Passports and pubs

klose

Never really start threads this is about me 3rd one but here goes..

Decided to head out thursday for a few beers and chat. We all went to the bar all asked for drinks some of us were asked for i.d, others werent, most handed in a garda age cards. One of my friends however had a passport (recent new one) and the man reluctantly gave him the drink afterwards, he said there starting to not accept them anymore and only garda age cards. We were quiet and causing no hastle so this is a genuine policy there introducing.

Anyways..
I know pubs are entitled to policies and all but not accepting passports is a bit much? I mean its a government document, it gets you into america but not a pint in this place anymore?

Anyone else know of places doing this? Further more are they actually allowed do this seeing as its such an official document?

MagicMarker

They can do what they want.

/thread.

Zombienosh

**** pubs.

Overheal

whippedcream wrote: »

Never really start threads this is about me 3rd one but here goes..

Decided to head out thursday for a few beers and chat. We all went to the bar all asked for drinks some of us were asked for i.d, others werent, most handed in a garda age cards. One of my friends however had a passport (recent new one) and the man reluctantly gave him the drink afterwards, he said there starting to not accept them anymore and only garda age cards. We were quiet and causing no hastle so this is a genuine policy there introducing.

Anyways..
I know pubs are entitled to policies and all but not accepting passports is a bit much? I mean its a government document, it gets you into america but not a pint in this place anymore?

Anyone else know of places doing this? Further more are they actually allowed do this seeing as its such an official document?

Perhaps the owner is a fan of the Bourne Identity?

I don't think you should use your passport anyway on a night out. You should safeguard that sort of thing closely, they aren't cheap and can cause you some hot sh*t if you lose them. Especially if you happen to be a foreigner :pac:

marbar

dont drink there anymore

Heard the Bosnians are c**ts for ID alright

Elevator

this is some bull****

good enough to get ya into other countries and start a bank account but not good enough to get ya into and served in a pub

wtf!!

pisses me off as much as over 21's/23's (illegal due to the fact once you're the legal age to consume alcohol you cannot be discriminated against in this manner!)

the pubs must be fcukin booming at the minute when ya hear they're making it harder on people to give them their hard earned euros

Zombienosh

yeah all the ads everywhere tryin to get people back into the pub?? **** that.

i get me drink in lidls, haha im a poor ****

FearDark

A friend of mine was turned away from a night club last Saturday for only having his passport on him while two obvious 15/16 year old girls got in with their fake Garda ID's, my friend is 27 by the way and looks it.

Conspiracy? Maybe...

In before "Cool story bro".

mikom

whippedcream wrote: »

I know pubs are entitled to policies and all but not accepting passports is a bit much?

Underage Israelis ruining it for everyone else.

niamhallen

It's because people are lending passports to underage friends and using their own agecard to get served.

d.anthony

I got rejected from a nightclub in Galway 'cause I had a British passport. Now, I know they can't see them that often but they should know that a passport is a difficult thing to fake.

I also have a British driving license, so I'm always nervous in nightclub cues, despite being 23

klose

FearDark wrote: »

A friend of mine was turned away from a night club last Saturday for only having his passport on him while two obvious 15/16 year old girls got in with their fake Garda ID's, my friend is 27 by the way and looks it.

Conspiracy? Maybe...

In before "Cool story bro".

Yeah same story with the nightclubs here, flash a bit of tit and your in!

Not accepting a passport is ridiculous though, if the person asked for it had any queries abr it being changed they could just take it off em and show the guards and the person would know all about it then..

Such bull! Passports is, if not in the top 3 forms of identity.

babyfratelli_x

yeah we were refused buying drink in lidl when we showed our passports... she was like I know its you but i jus cant accept it... i had just turned 18 a few days before and tried to explain to her that it takes at least a couple of weeks to get an age card.... then just went to off licence round the corner, and got served with no I.D. at all..... :rolleyes:

Has anyone heard the carry on that Dunnes are now asking people for I.D to buy lucozade.... Wtf?!

klose

babyfratelli_x wrote: »

.. :rolleyes:

Has anyone heard the carry on that Dunnes are now asking people for I.D to buy lucozade.... Wtf?!

