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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Halloween
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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m3lyc 18
I hate people like you who moan when asked for ID. If they sell to somone underage, it's a level 5 fine of up to £5,000 and immediate dismissal. Cashiers have a responsibility to ensure that doesn't happen and every cashier has the right to ask anyone for ID, no matter how old they are. Also many stores have raised the age to 25 for the task 25 or whatever scheme meaning that if you look under 25, you almost certainly will be asked for ID. They just want to make sure they aren't breaking the law, what's wrong with that? Have your ID with you next time, dipshit.
mo_risa 4
U do know that they can get sued if a problem cane up an somehow people found out they sold you alcohol with out checking ID, right?
m3lyc 18
In the UK, the business can't get sued, but they may lose their license to sell alcohol if they sell to someone underage. Also, it aint against the law to not carry ID, nor is it against the law not to ask, even if you look under 25/21. I'm 23 and hardly ever get asked but I do always carry it with me, just in case. Some stores are stricter than others however and even if you look old enough, you may still get asked, especially if the cashier has a strict supervisor/manager watching over them as they may get a disciplinary if they don't.
BobOsso_fml 8
The kid was just doing his job. He doesn't get paid enough to get the kind of shit he most likely gets. His manager on the other hand shouldn't be so stupid. I work in retail and it's the cashier's job to follow procedure and the manager's job to think and help the customer. That's why I always tell cashiers that transfer to a department to stop thinking like a checker. Take it as a compliment and YDI for not having ID.
Krulin 8
I'm thinking the customer was being less than pleasant with the manager, and likely "forgot" to mention that in the FML. Either that or the store manager thought she could have been a secret shopper.
lazy_ella 7
Not only will the cashier be fired, fined £2000 and be arrested if caught selling alcohol to a minor the supermarket will be fined £25,000 (which the will try to claw back from the sacked cashier) and the manager will also lose his or her job. There is too much at stake to simply NOT ask for your ID incase your "little feelings are hurt," you are too old to go running to the supervisor for simply being asked a question, they were damn right to ask you to leave but I would not have been so polite "SECURITY!"
charlieohcharlie 12
To put it as you said it: people will be fined if caught selling alcohol to a /minor/. There is no way a 37-year-old looks like a minor. I see OP's reason to be frustrated about this because it probably felt as if the kid was taking the piss. From the cashier point of view, it's very well possible that he was following the rules letter to letter because he just got that job and whatnot.
lazy_ella 7
331 - I disagree simply because I know people who are 37 and they actually look like 16-18ish, sure if they put on a suit, wear make-up etc they would look closer to their real age but their job allows them to wear trainers so they don't. I do but I still get asked by busy-bodies on the pavement why am I skipping school and I'm 28. They say beauty is in the eyes of beholder so maybe it's age too, but is being denied alcohol really a FML?
blueeyedwolf 10
You say there is no way someone 37 years old can look like a minor? I am 36 and get carded for rated R movies. It happens. But unlike OP, I am happy to provide ID since I do not look my age. Even if the OP is in the UK, why couldn't he/she just have gone home to get their ID instead of berating an innocent cashier? That would have been the 'adult' thing to do, which the OP is showing a huge lack of. It's not just their appearance that seems young.
YourBuddyDave 0
Don't worry about it, my local store won't accept my passport because it's not state issued - it was enough for me to enter the frickin country from Belgium but not enough to buy the beer we sent over.
Namenlos_fml 20
I agree with 1. And don't insult the cashier. You're the idiot who forgot their ID.
ash1rose 11
You do know that most places now have a carding policy if you look under 40? You're one of those jackasses who thinks the rules don't apply to you, aren't you?
hellonyancat 6
Is that in the UK? I'm 25 and have never been asked for ID.
jellyD 1
The law is the law. You are not worth the fine they could get. And you drive w/out your license?
DelphiCat 17
In the UK if you get pulled over by the police you have 7 days to present your driving licence to a police station. So yes, most people no longer expecting to be asked for proof of age upon purchasing alcohol (25+) do drive around without their licences...
jewishmafia 0
I hate it when people at the supermarket do what they are legally required to do.
jhall0719 0
So ur driving without a license? And being an asshole to a kid who just doing his job?