I just got carded at Walmart...

[Maestro]

My father-in-law was just griping about a new law in Indiana that requires a grocery or liquor store to ID everyone when purchasing alcohol. Last time we were visiting, I stopped by the local liquor store to get some beer. Signs all over the store about the new law, and don't bitch about it. So, I go to pay. Guy scans my beer, runs my debit card, "Have a nice day, sir." No request for ID at all.

 

[Amaris]

Well, I've never been busted, so I have no idea if they're cops or not. Nobody tells us.

Really? Here, the cop talks to the store owner whether I sell alcohol to them or not. One officer even told our store owner that we were the only convenience store in a 2 mile radius that hadn't been cited during that month.

Some people get so pissed off when you ask for their ID. It blows my mind. It especially blows my mind when the person is, like, 22 or 23. "God, you seriously need my ID?" *scoff*

Yeah, it's funny to watch some of them get angry.

 

[RoJoHen]

My father-in-law was just griping about a new law in Indiana that requires a grocery or liquor store to ID everyone when purchasing alcohol. Last time we were visiting, I stopped by the local liquor store to get some beer. Signs all over the store about the new law, and don't bitch about it. So, I go to pay. Guy scans my beer, runs my debit card, "Have a nice day, sir." No request for ID at all.

I don't know how old you are (or how old you look), but there are certain cases when it's just silly to ID someone. We had one bartender who refused to serve a man because he didn't have ID, even though the man was clearly about 80 years old. Sometimes it's okay to bend the law a little bit for the sake of common sense.

 

[RoJoHen]

Well, I've never been busted, so I have no idea if they're cops or not. Nobody tells us.

Really? Here, the cop talks to the store owner whether I sell alcohol to them or not. One officer even told our store owner that we were the only convenience store in a 2 mile radius that hadn't been cited during that month.

I don't think it happens that often to us, maybe once or twice a year. We only get notified if we fail, and that hasn't happened in many years.

 

[Amaris]

Well, I've never been busted, so I have no idea if they're cops or not. Nobody tells us.

Really? Here, the cop talks to the store owner whether I sell alcohol to them or not. One officer even told our store owner that we were the only convenience store in a 2 mile radius that hadn't been cited during that month.

I don't think it happens that often to us, maybe once or twice a year. We only get notified if we fail, and that hasn't happened in many years.

I guess each city and state does it differently. We used to get undercovers every couple of weeks at most. Our area was more residential, and there were a lot of drive thru's and one stops around, and there were 4 schools within walking distance, so you know that meant making lots of money in citations.

 

[Maestro]

My father-in-law was just griping about a new law in Indiana that requires a grocery or liquor store to ID everyone when purchasing alcohol. Last time we were visiting, I stopped by the local liquor store to get some beer. Signs all over the store about the new law, and don't bitch about it. So, I go to pay. Guy scans my beer, runs my debit card, "Have a nice day, sir." No request for ID at all.

I don't know how old you are (or how old you look), but there are certain cases when it's just silly to ID someone. We had one bartender who refused to serve a man because he didn't have ID, even though the man was clearly about 80 years old. Sometimes it's okay to bend the law a little bit for the sake of common sense.

I'm 33, and I have enough grey in my beard to look old enough regardless. I agree that the law is silly, but they had signs all over the place reminding us about it and begging us not to bitch. The law was also relatively new, so how did he know I wasn't an undercover cop?

 

[RoJoHen]

My father-in-law was just griping about a new law in Indiana that requires a grocery or liquor store to ID everyone when purchasing alcohol. Last time we were visiting, I stopped by the local liquor store to get some beer. Signs all over the store about the new law, and don't bitch about it. So, I go to pay. Guy scans my beer, runs my debit card, "Have a nice day, sir." No request for ID at all.

I don't know how old you are (or how old you look), but there are certain cases when it's just silly to ID someone. We had one bartender who refused to serve a man because he didn't have ID, even though the man was clearly about 80 years old. Sometimes it's okay to bend the law a little bit for the sake of common sense.

I'm 33, and I have enough grey in my beard to look old enough regardless. I agree that the law is silly, but they had signs all over the place reminding us about it and begging us not to bitch. The law was also relatively new, so how did he know I wasn't an undercover cop?

He wouldn't be an undercover cop. That would be silly. It's not your job to show him your ID. It's his job to ask for it.

 

[Trekker4747]

I would've just walked off.

But then I wouldn't have been able to buy the movie.

There are other stores. Stores less up-their-ass about carding grown men buying PG-13 movies.

