# Do you always carry ID?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-always-carry-id/667266>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 27, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-always-carry-id/667266 "2013-08-27T01:11:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-always-carry-id/667266/101 "2013-09-21T23:26:02Z")

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> [@Ethilrist](#):
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> \<snip\> When they ask me for photo ID, I show them my passport. One woman went so far as to say that’s not a real ID…

Sheesh, the requirement for “real ID” can sure be steep when buying booze - when trying to buy a beer at Wrigley Field, we were told our (Canadian) driver’s license wasn’t real ID. If it was good enough for an Idaho State Trooper, you’d think it would be good enough for a cashier at Wrigley Field. 😉

> [@Flywheel](#):
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> I once showed a liquor store clerk my US passport and was asked how long I was visiting the US.

Are you from one of those questionable states, like California or Texas? 😃

> [@stegon66](#):
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> Agree 100%!
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> I really don’t get people who don’t carry i.d. because “the Constitution blahbeddydblahbeddyblah my rights!!!” :rolleyes:\<snip\>

I was thinking about this thread when we recently got fingerprinted and had all of our information recorded just to visit Universal Studios and Seaworld. Being asked for ID randomly is the least of your problems!

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**Author:** ![stegon66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@stegon66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stegon66)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-always-carry-id/667266/102 "2013-09-22T00:30:45Z")

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> I was thinking about this thread when we recently got fingerprinted and had all of our information recorded just to visit Universal Studios and Seaworld. Being asked for ID randomly is the least of your problems!

That’s weird. I’m assuming those are privately-owned and thus have their own rules. Maybe they think it’ll stop the terrorists?

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-always-carry-id/667266/103 "2013-09-22T00:43:16Z")

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> [@stegon66](#):
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> That’s weird. I’m assuming those are privately-owned and thus have their own rules. Maybe they think it’ll stop the terrorists?

I think (and I could totally be wrong about this) that they’re doing it as an identification measure in case something happens - everyone has information and fingerprint recorded, so if anything happens, they just go through the database.

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