Today, I refused to serve a woman alcohol, as she looked underage. She complained to my manager about "age racism." FML
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Today, I was fired for not asking a senior citizen for proof that he was over 21 and legally allowed to purchase alcohol. When I told my manager he was clearly over 21, he replied, "But what if he WASN'T?" FML
Today, a cute thirty-ish chick walked into the bar I work in. I asked her for her license to make her feel young. She didn't have her license on her and started yelling about how stupid it was to even ask, when she obviously was old enough to drink. She then got up and left. FML
Today, while buying drinks, the cashier immediately refused me and said, “Don’t even bother showing me your ID, you’re obviously 12." I’m 31. FML
Today, I was refused employment at a liquor store. Their reason? I'm a regular customer and they're afraid I'll drink all their profits. FML
Today, I was sent home for refusing to sign a write up at my restaurant. A customer insisted that she doesn’t drink soda so she’d like a ginger ale. I calmly explained to her that ginger ale is in fact soda. She told management I was being condescending and rude, because she didn’t believe me. FML
Today, I got fired as a waiter because I refused to serve alcohol to a pregnant woman and she reported me. Turns out she's not pregnant, she's just a fat Karen. FML
Today, I got fired from my job. My manager found Facebook pictures of me drinking underage at a party. He said he didn't want "that kind of image" associated with the business. It was his birthday party. He supplied the booze. FML
Today, when I went to the gas station to buy beer, some underage punk outside asked me to buy him booze. I told him to get bent, but the dumbass cashier had seen me talking to him, and refused to let me buy alcohol because, "This is obviously a sting." FML
Today, I tried to buy a bottle of wine from the supermarket. The scrawny, acne-ridden kid at the checkout asked to see my ID. I didn't have any on me, since I'm 37 years old and didn't expect to be asked stupid questions. I complained to his manager, only to be asked to leave. FML
Today, I went to the bar to celebrate my friend's birthday party. I gave the bouncer my ID and he kicked me out, saying that I should at least use an ID card with the correct gender. I'm 22 and female, he thought I was an underage boy. FML
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Top comments
MrConcise 35
"Sir, I'll have you know that your employee thinks I am Younganese. This is incredibly racist, I'm clearly Boozehoundian."
devildog562 33
Thank god stupidity isn't contagious.
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Comments (92)
amansingh 8
It's not your fault. you only tried to do what was ethical...But doesn't UK have a very low age restriction for alcohol consumption?..18 years old?
Steffi 26
That doesn't mean she didn't look underage.
DaBlacky 31
you call 18 "very" low? I wonder what you think about some other countries ;)
NostalgiaFreak9 43
What the **** is "age racism"? She should just accept she's too young for alcohol.
mfxray 10
"Age racism" you can tell something like that wouldn't work before you can finish saying it.
Colon_Man 17
I was carded a few years ago. Funny thing was, it was after I had already received two beers and only got carded when she saw my badge when I went to pay. Funny coincidence, that.
ShitNotAgainn 13
You mean ageism
ViviMage 40
Just card her and make sure she's of age to have alcohol instead of a flat out refusal. Then welcome her back on her birthday!
syed121417 22
Ageism, though, is actual. But in cases like these, I imagine that you should just ask for the customer's ID. After all, some people always look much younger than they are.
Mr23 9
The OP may believe the ID to be fake. This is pretty hard to actually prove ("this picture looks nothing like you!", "Yes it does, I just got my hair done." "Well the plastic texture is also weird." "All IDs in Philadelphi are like that." "Look, you're clearly under 21" "Why, thank you. ... I'm not though.")
skylerchodrow 5
Its called agism good god
LyricaSilvan 30
YDI. You shouldn 't automatically assume based on her appearance that she's underage. Ever heard of carding people?
TallMist 32
Typically, the way it goes is "Hey, I'm gonna need to see your ID" "Why?" "You look underage" "AGE RACISM!" That's how all the stories I read goes.
rachilio 26
Didn't you just card her?