Since Obama was born? How old is he?
Damn skippy. This happened to me in like 1990 or so. It’s not about regulation, it’s about dumb people, or smart people having brain farts. Common sense has been dying for about five million years now, if you don’t count other primates.
that’s what happens here. Also for cold medicine and assorted other bizarre items. Most cashiers simply over-ride it and continue on without asking for ID or even looking at their customer.
Yeah, here in Washington, you’re required to have ID on you when purchasing alcohol, regardless of age. The seller might not ask for it, but if Liquor Control shows up and asks for it, and you don’t have it, somebody’s getting in trouble.
Same here, and it’s actually vaguely annoying. “For me?!” :dubious: ETA: this was at the grocery store. At the state liquor stores they don’t ask.
Colorado has an interesting twist to this, at least it did when I worked at Walmart.
You didn’t have to ask for ID if the person obviously was old enough. BUT–if you asked, and they didn’t have it, you had authority to refuse the sale if you so chose.
I don’t buy booze so the only stuff I get carded for are certain cleaners, car products, etc. The clerk only scans the stuff and if it beeps, they have to check. Only once in a great while to they ask for ID. (No one would confuse me with a teenager.)
It’s a pain at the self-checkout lines and the clerk is busy running around solving all the problems those cause.
I’m wondering where these stores are where it’s up to the clerk to decide if something requires an ID or not? Barcode scanners are kinda universal, right?
Pretty much, I’d say. But they’re not necessarily all configured the same way.
Given that I’ve seen ads all over Chicago for alcoholic “Hard Soda” it’s easy to see the potential confusion.
Aside from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, I’ve never even heard the term “ginger beer”. Before reading this thread, I couldn’t have ventured a guess as to whether it was alcoholic or not. I don’t think ginger beer’s a thing in Virginia. Now I have had ginger ale, and I know that’s a soda.
This is true.
However, if my employer says I have to card everyone without exception and failure to do so will result in immediate termination of my job I’m going to card everyone, no exceptions, no matter how stupid, because I need my job.
I routinely went to movies that were rated “R” before I turned 17. It wasn’t until I was in my mid-20s, going to the movies with my wife, that someone first asked for my identification.
Once, when I was 27, I had a door-to-door salesman ask to speak with my parents.
A diminutive co-worker of mine was once outside raking his leaves in the cool morning air - and a school bus stopped & tried to take him to school. He was unamused.
Cigarettes, liquor, spray paint and plastic picnic knives. Most of the stores here have, for historic reasons, sections which are entirely separate for liquor sales, so I wouldn’t be buying root beer or sparkling grape juice from the liquor section.
What can you buy for your car that requires carding?
Stuff kids can huff. That includes starter fluid, “Fix-a-Flat” (very popular). solvents, spray paint, cleaners.
Some communities pass local ordinances. Some store owners just want to avoid lawsuits, even if carding is not required by law.
Years ago when my son was 14 he wanted a video game on the day of its release. It was a violent (war?) video game.
He had school, so he pleaded with me to purchase the game. I woke early and stood in line. When I reached the counter the clerk asked me if I was buying the game for myself!? It was embarrassing, but I said yes. I gave my son a :dubious: over the situation.
This reminds me of the DMV (CA) regulation that allows clerks to issue handicapped plackards without a doctor’s letter if the person requesting it is obviously missing a limb.
And now there’s Henry’s “Hard-ish” Soda. They vaguely glance at your ID but not long enough to really read it.
Really? Do you think all the bar code scanners in the country run off the same central computer or something?
No, they do run off computers. Computers that have the info on each item, such as if they need to do an ID check.
What is the point of your post?
Yes, the other day I got carded there. For a spork with a can opener.