Whats the oldest you've been asked for ID?

giftgrub

I'm 32.

I was buying a couple of cheap bottles of plonk to numb the pain in Tesco in Dun Laoirghe the other night when the nice lady asked me for ID.

I had to take out the driving licence, which was ripped up by my kid, as proof of age.

The missus says she's going to start shopping there from now on!!

galwayrush

40, but that's down to my eternal youthful looks .

LenaClaire

When I was 24 I had a bartender try to confiscate my driver's license because he was convinced it was a fake id

I got carded a couple months ago and I am thirtysomethingish.

blackbird98

I'm 48 and was recently asked for ID.







ok...ok...ok....it was when I got caught speeding last week and didn't have my licence with me!!!!:D

ctrl-alt-delete

68.....

Damn bus Drivers think i'm still the payable side of 66!

stiffler123

24, got carded yesterday. And I've been going to that off licence for two years,:(

Fago!

Sometimes I forget my age. I was at a bar, bargirl goes "How old are you" "I'm 18" "Have ya got id?" gave her my id. * she inspects id* "You're 19 ya sap" "Oh yeah"....

BKtje

27 (ie a few months back). Was heading into a bar to meet the girlfriend and was asked. He looked fairly embarassed when he realised.

The legal age here is 16

Micilin Muc

27 while buying alcohol in Dunnes. I wouldn't mind but I was with 4 others of the same age. Our 32 year old friend had to come down with his driving licence.

1st time being asked since I was 16.

astra2000

Never been asked in my life not even when I was 16/17. I have always looked old:(

fakearms123

22 over the summer, just turned 23 but that was lowest moment of my life

Haven't been asked lately. Maybe in my teens.

That use to happen to me in my thirties as well...also got asked was i an au pair when i was thirty and was out walking with my daughter...the woman i was talking to though i was a teenager!

massdebater

Hmm I'm 24 and still get asked everywhere apart from my local.

However, last year when I was 23 I got asked for ID to buy matches (legal age is 16) and a different time last year I got asked for ID to buy scratch cards (legal age is 18 but FFS!!!!) :mad:

FreudianSlippers

bluewolf wrote: »

Haven't been asked lately. Maybe in my teens.

Same here, it's starting to get depressing.


No, actually what is getting depressing is that I was in a bar in a US airport and they were wearing badges that said "We ID everyone that looks under 39".
I asked for a pint.

The girl didn't ask for ID.

I'm not even 30 yet... FML

apope8

Got asked last week for ID and I'm 25, and then got a lecture of the bouncer about how its illegal for anyone between the ages of 18 and 25 not to have an I.D. on them at all times! Guess someone failed the Garda Exam! :rolleyes:

ibarelycare

25, only a couple of weeks ago \o/

omahaid

15, I always looked older than what I am

azezil

Earlier this year, just a few weeks before my 30th birthday was stopped going into a club. I was delighted, but laughed and said no, I'm almost 30. They let me in anyway

Naos

24 earlier this year (I'm 24) in Tesco buying drink.

"Id?"
"No, I'm 24"
"Grand."

FreudianSlippers

Naos wrote: »

24 earlier this year (I'm 24) in Tesco buying drink.

"Id?"
"No, I'm 24"
"Grand."

Tesco have become Nazis about it recently I hear.

Naos

Aye, the "If you're lucky enough to look under 23, bring ID " sign is a bit stupid.

"I didn't think I looked under 23. Even still, do I look under 18?"

Some of them really have no cop on - fair enough if management are telling the staff to ask but there should be some form of thinking behind it.

kfallon

Never......it' not a compliment or something to be proud of tho!

Never carried ID with me to a pub

giftgrub

I normally go to Tesco in Ballybrack and have had no issues there, the Dun Laoighaire one did have signs saying "if you look under 25", but i dont think i do

They must be on some kind of crackdown

jimthemental

Was in Roscommon last year on the piss and just after driving up I went to get a pack of benson in Super valu. Asked for ID so I showed em my license which says I'm 23, idiots the n asked for my age card, which I didn't have and then asked me to leave. I then walked across to tesco and had trouble getting served drink. And before you ask, I don't look like a scumbag or anything!

haven't been asked in a couple of months, maybe the wrinkles are finally setting in

I'm 29!

kfallon

jimthemental wrote: »

Was in Roscommon last year

Sorry for your troubles.....

super_furry

31. Was at a gig in the O2, my 24 year-old sister bought drinks without being asked, then 20 minutes later I went up and got IDed.

Kimono-Girl

i haven't been asked for id since i was 22 i must look old

alwaysadub

I was 29 and got stopped going into a club and asked for id. Hadn't brought it out with me, so i just said to him i was 29 and i didn't think i needed my id at my age,and thanks for the compliment. He let me in no bother

The Paws

When I was 29, I was asked for ID in Texso and I was so speechless and i was trying to say I am 29!! I said something like "i i i erm i am 2---9!" she looked surprised and I showed her my driving lience......then she let me have the bottle of wine!!! i felt youthful for ages!!!

