Getting Carded

[TeufelBrew]

Clearly written on the back is my signature and "PLEASE ID".

*adjusts nerd glasses*
For anyone considering just writing 'See ID' and not signing the card, on the back of most debit/credit cards not that the card requires a signature to be valid. Putting 'See ID' is not enough, and stores can (legally) turn you down and/or force you to sign the card in front of them (after checking you license) in order to use it on a purchase.

Just showing ya, the card is signed, but I also request they ask for ID. Just another small layer in the big Spidey web I use to protect my few, but very hard earned dollars!

 

[html034]

I worked at theater back in my college days (early 2000s) and we were told to card anyone that looked under 28. Especially if they were bringing in kids that looked younger than 17 with them. I carded basically anyone that I thought could even have a chance at being under 30. Its easier to do that then try to explain to the boss how that 20 year old was able to bring in 5 13year olds to watch Scary Movie.

Its a job, and I'm not going to get fired just because you might get your feelings hurt that I carded you. My .02.

I know that, I work at a restaurant that serves alcohol so I have to card people all the time, I was just commenting on the strange discrepancy of being carded at one place and not at another.

 

[Ksosh]

Just showing ya, the card is signed, but I also request they ask for ID. Just another small layer in the big Spidey web I use to protect my few, but very hard earned dollars!

Yeah yeah yeah, I noticed that after i had posted "Just so you're aware..."
...so I changed it after the fact to reflect that you DID sign the card and I was an idiot for not reading more carefully

 

[Ksosh]

I've got you one better than a pocketknife.

Spray paint at Home Depot. Got carded buying a can of Rust Oleum a few months back. I think they had just put the policy in place and were carding everyone, because I've bought since and they haven't asked for ID again.

Blame those damn huffers! I could see if I walked into the store looking like this..

If you live in a city with a graffiti problem they might try and limit juvenile delinquents from getting ahold of spray paint?

(BTW: I 'ahold' a word? Google Chrome is dinging me for it...)

 

[Buford]

I'm 31 and rarely get carded for anything around home. A few months back I was in Boston and got carded for EVERYTHING, even tobacco purchases. Hell, I got carded in a convention dealer room before I could look at a dealer's porn comics selection. I have a beard and my 27-year old wife (well, 26 at the time, but still) was standing there with me.

Now the question is why was I buying horribly overpriced tobacco in MA when I live in VA? I should have brought my own from home, but I didn't think about it.

 

[OMJ]

Im 27 and when I shave my beard I look 18 if that. Every time I shave I get carded for everything. Last time I shaved I got carded buying canned air at staples.

 

[GregR]

I've got the face of a twelve year old and I'm 25. I get carded at Wal-mart when I try to buy deodorant. Hahaha

I have the same problem. cashiers look at me and say, "Does your mom want you buying soda, son? there's an awful lot of sugar in it, you know."

 

[alcibiades]

So get this. I am 22, and I think I look about my age. Today I visited a local winery and did some tasting, and eventually bought a bottle. No ID requested. Then an hour later, I went to the movie theater to see "Bruno" and was asked for my ID. WTF. I didn't even know they checked ID at the movies. One person thinks that I am absolutely over 21, but then another person thinks I might be under 17? You've got to be kidding me.

Then again, after seeing "Bruno," I'm convinced that this movie would be more potentially damaging to a minor than alcohol. (Although I thought the movie was hilarious.)

nice avatar. I wonder if nietzsche ever got carded (or drank beer for that matter)

 

[tmoney1224]

I know that, I work at a restaurant that serves alcohol so I have to card people all the time, I was just commenting on the strange discrepancy of being carded at one place and not at another.

Well you said in your OP that you didn't know they carded at the theater.

 

[bigdug]

The SWMBO got carded a year or so ago (I will not post her age on the internet I like being married) at food lion and she ran around the counter and hugged the cashier and told them they had made her day.

 

[bashe]

I don't get carded that often, mainly just at places that card everyone. I do shop at Brunos and never get carded when I buy beer there

 

[watkinseric]

Move to Europe, you'll never get carded. I barely look 18 and the six years I was between Germany and Italy I never showed I.D. Coming back to America and getting my I.D. checked every five minutes after serving six years there made me wonder. Maybe for a good laugh put on a fake beard.

 

[html034]

Move to Europe, you'll never get carded. I barely look 18 and the six years I was between Germany and Italy I never showed I.D. Coming back to America and getting my I.D. checked every five minutes after serving six years there made me wonder. Maybe for a good laugh put on a fake beard.

Actually I am going to Germany for a year in august, and I've heard that no one gets ID'ed as long as they can see over the counter.

 

[MikeFlynn74]

Alaska where even if you founded the ******* state you still get carded like you stole the ID

 

[html034]

Update to the story: tonight I went to a bar after work with my dad. I'm 22 and my dad is 57 with a gray beard. We sit down at the bar and the bartender comes over to us and says to my dad "he can't be in here after 10." My dad stares at her incredulously for a couple seconds, and says "What!?" She repeats herself, saying "minors can't be in here after 10, he's going to have to leave." My dad takes this unexpected development in and says, "He's 22." The bartender responds with, "Well, does he have ID?" At which point I join the conversation, and say, "Yes, HE does" and I proceed to show her my ID. She brings us each a beer, and says to me, "I never would have thought that you were old enough to be in here" So I ask her, "Well how old do you think I am?" And she responds, "I don't know, 15." I didn't know what to say.:cross:

 

[Domminigan]

It's a running joke in my family that I will have to produce ID if I'm buying anything that might be remotely in need of age requirements.