I not only have my driver’s license with me at all times, I have my passport with me, too. Various grocery store chains developed the irritating habit of requiring people to relinquish their driver’s licenses when they buy liquor so that they can do a card swipe to verify age. 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…
I had a liquor storeclerk tell me my US passport wasn’t state issued.
My state writes the list of acceptable ID into law. No other ID will allow a cashier to escape conviction for giving booze to a minor. A passport isn’t on that list.
This.
I never say “Sir,” to a police officer. I respect police officers, and the job they do, but if anyone is saying “Sir,” it should be they, to me.
I call city or county officers “Officer,” unless I see they have rank, and then I’ll refer to their rank. (Master police officer is still "officer, but I call a sergeant “Sergeant,” and so forth.) Detectives I address as “Detective.”
For sheriff departments, “Deputy,” or the appropriate rank.
State police: “Trooper,” or the appropriate rank. State police assigned to the BCI get called by rank or “Special Agent.”
I once showed a liquor store clerk my US passport and was asked how long I was visiting the US.
If I’m dressed, I have my wallet in my pocket. Driver’s licence and Navy ID.
Being in a big city, there’s no telling what may happen just a block away. I always carry my cell and ID. Heck, I needed it just yesterday in order to buy guaifenesin of all things.
You talk to a lotta cops. You some kinda hooligan or what?
I know, but it was funny.
Supposedly in Texas the only acceptable ID is one issued by Texas, how the hell do tourists get by?
I’m surprised to learn there are stores that won’t accept a passport as ID. Okay, sure, it’s not state-issued, but I never knew that was a serious consideration. I knew one guy in Texas who had only his passport as an ID, and the lady at one liquor store gaped at it in wonder, it being the first passport she ever saw, but she still accepted it.
That’s not true, at least not for liquor purchases. Maybe you’re thinking of voter ID requirements, which are obviously irrelevant to tourists.
I take my cell phone everywhere, and my drivers license lives in a pocket of my cell phone case, so my ID goes everywhere, too. I like to have it on me in case I need to be identified in an emergency, but I use it occasionally for other purposes. I’m carded from time to time, which is ridiculous and has changed from being flattering to being a pain. I need to show ID if I’m picking the kids up from school outside of the regular dismissal time, or if I’m volunteering at the school. I was asked for ID at my last couple of doctors appointments, maybe for insurance purposes. So, all in all, I wouldn’t say I use it daily, it would frequently be a pain to be without it.
I was once hit by a car and found on the side of the road unconscious (thankfully I soon awoke and was able to identify myself to the paramedics) so I wear Road ID whenever I’m not carrying real identification. So yeah, one form or another pretty much all the time.
Well, my license and my main credit card is in my purse, and my purse is with me when I’m in the car. I would feel lost without it. (I leave my store cards at home and just give my phone number to the clerk when I have to charge something in a department store. It’s been a while but I think I have to show that clerk my license when doing so.)
I have to show my license when buying beer in most grocery stores around here even though I’m older than dirt. No ID, no beer - no exceptions whether you are 21 or 101, you must show proof of age.
I’ve heard of people who only have a passport, and that is not acceptable. No license, no sheriff’s ID, you are out of luck (like when trying to get into bars or clubs). And if you want to get your senior citizen discount, I don’t think your yellowing crumbly old birth certificate is going to cut it!
Yep, always. My own personal gear check is always wallet–cellphone–keys. And my driver’s license is always in my wallet. I won’t leave the house without any of these.
I won’t go to the mailbox without my keys. Years ago, I locked myself out - what are the odds of that happening? and yet that’s what happened, shut the door with the doorknob locked behind me. (and the ass who lives here is obsessed with security and has locked the door when I was out raking in the back yard!) Never again. Keys in pocket, purse in car. No exceptions.
I do not currently own a state-issued ID. It hasn’t been a problem yet–the rare times when an ID was required, I was able to use my college ID. (This includes getting a bank account and voting.)
This is not some political statement, just an economic one and a perverse point of pride–like how I still haven’t seen any Star Wars movies. Once you get long enough in your life without doing something, it’s kinda fun to see how long you can hold out.
I keep my DL in my car. The only time I put it in my wallet is when I know I will need to show it to someone. As an example, a few places I shop require me to show my DL when I use my CC to pay.
Agree 100%!
I really don’t get people who don’t carry i.d. because “the Constitution blahbeddydblahbeddyblah my rights!!!” :rolleyes:
I.d. is so you can be identified. You know, in case you get smeared by a cement truck or something. Didn’t your mommas ever teach you no common sense?