How does that cut down on drunken fans?
It takes longer to pull out your ID than it would otherwise. It’s a stall tactic.
That’s strange. Don’t they want to sell as much beer as possible? And if you pulled that trick on European football (soccer) fans, there’d be a riot in an instance.
Drunken fans getting into fights was hurting attendance.
Of course it depends on context, but my inference from watching police bodycam videos is that “sir” starts to get thrown around a lot when things start escalating, as in “Get out of the car NOW, sir, or you will be arrested” and then when the inevitable arrest happens, “Please, sir, I was only asking questions”. And so on.
“Sir” can be respectful when the situation is respectful, but in a hostile situation the best word I can think of to describe it is “officious” – as in, “I hate you but look how professional I am!”
Personally I’d regard that as friendlier.
If you don’t want to serve people alcohol, you stop selling alcohol. Or you don’t serve it to someone who already looks intoxicated. Asking people to card “as a stall tactic” or to cut down on beer sales makes absolutely no sense, and sounds like some silly rumor somebody made up. It’s both counterproductive and unnecessary.
On the other hand, in most jurisdictions confirming ID is required by law, so there’s no need to come up with some wild and senseless conspiracy theory to explain the practice.
I’m almost 50, my beard is grey and my hair is turning grey. I am quite obviously of age, and I get carded just buying some kinds of cough medicine at the grocery store, because again, it’s the law.
I look at the shoes; it’s a proxy for how much pain they’re willing to put up with for the sake of fashion. If they’re wearing orthopedics or Hush Puppies, I offer my seat. If they’re wearing dress shoes or heels, I let ‘em stand.
What if they just came from a funeral and wanted to show respect by dressing formally?
I dunno, just trying to be kind, while not insulting people who don’t want to be treated like they’re elderly, who are perhaps only 51 and can stand up on the bus just fine (thank-you-very-much). It’s a judgment call, especially if they’re of an apparent age where they may or may not have struck their Elderly colors yet. I’d be moderately insulted myself – I probably look older to others than I see myself, and being offered a seat would remind me of that. 5 years from now, I’d probably just be grateful.
It’s definitely a tightrope.
I read a Reddit post of interest just yesterday, in which the poster asked for advice on traveling with their elderly mom.
Several posts later, the OP mentioned that their mom was 61 years old.
Sheesh.
mmm
The health differences are immense in that age bracket. I have a friend exactly my age (57) who is obese, diabetic, arthritic, incontinent, has coronary heart disease, has got an artificial hip more than twenty years ago that fails now and is irreplaceable, and also has had mental illness since he was 17. In other words, he’s a wreck. He’s been in a retirement home for half a year now and will never have another home in his life. I’m not very healthy myself, even retired six years ago for health reasons, but compared to him I’m a spring chicken.
Do you need help cutting yours?
Adrenaline rush.
That’s a problem for me, because all I own are sneakers, boots, sandals and flip-flops.
c’mon ‘puzz … don’t make this into a cliffhanger …
give us the skinny on the diseased tomato leaf!!!
Lol, i don’t remember. But the next year, my father selected cultivates that were resistant to that tomato disease.
Maybe. But whatever it was, my visualization of this was hilarious and cracked me right up!
“Watch it kid! You won’t like me when I’m angry.”