# Screw policy, I'm carding EVERYBODY!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-policy-im-carding-everybody/430135>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 15, 2007, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-policy-im-carding-everybody/430135 "2007-12-15T21:36:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-policy-im-carding-everybody/430135/201 "2007-12-20T03:29:18Z")

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[QUOTE=Spoons]  
That’s for the clerk. I believe it was more for the company.  
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Cripes. No wonder I never wanted to work at the beer store. (Well, besides the fact that I hate beer and would have given lousy recommendations to customers.)

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-policy-im-carding-everybody/430135/202 "2007-12-20T03:57:15Z")

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[QUOTE=Spoons]  
That’s for the clerk. I believe it was more for the company.  
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Jesus H Buddha on a Stick! If it were known that the poor bastard clerk would be fined $10,000 for slipping up, I don’t see why any customer would object to being carded.

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-policy-im-carding-everybody/430135/203 "2007-12-20T04:10:22Z")

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[QUOTE=Siam Sam]  
Jesus H Buddha on a Stick! If it were known that the poor bastard clerk would be fined $10,000 for slipping up, I don’t see why any customer would object to being carded.  
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Now you know why I was so careful and thorough. 🙂

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**Author:** ![slaphead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@slaphead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slaphead)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-policy-im-carding-everybody/430135/204 "2007-12-28T15:38:17Z")

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[QUOTE=jtgain]  
People don’t have age stamps on their forehead.  
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It would be so much more convenient if they did though. You’d just have to take your cap off whenever you wanted to enter a club or buy a beer.

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