 

[RoJoHen]

I would've just walked off.

But then I wouldn't have been able to buy the movie.

There are other stores. Stores less up-their-ass about carding grown men buying PG-13 movies.

Not at 10pm on a Sunday night. Believe me, Walmart was a last resort.

 

[Trekker4747]

But then I wouldn't have been able to buy the movie.

There are other stores. Stores less up-their-ass about carding grown men buying PG-13 movies.

Not at 10pm on a Sunday night. Believe me, Walmart was a last resort.

Wait a day.

 

[RoJoHen]

Um...no.

I was in the check-out lane with the movie in hand. It was only $8 for the Blu-Ray. The awkwardness of showing the lady my ID was not worth throwing a tantrum just so I could go to another store.

 

[SVD]

How long do your licenses last? 23 seems like a weird age to have an expired license, unless you never got your new one when you turned 21.

5 years is the norm, however the guy at the DMV said that, since I got my license at 18 (actually 3 days before my 19th birthday) that it was shorter. My next one will expire on my birthday, 2015.

 

[nevermore]

I once got carded at the grocery store for buying beef jerky. No joke, I couldn't make up anything that originally stupid if you paid me. Another reason to avoid those stupid auto checkout lanes. You get carded for meat products and it eliminates the "faster" aspect.

Seriously? What's the point of that?

Someone in the store, or the dude who set up the scanners, was fucking with people.

 

[sidious618]

There are other stores. Stores less up-their-ass about carding grown men buying PG-13 movies.

Not at 10pm on a Sunday night. Believe me, Walmart was a last resort.

Wait a day.

So let me get this straight. He's already gone into the store, already picked up the DVD, already waited on the line but he should storm out and leave the DVD? I feel like there must be something I'm missing here.

 

[RoJoHen]

Yeah, it's not like the woman refused to sell it to me, or that I didn't have my ID on me. The whole thing took an extra 15 seconds, at most.

 

[Lunarflower]

Yeah, it's not like the woman refused to sell it to me, or that I didn't have my ID on me. The whole thing took an extra 15 seconds, at most.

And gives you a fun story to tell on the internet.

I don't really have any fun stories to tell about being carded. But one employee at Albertsons several years ago (I was maybe 17 or so at the time), said I couldn't even touch the alcohol to lift into our cart (I was with my mother). I always thought that was odd, I wasn't trying to purchase it, and she was standing right there.

 

[Lt. Brannigan]

That's nothing... I got carded buying Godzilla 2000.

 

[the Dagman]

A few weeks back, when getting carded for a bottle of beer, the clerk asked me if I had a current ID. Manager OK'ed the purchase (I'm 23), but it was a startling way to be informed that my driver's license had expired a few months ago. Shook me out of that mood to drink beer until I got it taken care of.

What was relay scary is if I'da got caught going 80 in a 70 zone on I5 through Sacramento a few weeks prior. Speeding ticket on an expired licence probably woulda hurt big time!

Actually, if that had happened it would not have been that big of a deal. As long as it was just expired and not suspended or revoked, the police would have just added what amounts to a fix-it ticket to the speeding and sent you on your way. And as long as you got it renewed before your court date to show the judge, you'd be just fined the fix-it dismissal fine. It isn't even a point on your record.

 

[kathryn i am]

I got carded yesterday buying compressed air to clean the dust out of my hard drive...

Kids are known to huff the vapors from that, so at least it's understandable.

Once you turn 17, you stop doing that

 

[Trekker4747]

Not at 10pm on a Sunday night. Believe me, Walmart was a last resort.

Wait a day.

So let me get this straight. He's already gone into the store, already picked up the DVD, already waited on the line but he should storm out and leave the DVD? I feel like there must be something I'm missing here.

It's giving up more and more personal freedoms to corporations and businesses. It's not illegal for someone to buy a PG-13 movie even if they're under 13. I'm not saying throwing a tantrum or raising a fuss I'm talking about just walking off. If it's done enough maybe Walmart will realize that intruding on certain freedoms isn't worth the trouble. But if you just shrug and say, "Ok, here's my driver's license which you have no right to ask me for under these circumstance so you can see that I'm old enough to buy a PG-13 movie that is not considered resticted merchandisem," then you're just givng them much more power over you.

Hell, a police officer can't even ask to see your drivers license unless you're behind the wheel of a car so what makes Walmart so special? If a Walmart checker were to ask for my ID for me to buy a movie I'd just walk off because I think such nonsense is stupid there's no reason at all for them to ask for my ID even if I were under 13. PG-13 movies are not restricted content.