Sure, nearly all of the time. I have to wear ID for work and that has a photo and date of birth on it. It's good enough for most things.
Do you carry ID with you?
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Yep I always carry some ID with me.
I never carry ID. I tend to carry as little as possible, usually just a debit card for train tickets and some money. The only reason anyone would need to ID me is for alcohol. The last time that happened I pointed out I had a man beard and recieved an apology and a pint.
As I have been able to grow a full beard since I was 16, that logic never worked on me while I was bartending. No ID? Sorry, no drinky for you.
How about a man-dick? Anyone ever try to ID himself by showing you one of those?
Can't say they have.
Some people have tried to prove their age by showing me their bald spot, but I had a friend in high school who was already balding, so that didn't help them either.
I've carded plenty of people with beards at my store.
Southern Police Officer: "You got any ID?"
Southerner: " 'bout whut?"
Southerner: " 'bout whut?"
I drive every day, so yes...
Yeah, right. Like the hospital is going to turn you awayPlease, be realistic.
That's a reality here in the US. They'll make you sit in the corner with your arm falling off if you don't have that little freaking card with you.
I live in the US with relatives who are in the medical profession as well as friends who are doctors/nurses. This does not happen "all the time" as people here (in this thread) are making it out to sound. Believe it or not, many, many doctors believe in and practice the Hippocratic Oath.Yeah, right. Like the hospital is going to turn you away
That's a reality here in the US. They'll make you sit in the corner with your arm falling off if you don't have that little freaking card with you.
That's funny, because I myself am balding at age 26. Almost every time I'm clean-shaven and wearing my hat I'm carded at the bar or when buying cigarettes, and every time I'm a bit scruffy and/or hatless I am served without question.
Then bill ya' for cleaning up the blood you got on the chairs and floor.Yeah, right. Like the hospital is going to turn you away
That's a reality here in the US. They'll make you sit in the corner with your arm falling off if you don't have that little freaking card with you.
By the time I was 17 I could walk into any bar in town and not get carded. I asked someone once about they said I just had the "look" of someone that was older ~whatever the fuck that means~.
There's ya' some logic: Give the pissed off guy the booze!
It could have been that, I had a pretty large chip on my shoulder back in the day. And generally walked around ready to knock someone through a wall if they started anything.
Oddly, it wouldn't work on me either. I was a complete bastard about it when I was managing a bar as I knew the door staff would let in any girl with a cleavage, regardless of age.
But there has to be some common sense with ID'ing people (I've seen some people turn down guys who are obviously in their 40's because they were without ID) which a lot of newbie bar tenders seem incapable of round here.
That happened to me once. Though I didn't ask for ID, he just really wanted to get it out.
I agree. The main reason I was so picky about it was because it was not abnormal for bar guests to be undercover cops. The last thing I needed was to lose my job and get fined because I got caught in a sting.
Common sense, definitely, but for my own sake, I still err on the side of caution.
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