Serious? erm..expand? Why?thats crazy!

winston82

FearDark wrote: »

A friend of mine was turned away from a night club last Saturday for only having his passport on him while two obvious 15/16 year old girls got in with their fake Garda ID's, my friend is 27 by the way and looks it.

Conspiracy? Maybe...

In before "Cool story bro".

Why are you and your friends going to clubs where 16/17 year olds go.
Perv Much? Oh, and cool story bro...

marbar

one of the biggest dissapointments was when i produced my passport on my 18th birthday and they told me its 21s

illegal now. but not then

FearDark

babyfratelli_x wrote: »

Has anyone heard the carry on that Dunnes are now asking people for I.D to buy lucozade.... Wtf?!

Source please?

FearDark

winston82 wrote: »

Why are you and your friends going to clubs where 16/17 year olds go.
Perv Much? Oh, and cool story bro...

One horse town, one nightclub... bro.

babyfratelli_x

whippedcream wrote: »

Serious? erm..expand? Why?thats crazy!

yup was in a Dunnes in Galway a while back had a basket of shoppin with me, normal stuff and the usual bottle of lucozade.... shop assistant asked me for I.D thought I heard wrong, and then I was like "ehm I.D, for what??"

She then explained to me that it was new policy that had just been brought in to ask people for I.D for lucozade and red bull.... I did a bit of givin out but i suppose it wasnt the girl at the tills fault so showed her my I.D anyway and she was like "Im sorry but i had to ask".....

Fair enough she was only doin her job, but wtf, seriously?! I asked her was it new law or sometjin or jus them and she said it was in all Dunnes stores.... Dont remember bein asked since tho....

I can kinda see where people are comin from with red bull, but lucozade?!

leeroybrown

marbar wrote: »

illegal now. but not then

Not quite true. There are legal provisions that allow pubs/clubs to set a minimum age above 18 so long as they clearly display this restriction and apply it in good faith.

FearDark

babyfratelli_x wrote: »

yup was in a Dunnes in Galway a while back had a basket of shoppin with me, normal stuff and the usual bottle of lucozade.... shop assistant asked me for I.D thought I heard wrong, and then I was like "ehm I.D, for what??"

She then explained to me that it was new policy that had just been brought in to ask people for I.D for lucozade and red bull.... I did a bit of givin out but i suppose it wasnt the girl at the tills fault so showed her my I.D anyway and she was like "Im sorry but i had to ask".....

Fair enough she was only doin her job, but wtf, seriously?! I asked her was it new law or sometjin or jus them and she said it was in all Dunnes stores.... Dont remember bein asked since tho....

I can kinda see where people are comin from with red bull, but lucozade?!

Deserves a whole thread on its own tbh, scandalous!

babyfratelli_x

haha i know! my friend was with me and we were jus lookin at each other thinkin are they for real?!

havent heard anyone else mentioning it though? hmmm....

Mint Sauce

babyfratelli_x wrote: »

yup was in a Dunnes in Galway a while back had a basket of shoppin with me, normal stuff and the usual bottle of lucozade.... shop assistant asked me for I.D thought I heard wrong, and then I was like "ehm I.D, for what??"

She then explained to me that it was new policy that had just been brought in to ask people for I.D for lucozade and red bull.... I did a bit of givin out but i suppose it wasnt the girl at the tills fault so showed her my I.D anyway and she was like "Im sorry but i had to ask".....

Fair enough she was only doin her job, but wtf, seriously?! I asked her was it new law or sometjin or jus them and she said it was in all Dunnes stores.... Dont remember bein asked since tho....

