is that so flipping hard?

Because that would show good sense on your part, which is what SC's seem to lack.

Remember the SC's creed (which sadly is the same as Corporate Logic)

If it makes sense, it ain't allowed.

[DesignFox]

I'd like to know...what is the ID song?

[CrazedClerk]

I'd like to know...what is the ID song?

I found it. From a thread called "More ID headaches"

All credit to Jester on this one:

Everyone, sing it with me:
[to the tune of "If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands]

"If you order alcohol, show ID.
If you want me to serve you booze, let me see.
If you want to get a drink
Then folks you have to think
That if you look that young you'll need your damn ID!

If you're legal and you're thirsty, show some proof.
If you left your home without it you're a goof.
If you're legal and you know it
and you want a drink, then show it.
Cause the only way you're drinking is with proof!

Thank you. Thank you. I'll be here all week

[tollbaby]

dude, I can so see singing that in a bar!

[DesignFox]

That is great! I think I'd fall off my bar stool in hysterics if all the bartenders took up a rousing chorus!

[Jester]

Thank you, Crazed Clerk, for digging that up.

What can I say? I rock!

[katie kaboom]

Last time I went to the liquor store, I had my DL out like I always do, and the guy didn't ask for it.....does that mean that I'm there entirely too much?

lol, i just went to the liquor store today, and as always, had my id in my hand with my money....the guy didn't even ask to see it. And even though i'm 28, i KNOW people think i'm much younger. So apparently you're not the only one that's at the liquor store entirely too much.

[ArenaBoy]

Keep in mind that not only bars are asking for IDs, but some gamestores I've bought games from also ask for ID. (I don't know if it's required by law now or so.) Anyway, I have no problem showing my ID because it's this thing called proof of age and doing your job. Honestly, it's not that hard.

As for checking underage folks, in the hand state they have this solved. It's called the vertical driver's license, where if you happen to be under 21 the set-up is vertical instead of horizontal. You're stuck with until the day you turn 21 basically, servers I know love this set-up because all it takes is a simple glance and that's it.

By the way Jester, is it all right with you if I print out the song? I showed it to my mother and she got a laugh out of it and wants to put on display in the kitchens at Whiskeyclone.

[Jester]

By the way Jester, is it all right with you if I print out the song? I showed it to my mother and she got a laugh out of it and wants to put on display in the kitchens at Whiskeyclone.

Go for it. I don't make up this stuff just to hoard it all to myself.

[Imogene]

The family went out to dinner at a 'Mexican cantina' (Their advertising, not mine). It was packed to the gills when we got there, so the five of us wandered into the bar area to 'chat' (couldn't hear a damn thing over the noise in the place). My brother went over to the bar to get beer for himself and Dad.
Bro gets asked his age. Bro pulls out License. Bartender grabs beers, returns, tells bro all he had to do was tell him his age.

[Thrifty]

servers I know love this set-up because all it takes is a simple glance and that's it.

now in your state does it change as soon as the person turns 21. Because I really don't need to renew my ID until 2009, but it is vertical because I got it when I was 18 although I am 21 now. So just a heads up that although it is vertical it does not mean the person isn't 21.

[DesignFox]

They had a similar technique before the digital IDs came out here in Jersey. Two things with the licenses before they went to all this bull with 6 point identification...

1) When you got your license and you were under 21 you HAD to have a picture. and you HAD to turn your face to the side for a profile shot. I still remember getting my first license and you had to turn and look at the "under 21 frog."

2) when you turned 21 you had two options. A) get a picture license with your face front. or B) order through the mail and get no picture and avoid the DMV (and the 16 hour lines).

so, if you were facing front, or you had no picture at all, you were definitely 21. I agree you always should check the date if the person insists they are 21 because you could just be close to renewal time when you turn 21.

Of course, midway through having my new license, they changed all the policies, and even though my license is still VALID!!! I can't buy liquor with it or even use it as identification when I RENEW my license in March. Of course, I can get on a plane with it...I even used it to get my passport... but a beer? NO! Renew your license? NO. F-ed up. I hate how the laws make absolutely no sense.

I really feel for the servers. Especially, after this experience!