Still getting ID'd at 31

[bhavv]

What annoys me the most about being ID'd is when you get ID'd going in somewhere, then they ID you again at the bar? Either believe what your door staff judge to be overage people, or don't bother having them ID people on the way in, lol.

Because whether or not you get ID'ed at the door, the person working at the bar doesnt know if you have already been ID'ed. Also in any such case, it is entirely the bartenders responsibility, not that of the door staff, if he / she serves alcohol to a minor. Even if the door staff / security / management or anyone else think you are over 18, if the barstaff / cashier doesnt think you are then it is fully their responsibility as the person actually selling the alcohol to check and deny the sale if you dont have ID there and then. The person that would be fined is the person who sold the alcohol, not the door staff or management - the fine would have to be paid out of the bartenders / cashiers pocket.

Even if a manager says to me that I dont need to ID someone because they know how old that person is, I can still fully override that request and still ask for ID if the person doesnt look old enough to me, and actually report that manager to his higher ups if he does anything to disagree or make a fuss over my decision to ID whoever I am selling alcohol too.

 

[Secret_Window]

I am 23 and got ID'd for buying some cigarettes for my dad while I was in the Supermarket and the woman serving me asks for my ID to which I promptly respond and show her. The funny thing is, afterwards she says "Oh.. I am sorry I don't think you are old enough to buy these" and I am like shocked asking what the hell she means to which she then says "you have to be 25". Luckily the girl next to her overheard and quickly told her she was wrong.

Another time similar to the above event I was ID'd was when I was at a bar at some train station with one of my mates. I had already bought and drank my pint and my mate wanted another so I went to go buy him one. The woman there says to me "got any ID?" and I basically tell her "you've just served me and we are drinking right in front of you" and she says "I know but I want some ID" to which I obey and hand her. She then tells me I am underage somehow even though back when this happened I was 21. I tell her if you count the amount of years from my birth year (1987) you will see that I am old enough. She tells me I have to be 25 and that's that and she will not serve me and walks off. Totally shocked by this me and my mate just leave.

So it seems to me in some places some staff are not being trained properly or simply making up the rules to suit themselves. Who knows.

 

[bhavv]

I am 23 and got ID'd for buying some cigarettes for my dad while I was in the Supermarket and the woman serving me asks for my ID to which I promptly respond and show her. The funny thing is, afterwards she says "Oh.. I am sorry I don't think you are old enough to buy these" and I am like shocked asking what the hell she means to which she then says "you have to be 25". Luckily the girl next to her overheard and quickly told her she was wrong.

Another time similar to the above event I was ID'd was when I was at a bar at some train station with one of my mates. I had already bought and drank my pint and my mate wanted another so I went to go buy him one. The woman there says to me "got any ID?" and I basically tell her "you've just served me and we are drinking right in front of you" and she says "I know but I want some ID" to which I obey and hand her. She then tells me I am underage somehow even though back when this happened I was 21. I tell her if you count the amount of years from my birth year (1987) you will see that I am old enough. She tells me I have to be 25 and that's that and she will not serve me and walks off. Totally shocked by this me and my mate just leave.

So it seems to me in some places some staff are not being trained properly or simply making up the rules to suit themselves. Who knows.

Horrible staff or horrible training .

They make all the rest look bad. The training says very clearly that you have to be 18 to buy it, but ID'ed if you look under 25 just because you cant tell a persons age by looking at them. There should then be a training video with a guess the age game to exemplify why its needed, where they show lots of faces and ask you to guess the age, and you will likely be wrong on everyone.

 

[snowdog]

Petrol stations are funny, especially when they think you left your engine on. Lights still on for example.

When Dad was working in Kendal, road testing a car with another mechanic, they ran out of fuel on the bypass but managed to roll into the petrol station where the 2nd hand car dealer is now. Passenger got out to start filling as Dad hunted for the fuel card. Over the tannoy "Turn the engine off." Both of them = LOLOLOL!

Dafted one I ever had was when I was about 24. I filled up with petrol at a Tesco petrol station, went to pay:

Him "£20 please"
Me "OK and can I have 20 cigarettes"
Him "you got ID?"
me "erm, you have just sold me petrol for a car that I've driven in here and i'm about to drive out of here??"
Him "Don't care. ID"



EDIT: oh and by the way, the law for tobacco was 16 then

Both WTF situations imo.

Luckily I have no problems at my local station, pretty much the whole staff knows me because to them I look like a 14 year old in a car with a Volvo Estate, hard to miss. This girl behind the counter asked me once when I filled up my moped with petrol '' How old are you actually ? I regularly see you fill up your car here but you look like 14''. Never had problems buying fags even when coming in by foot or with a bicycle, the whole staff of about 6 or 7 people know me by now ( especially since one of em is my opposite neighbor).

 

[ticklemebougy]

I'm 18 and i get ID'd about 40% of the time. most of the time im expecting to be id'd.

 

[Hotwired]

I were scanning a pack of kids safety scissors that a teacher was buying for her class. When I scanned it, a message came up on the till 'Is cust over 16 y/n'.

While we're there you also get an age check for alcohol-free beer.

God forbid a minor gets hold of some of that

 

[I_M_Weasel]

I get ID'd every now and again, only in supermarkets and only if the cashier is an older person (say 50+) I guess I look relativly young to them, if the cashiers a 18 year old they can tell I'm way older than them and let me buy what I want. I don't mind but I'm almost double the legal age.