How to stop getting asked for ID when buying alcohol?

Downlinz

Am 24, look like I'm 14. Tried growing facial hair but doesn't really help. Any ideas?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

wait 20 or 30 years

biko

Wear old people clothes.

TeddyTedson

Show the cashier your pubes. Works every time.

KeithM89_old

Get a pipe. And maybe an eye-patch

don't buy alcohol

MungBean

Fake moustache and a monocle.

TanG411

Masturbate furiously.

Paparazzo

Just bring ID with you.

Ghandee

Shop online.

Sorted.

forfuxsake

present your ID as you go to pay.

mattjack

Wear a balaclava,jump the counter,optional sawn off or baseball bat.....

wonton

if you look 14 you're screwed, not much you can do, most shops are really being swapped by the garda to be so strict that even if you look around 21 you still get asked for id

Owryan

send in a real 14 yo, youngsters never have a problem buying beer it looks like

lecker Hendl

slap the lad on the counter and say "ID that bitch"
Proceed to pay with cash or card and enjoy your alcohol responsibly.

Temptamperu

Groucho marks Glasses, nose and mustach = Profit.

Also just bring ID with you and take the compliment.

cocoshovel

Paparazzo wrote: »

Just bring ID with you.

This.

Whats the big deal anyway? Its not like its a hard thing to do

darragh16

cocoshovel wrote: »

This.

Whats the big deal anyway? Its not like its a hard thing to do

In fairness an age card is normal credit card size and the new drivers licences will be the same size, so there should be no reason that ye can't show them i.d.

Downlinz

I do bring ID with me but it gets a bit tiring being asked for it every time.

I think it is getting better though, I used to be automatically asked every time but now I get stared at when I pretend I'm looking away and a lot of searching glances. They still ask but at least they're slightly indecisive about it now.

biko

Bring your car inside with you.

Neyite

i'm 37 and still get asked for ID. I consider it a massive compliment at this stage. I practically skip all the way home.

Indubitable

I bet the OP is 14 and is looking for a way to buy alcohol without a fake ID;)
I am on to you:pac:

The King of Moo

Smoke a cigarette or, even better, a cigar, while buying drink, and casually tell the shop assistant about all the times you've had sex with girls.

Irish Guitarist

Dye your hair grey or shave a patch of hair off to make it look like you're balding.

Tomk1

mattjack wrote: »

Wear a balaclava,jump the counter,optional sawn off or baseball bat.....

But don't forget your ID, as more than likely they'll still ask for it.

Keith186

Buy non alcoholic beer!

Ted_YNWA

be glad that you are asked.

I was behind 40 y/o person who was asked for ID in ALDI, when I was being served I wasnt, I was 24 at the time,

was not impressed leaving the store

thecornflake

Keith186 wrote: »

Buy non alcoholic beer!

They ask for ID when buying that too, I was at the tesco self checkout and it needed approval, which was only given when the woman checked my ID.

Oh don't ask as to why I was buying it because I can't even remember.

aaronjumper

The people of after hours are falling down on the job. Only a small amount of responses were dirty and/or insulting.

And blast them with piss.

If your biggest problem in life at the moment is having to constantly show your I.D. I envy you. Or is that tingling a jealous rage, I'm not sure yet.

Overheal

I'm carded all the time. I do not look 18, or 21.

It's the law to ID everyone under the age of god knows what - I think it's 40 or 50. In SC anyway. You get over it. Buy a wallet that lets you present the ID conveniently.

Downlinz

Its definitely top 5

Outkast_IRE

cover your ID in human excrement , they will start remembering you at the off licence then.
you can then tell them how its a brand new biometric ID with some of you DNA on it .

Kurz

It happens to me all the time and I'm 30. The annoying thing is that it only happens in the supermarket across the road from where I grew up and I've been going there my whole life. It's also very annoying that when I present my driver's license I get told that they only accept "age card" which I don't think was even around when I was 18. They serve me but it's usually only after I become irritated.

Robdude

If you give them your ID when you place your order or hand them your items, they won't ask you for it.

BrokenArrows

Who cares if you are asked. Just carry your ID in your wallet. Sorted!!

Bodhidharma

Grow a knacker tache, you'll probably score the girl behind the counter n all.

Failing that try and borrow a baby, thats an adult thing to have (but dont have a tache and a baby, that'll just make you look like a young wacker)

revell

If you look like 14, I guess your body has not yet adjusted to alcohol so you shouldn't drink.:)

Downlinz

Robdude wrote: »

If you give them your ID when you place your order or hand them your items, they won't ask you for it.

Sure why don't I just hand her my phone number while I'm in the process of preemptively answering questions that no decent person should be asking.

MistyCheese

This sort of thing happens more than you'd think. What you could do is carry around a copy of Now! or Okay! or Hello! or People! or something and point out your picture with a "Don't you know who I am?!" attitude. That worked for Tara Palmer Tomkinson.

Surprisingly, if you bandy about a copy of your album with your face on it this won't necessarily have the desired effect. Just ask Nicola from Girls Aloud.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Develop a dour and bitter demeanour. It shows that you've lived long enough to realize life is one long farcical circus.

Missmiddleton

A friend of mine (only recently 18) always kept her car keys visible and was never hassled for ID. Subtle mental cues and that sort of thing..

--LOS--

Dont go to lidl or aldi, being refused drink at 24 even when you have ID with you just because the person you're with doesn't is pretty infuriating -_-

entropi

--LOS-- wrote: »

Dont go to lidl or aldi, being refused drink at 24 even when you have ID with you just because the person you're with doesn't is pretty infuriating -_-

Lol:pac:

--LOS--

Master of Nothing wrote: »

Lol:pac:

--_--

oi, back in your block of ice, you might age