Age restrictions on the sale of alcohol now TOO tight?

Van Hellseek

Van Hellseek

Van Hellseek

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Just popped into the local co-op for a few cans on a sat night... and got refused. The crazy thing is I'm 29 and LOOK 29. I'll be 30 next month for christs sake.

I can understand them refusing people who look in their late teens/early twenties, but seriously... there is something very wrong when a 29 year old man gets refused a four-pack of 1664. :/
 
ID is something that slightly irritates me actually. I don't drive, thus I don't have a drivers license and I don't travel, thus my passport is out of date. And I havn't a clue where my birth certificate is. Yet people seem to think everyone has these things to hand at any given time. :/
 
freshy said:
i assume you are just using the wrong words but you did not get refused, simply asked for identification. two different concepts there i'm afraid.
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She asked me for ID, and when I told her I didn't have any she said "oh.. well I'm sorry then, I can't sell you alcohol". I (of course) pointed out the fact that I am more than a decade over the legal age requirement, but she persisted.

So no. It wasn't what I said.
 
LordSplodge said:
Either get a provisional driving license a passport or some other form of accepted ID or shut up. It really isn't that hard.
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No need to be an ass thanks.

And regardless... I wouldn't even think to carry my passport with me, and my wallet (complete with hypothetical drivers license) would have been at home, since I just grabbed my bank card and keys and popped around the corner to the co-op. There is no reason I should need to have taken ID with me.
 
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You can side with the co-op if you like. But the point is I'm old and I look it. Thus being asked for ID is ridiculous.

And to all those "holier-than-thou", "you're in the wrong" types; I'm pretty sure you wouldn't feel the same were the shoe on the other foot. :)
 
drunken fool said:
Its the state of the nation to in some respect. Everyone moans about people drinking underage and then also moan when they have to produce id to buy alocohol when the shopkeeper is obviously supposed to know exactly how old you are by how you look.
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I agree, however this only applies to a point. Is there ANYONE who doesnt think it's ridiculous that the pensioner got asked to prove his age? As far as I'm concerned it's the same thing.

It's totally understandable that (as I already mentioned) teenagers and perhaps people in their early/mid twenties, but for someone who is quite OBVIOUSLY way over the 21 limit (let alone the 18 limit) it is just plain whacko.
 
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