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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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)
trumancassady 0
It's their job to ask for ID
JasonEP 3
He can get fired for not asking you. You shouldn't have left your house without your ID. So you are a ******* idiot.
adrex1 0
in most states retailers are required by law to see proof of ID for purchases of alcohol. No matter how old you are. take your ID next time
Levvy 22
Aw. So bitter. You can't even think of anything the kid actually did wrong, so you're reduced to just insulting his appearance because clearly he has to be the guilty party SOMEHOW.
sietseld 13
Around where I live, it is required by law to check for ID no matter how old a person is. And they do undercover checks of places to see if they are complying. A store could lose their liquor license if they didn't, so the employee and manager were just doing their job to avoid getting in a lot of trouble. Also, you should alway carry your license with you at all times, so YDI. (Really how hard is it to stick it in your wallet with your money and/or credit card, which you clearly had with you?)
Mythicleb 0
Alcoholic!!!!
MarioDragon 14
Yet another old probably ugly European man who thinks being scrawny and acne-ridden is something easily controlled, then gets mad when the kid actually follows the rules. How lovely...
Lililthx 7
U mad, racist?
kcjo89 1
I don't know how it works there, but where I work state law says if you look under 40, we have to check your Id. Cut the kid some slack. They were just doing their jobs. Besides, they're saying you look younger than you are. Why are you pissed about that?
aaronpaul323 1
It's law in most states now to check all i.d. Or those under 50. The employee could lose their job if they don't.
Razzed 4
WTF is wrong with you people that you don't realise that these cashiers are literally guessing your age. Regardless of how old you are, how old you "look" is a subjective opinion. OP is 37, and I bet that you could ask ten different cashiers what they think OPs age is and you would receive ten different answers from each one. This is true no matter what country you are in. Cashiers are not the carnies who work the "Guess your age" booth at the fair, so if you don't want to be inconvenienced because a cashier has a differing opinion of how old you look, bring your stupid ID card and avoid this ever being a problem in the first place. It really doesn't matter if you are in the UK, the USA, Canada, wherever. If you can't prove that you are of legal age to purchase a regulated substance, the store can refuse to sell to you.
metallicshadow 16
that scrawny acne-covered kid did what he was supposed to do, ain't his fault that that's the policy or you forgot your ID, he could get fired or written up for not asking for ID