I can kinda see where people are comin from with red bull, but lucozade?!

probably becuase they think your going to drink it with alcohol

:rolleyes:

i would have left my basket on the counter and walked out

Stinicker

irish-stew wrote: »

probably becuase they think your going to drink it with alcohol

:rolleyes:

i would have left my basket on the counter and walked out

Too bloody right so would I! Lucozade is a grand drink and I don't think I have ever seen it used as a mixer.

Hank_Jones

Stinicker wrote: »

Too bloody right so would I! Lucozade is a grand drink and I don't think I have ever seen it used as a mixer.

You haven't lived, have you?

Mint Sauce

Stinicker wrote: »

Too bloody right so would I! Lucozade is a grand drink and I don't think I have ever seen it used as a mixer.

i've seen it used by people who couldn't afford redbull

Stinicker

Hank_Jones wrote: »

You haven't lived, have you?

I actually don't hardly drink and last had a half glass of white wine with my Christmas dinner;) I guess I am not a true Irishman! :eek:

Ross_Mahon

I bring out two forms of ID just incase

How Soon Is Now

First thing 2morrw gonna buy a pack of Lucozade in Dunnes and see what happens !! ha

Sounds like biggest loada bollox rule going i mean u can mix any soft drink with alcohol if you really want. And anyway vodka and luco is meh

questionmark?

I remember a few months ago seeing a kid of about 14/15 getting asked for ID in dunnes for a can of red bull. He also had something from the deli. Poor lad had to eat something without a drink with his bright red cheeks.

FearDark

I really really really hate this fúcking scaremongering of products like Red Bull and Lucozade by Dunnes stores when you can buy as much fags and booze as you want and kill yourself that way, or if you dont have id go and swallow a litre of bleach.

You're about as likely to die from Drinking Red Bull than you are of being in a plane crash three times over.

luv-eirexx

Passports should be grand to get into nightclubs!! They are a government document.

Sort of unrelated but a few years ago a girl I know tried to get into a night club wit her passport. The manager ( who's a pr1ck!!) refused her. He knew she was overage and all but just had a pick on her. She said sound and left. Arrived back a few minutes later with the gardai. She had walked down the road to the local station and explained to the gards that she was being refused entry even though she had legitimate id, money to get in and she wasn't drunk. The manager had to let her in. It's illegal to refuse people with id, any form



Tbh I wouldn't have given the pr1ck the satisfaction of paying to go into his nightclub.

Pauleta

I was in tesco a while ago and they wouldnt accept my passport. They said i needed a Garda ID :mad:

Stinicker

luv-eirexx wrote: »

Passports should be grand to get into nightclubs!! They are a government document.

Sort of unrelated but a few years ago a girl I know tried to get into a night club wit her passport. The manager ( who's a pr1ck!!) refused her. He knew she was overage and all but just had a pick on her. She said sound and left. Arrived back a few minutes later with the gardai. She had walked down the road to the local station and explained to the gards that she was being refused entry even though she had legitimate id, money to get in and she wasn't drunk. The manager had to let her in. It's illegal to refuse people with id, any form



Tbh I wouldn't have given the pr1ck the satisfaction of paying to go into his nightclub.

Whatever happened to "Management reserve the right to refuse admission" I doubt he had to let her in and she seemed to be a bigger idiot for wanting to spend a cent in his place after being treated like that.

Anita Blow

Isn't it against the law to carry your passport around unless you're exiting/entering the country?

Stinicker

Anita Blow wrote: »

Isn't it against the law to carry your passport around unless you're exiting/entering the country?

No, however "your" passport is actually the property of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and he can demand it back whenever he so wishes. When you are on holidays in some countries it is the law that you carry your passport at all times.