NothingMan

Captain Americas last night. I'm 25 my friend is 23. Before that, Tesco's 2 weeks ago some 17 year old girl asked me for ID while I was trying to pay with my credit card. What kind of 17 year old has a fookin credit card (in Tallaght anyway).

Before that? A long time. My age card doesn't even look like me, it's faded and I have hair down to my shoulders. It could be anyone on there.

jimthemental

Has anyone noticed that bouncers ask women for id even though it's fairly obvious that they're past their sell by date? The creeps

recyclops

There has been a crackdown, working in a offo we have been told a fair few times in recent weeks to ask anyone as the guards are doing a sweep of offos across the nation supposedly, at 26 i still get asked for id regularly too

bnt

I have never been asked to prove my age. Not even when I was 16, when I bought myself beer in a working club, or bought wine in an off-license as a gift. I was living in South Africa during my teens, though - they had very different attitudes to a lot of things ...

Angron

17. I don't get asked anymore anyway..

jackiebaron

9

My fake id stating that I was 54 worked though and I've been buying booze, cigs and pornography in that shop ever since.

rainbowdrop

Got refused buying a packet of tobacco 3 weeks ago - I'm 32 and was with my 13 year old daughter at the time (she's almost the same height as me)

I didn't have my driving license with me, and no way would yer one serve me, even though she saw me pull up outside the door in my Audi A4 - have you ever seen a 17year old driving an Audi?. I even told her "this is my daughter and if Im only 17, would I have the guts to pretend a 13year old was my child" but no dice!

I go in that shop all the time as well, but she was new working there. I suppose I should take it as a compliment:cool:

_feedback_

I never used to be asked for ID as I always looked older than I was.

I used to be nominated to buy the drinks. I was so bloody stupid. I used to go in to the same place all the time. The girl that worked there used to live next door to the family home AND my Dad used to go to the same off licence.

One evening I went in and she refused me saying "Your Dad told just me you're only 16, and you're in trouble, sorry about that". I turned about 25 shades of pubescent red.

Turns out she had mentioned in passing that I do always be in there to my Dad.

Aiel

I use to work in Dunnes.Their policy is if you look under 30 ask for I.D.Its the person at the till who will get prosecuted more then the company if their found to be selling it to u18's.The company can get fined and possibily shut down for a day or 2.It nearly happened to a good mate of mine who was caught in a sting by the local HSE.He nearly got prosecuted but Dunnes found a big carpet (in their homeware section:rolleyes:) for the whole thing to be swept under and he got away.
Im 29 and still get asked regularly.

Lia_lia

I know some barstaff/bouncers that ask for ID even if they know the person is over 18...so they can get their name and look the person up on facebook :rolleyes:

_feedback_

Lia_lia wrote: »

I know some barstaff/bouncers that ask for ID even if they know the person is over 18...so they can get their name and look the person up on facebook :rolleyes:

"Sorry, I don't accept passports. Have you got a mobile phone number bill on you?"

starlit

It was early this year either I was 24 or 25 at the time. Blame tesco! Rarely asked for ID when I go to pubs or clubs unless they are very strict about ID! Even when I was younger say in my late teens and early 20's I wasn't asked for ID much yet I looked younger than I was. Weird!

Teutorix

Long hair + beard = looking 10 years older

I just turned 18 and i havent been asked for ID in over a year

Also what the **** is with people not taking passports as a valid form of ID?

JayEnnis

Teutorix wrote: »

Long hair + beard = looking 10 years older

I just turned 18 and i havent been asked for ID in over a year

Also what the **** is with people not taking passports as a valid form of ID?

This really annoys me.

Kimono-Girl

Teutorix wrote: »

Also what the **** is with people not taking passports as a valid form of ID?

it's illegal!


the oldest i was being asked for id so far was 22 ...im only 24 now though so i may still get asked.....or not

Steodonn

Been asked for I.D once in the last year
I turn 18 tomorrow

Mint Sauce

I was 29 or 30, first time asked (in ireland) since I was about 21 or 22. Been asked in england up to the age of about 25 or 26.

cardboard box

I'm 27 and my friend whos 25 got asked in tesco and he wouldnt accept my full driving licence :mad:

Teutorix

candlelover wrote: »

it's illegal!


the oldest i was being asked for id so far was 22 ...im only 24 now though so i may still get asked.....or not

Is it really illegal for them not to accept it? Because im not afraid to say it to shopkeepers and will report them if they refuse.

Dudess

26 - wasn't wearing make-up and was dressed down as it was a spur-of-the-moment decision to go to the pub. Dressing up and wearing make-up can make a woman look better, but also older.