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
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I refused to serve a woman alcohol, as she looked underage. She complained to my manager about "age racism." 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 got fired from my new job on my first day. Why? Because I'm 19 and company policy says you have to be 21. But they can't ask how old you are. 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 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, I sold a customer some beer. He then asked to see the manager, and told me he was a 19 year-old undercover cop. My knee jerk reaction was to panic and curse aloud, before realizing he was balding, toothless, probably 50, certainly not a cop, and laughing at me for being such a gullible moron. 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 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, 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, 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
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Top comments
Batkid217 14
crazy kids and their drama class. of course he was under make up to look over 60!
bethrh 49
Wow, your boss is an idiot
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Comments (86)
TheIronFez 13
It sounds like your boss has a serious case of brain damage.
JessicaGrewal 22
Wow. Your boss is so smart.
RealSuperSand 21
Wow. Your boss went full retard. You never go full retard. I haven't been carded since I was 17, sue for wrongful termination, as far as I know U.S. law doesn't require an I.D. check on regulated substances such as alcohol or tobacco as long as you look over 40. Most areas don't card if you look a day older than 21.
Callyn 47
US law does not require that you card anyone for anything. It does require that you not sell restricted substances to minors and has some pretty harsh penalties if you do. US law also does not say anything about checking older peoples ID when selling restricted substances. Many locations that sell restricted substances have policies about carding people, which are not the law in any way but still must be followed by employees of those locations. If OP's workplace had a policy about carding everybody, that is what they should have done. OP wasn't fired for being gay or black, they were fired because they didn't check a customer's ID and have no case for a wrongful termination lawsuit.
siriuslysarah 13
I work somewhere where we have to ID everyone no matter what they look like, every single time they come...it's really a pain especially for the older customers, sometimes I have to ID people born in the 1920's...
PANDORUM89 21
as someone with a license to sell alcohol I know for a fact that you do not have to card someone if they clearly look above the age of 40. I once carded someone who looked 20ish and he was actually 30. its an awkward feeling but if you aren't sure card them. if they are clearly in their 60+ range then I do not believe that your boss could fire you.
rec_chem 22
Your job is to check IDs, not make judgement calls. You and your boss both could have been arrested and fired if you were wrong. I knew a guy in high school who had a full head of gray hair at 17 years old. Looks can be deceiving.
laden_swallow09 35
"Then I guess I'll have to congratulate the boy on the makeup job well done!" Some people, I swear…
hilljack90 2
You must live in Indiana
Queen_of_Night 20
Some states also require people who consume alcohol to have their ID's on them. Louisiana was like that for awhile, I think it got overturned.
Reasonable_one 12
There is nothing unlawful about terminating an employee that is not following company policy.