Kinky Slinky

Pauleta wrote: »

I was in tesco a while ago and they wouldnt accept my passport. They said i needed a Garda ID :mad:

Everywhere seems to be obsessed with Garda ID. My fake ID looked better than the Garda ID, When i got it in the post the corner was chipped, a lot of my friends cards are all bent and cracked, they look pure dodge. I was in tesco the last day buying drink and the one started asking me all questions like "Is your birthday before or after christmas " trying to catch me out :rolleyes:, she was about 2min thinking up the question . After I purchased the drink she was like I know it's you in the photo (When I got the photo i had really short, now my hair is a good bit longer) I though to myself why did you bother asking me these stupid questions

NoHornJan

Pauleta wrote: »

I was in tesco a while ago and they wouldnt accept my passport. They said i needed a Garda ID :mad:

Why is alcohol so important for a nights entertainment? Is it a must do for the crowd that you associate with? Is it the boys or the girls who want to show that they're mature or imature drinkers? Three questions. How many answers?

schween

Tesco now have a new policy of asking everyone under 25 for I.D. It's becoming ridiculous! Don't even start me on Aldi and thier refusal to take passports!

Hank_Jones

Is it just me or does anyone else think that this whole Lucozade/Redbull thing is somebody taking the piss?

Kinky Slinky

Hank_Jones wrote: »

Is it just me or does anyone else think that this whole Lucozade/Redbull thing is somebody taking the piss?

Sure you can't buy matches in centra without ID because it's smoking paraphernalia.If I were Lucozade/Redbull I'd be pissed. Ireland is the biggest nanny state in Europe

Stinicker

Hank_Jones wrote: »

Is it just me or does anyone else think that this whole Lucozade/Redbull thing is somebody taking the piss?

No, I got asked for ID once when buying a stupid boxcutter, I guess they wanted to be sure I was old enough to kill someone with it.

A cousin of mine got taken to the Garda station another night for having a knife in his possesion, the stupid planks failed to notice him in his chefs uniform and it took the hotel manager to clear things up that he truly was a chef and was taking home his own knifeset for sharpening. *beats head off wall repeatedly*

I showed my Garda ID to an American bouncer in a strip joint and he told me come on you'll have to do better than that! I also showed him my passport and explained that the agecard was our National ID card!! He laughed and told me he would rank it as a poor quality fake!

deisedave

Ya it is quite stupid, I have been refused from pubs because of using a passport as i.d., but really they just dont want ya in the pub and its there excuase.

FearDark

This Garda I.D. card is the easiest thing to counterfeit in the world, Im purely basing that on the amount of fakes I see that are spot on. Imo a passport and to a lesser extent should be the obvious choice of I.D. for pubs/clubs but it just seems conveiniant for the bouncer to say "sorry Garda I.D. only"... While letting the next 15 year old in with their fake Garda I.D.

minidazzler

FearDark wrote: »

A friend of mine was turned away from a night club last Saturday for only having his passport on him while two obvious 15/16 year old girls got in with their fake Garda ID's, my friend is 27 by the way and looks it.

Conspiracy? Maybe...

In before "Cool story bro".

Why is your buddy going to the same place as people 10 years younger than him? A little sad really, he obviously just didn't fit with the crowd.

FearDark

Maybe go back a page or two and read some posts before you jump right in city slicker.

DerekDGoldfish

minidazzler wrote: »

Why is your buddy going to the same place as people 10 years younger than him? A little sad really, he obviously just didn't fit with the crowd.

Yeah because at 27 he is obviously too old for a nightclub should be heading to the local balroom dancing group.

uncle-mofo

I sent away for my garda age card back in April, still no sign of it! A bit ridiculous. I had to restrain myself when a gard asked me for I.D, gave him my driving license, and he said I had to have an age card because a driving license wasn't good enough!

El Siglo

Ireland's a shit hole, why bother buying this shit here. Go up to Newry, fuck them. Our money was good enough for the bastards back in boom time and it's not good enough now when we don't have it. They can all go fuck themselves. Hopefully they'll go bankrupt, fuck the lot of them; pubs, clubs and dunnes.
I refuse to get an garda age card, a card for buying drink what a load of bollocks.