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
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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 tried buying alcohol for the first time. I have a baby face, so I had my ID ready. The store owner admitted that my ID looked real enough, but he wouldn't believe it wasn't just an elaborate fake. He very nearly called the cops on me. FML
Today, I went to buy some Ibuprofen and got asked for ID. You have to be over 16 to buy it. I'm 25. FML
Today, I was carded for trying to buy wine and was told the dates were faded, so they wouldn’t be selling it to me, since they suspected I was underage. I work at the vineyard that produces the wine, I’m the head vintner, and I made the wine in the bottle I wasn’t allowed to buy. 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 bought a small bottle of liquor to share with my husband to celebrate our move. It took three hours at the store as the cashier, manager, GM, and a police officer checked my ID believing it was fake. I'm 25. FML
Today, I went to buy some beer using my fake ID, when the cute cashier and I started flirting. When he asked me how old I was, I said without thinking, "Nineteen." FML
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 my job started requiring all transactions regarding cigarettes or alcohol to have the ID scanned before proceeding. There is no way yo bypass this function. I carded a 60 year-old man and his 40 year-old son who both yelled at me for 10 minutes. FML
Today, I went to see a movie. While buying tickets, the girl behind the counter asked to show my ID card to proof I'm at least 16 years old. Not wanting to make a drama, I showed it. She took a look at it and declared it as fake. That ID is real and I'm 24. FML
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shots1996 8
Keep your id with you
fbi001 6
Ur an idiot
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Comments (234)
RaquelRox2299 0
You shouldn't be surprised, that is the law, ID is required to purchase alcohol. Its nothing new. This is your fault for not having your ID...
miguelmartell 5
What about your driver's license? No?
DelphiCat 17
For the last time. OP is in the UNITED KINGDOM. In the UNITED KINGDOM you are only required BY LAW to ID someone who you do not think is 18, although most shops WILL ID anyone who looks under 21. Many companies now have a policy of ID -ing all who look under 25. But whatever way you look at it, OP had the right to not expect to be ID -d ALSO, in the UNITED KINGDOM you are NOT required BY LAW to carry ID. Not even your drivers licence. Not even when you are driving. No, he should not have insulted the cashiers personal appearance, but yes, all of you who keep saying its illegal not to card etc are WRONG.
iwadasn 33
If it's the store's policy to ID everyone, as it appears it might be since they carded a 37-year-old, then the OP should either comply with that policy or shop at another store. He deserves it for expecting the policy to apply to everyone but him and then insulting the cashier when he refused to bend the rules.
DelphiCat 17
the my knowledge, there are NO chain supermarkets in the united who card everyone, particulaly not the larger ones. As i belive i have made it clear, only a handful card up to 25 e.g. when i had just turned 18 i was buying alcohol in my local tesco, the cashier was not 18 so had to ask his supervisor, she looked me up and down and decided it was ok, no id required, because she judged me, and 18 yr old girl, to look 18. but clearly a 37 year old man NEEDS to show id.
vettle 6
You're an asshole.
thatbitch1204 2
In south Carolina if the person looks under 40 we have to card. If you were under the legal age and were sold alcohol and they found out that you were underage, the store gets fined, the person who sold it gets fined and the employee can potentially lose his/her job because they can no longer sell alcohol or tobacco. Its a rule, get over it.
leztg 0
I depise people like you. People like you think that you are so great because you are a customer and you have the power over the people working at the store. The kid was doing his job like everyone replied. I would of kick you out of the store too for being such an ass.
Taz23_fml 6
idk why when people get older they are not going to get carded. ur an idiot
DrumlineChick 7
Its not his fault you couldn't get the bottle! It's yours. Who dosent carry thier ID with them all the time? He's just doing his job.
Ammi 7
Since you described him as scrawny and acne ridden, something tells me that you were less than friendly when you spoke to both him and the manager. I would have kicked you out, too. Besides, many cities require carding for anyone who appears under 40, and many stores do that independently of the laws. God forbid the kid doing his job inconvenienced you in some way.
tonsta28 4
Well legally they have to no matter how old you look....