Target for I.D.

[CarolAnn]

Just a "funny" from our recent trip to Orlando. We bought a couple of items in Target one evening, including 6 bottles of beer (we had bought the same beers in a Walmart, 10 days earlier),but the girl on the cash desk asked my husband for i.d. which he did not have on him, this was as proof he was over 21, even the locals in the queue found it slightly bizarre, as it took them 15 mins to get a supervisor to come to the checkout to allow the sale to take place. Rules is rules so we had no problem, but as my husband is 57yrs next birthday...he spent the rest of the trip telling us he must look young for his age!![msnwink]

[mfairhurst]

Thats good it must have been the joke of the day and your husband must be delighted[msnsmile2]
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[Andrena]

We were having a meal in JFK last year and were asked for ID when we ordered a beer and a glass of wine. The waitress was very apologetic but said it was company policy, we were 65 and 69 at the time. Talk about daft!!
However what about the story in the press in the UK recently when the shop assistant chased a 15 year old down the street and told him he had to hand back his packet of wine gums and get a refund as he was under age to buy alcohol. Must get a packet of wine gums, cheaper than a bottle of wine!!

Andrena

[ellie]

My daughter went to have her flu vaccination on Friday in our local supermarket. As she sat down the nurse went through her form and asked if she was over 21.

She couldn't believe it when I said she had had her 30th birthday the day before!

As she had been feeling pretty low about reaching the big '3 0' it made her day!

[msnwink]

[GrahamC]

I have no problem with them being that strict.

Perhaps if they did it more over here there would be a lot less problems.

[Lyn]

On our recent visit we were all at the checkout at Walmart and my daughters partner was ahead of us in the queue buying some beer (he is 27) when asked for ID he had not got any so we said not to worry just transfer the beer to our shopping, we were told it was more than her job was worth to do that, we had to wait about 15 minutes for a supervisor to come and sort it out.

[Laurel Oak]

Myself and my wife were asked for ID in the Outback at the airport in May. Whilst I was flattered to be asked I'm 55 and my wife is 50, my hair is grey and being honest I probably look my age. I even asked the waitress if she was having a laugh but she was deadly serious.

I'm all for ID ing people who may be or look under 21 but lets have a bit of common sense here, asking for ID for people who clearly have not seen 21 for a long time is taking the mickey.