Getting asked for I.D. in your twenties

Rowley Birkin QC · 22-02-2009 08:21PM

I got carded a year or two ago when collecting scratch-card winnings from a shop, didn't have ID on me so she wouldn't give me my €4. Thing is that she had sold it to me about an hour beforehand. :mad:

About a week later she turned up in the pub where I worked with a group of friends so I refused to serve her, this woman was easily 30. Petty I know but god it felt good.

Rory123 · 22-02-2009 08:21PM

Ha I'm sure some people here can identify with this.... when I was 14/15 I always used to have to show ID to prove I was young enough for a child's fare on public transport and then when I was 18/19 I always used to have to show ID to prove that I was old enough to buy drink! :rolleyes:

I wish I could be asked for ID now though at nearly 23. I'd see it as a compliment.

zonEEE · 22-02-2009 08:26PM

Mairt wrote: »

My son is 17 too.

He is what the recession needs, someone willing to go the extra mile

What was he doing licenses or just the student card things? Cant seem to get the colour right if i do a license and the student cards aren't worth a ****e for clubs ! Best job to do is get someones license who's over 18 take the laminate off and take the pic out, then take the pic from your own license(because it has green lines on it) and stick it in and cover over the license again with laminate(stuff that you use for school books works the best) and your sorted know way of telling its fake.

Rory123 · 22-02-2009 08:29PM

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

ohh tesco's are awful gob****es.

i once got refused there under the following.

clerk: id please?

me: sure, hands passport. sorry we only accept garda id.
me: hands over driving license. sorry garda id only.
me: hands over credit card. sorry garda id only.
me: hands over work id (with DOB and photo). sorry garda id only.
me: last ditched effort i hand over a duty free receipt that i got when i bought stuff in stockholm airport dury free (was alcohol too) that very day, and a boarding pass for said flight. sorry garda id only.

what made it a little worse was the guy serving me knew me from school, he was two years below me and he actually greeted me by name.

He probably doesn't like you?

thebman · 22-02-2009 08:30PM

Mr.S wrote: »

apparently, the deal with the Tesco only accepting Garda ID, is that some people have 10 year passports, so for example, their 22, and using a passport that was issued when they where 13 (so the picture looks nothing like them), so anyone who looks remotley like the picture (same skin color, hair etc) could get away with taking someones 10 year passport.

So they enforce Garda ID only, which is issued when your 18+, so theres a bigger chance that the picture looks a lot more like your current state.

If its good enough to get into and out of the country and into and out of other countries, I don't see why it isn't good enough for Tesco.

They can't realistically be held accountable if somebody uses forged identification for gods sake.

There policies are driving away more business than they'd lose from a fine if they were caught out.

marti101 · 22-02-2009 08:30PM

I work in Tescos and the story is if anyone looks under 21,even though theage limit is 18.Its really to cover their back and also people forget how some people look different when dressed up.Thousands of people go through the doors and im sorry if i dont remember everyone.I card people and if im not sure i dont serve them as i dont want to lose my job.Its just really as simple as that.And Tesco take passport and garda id and thats it.

Sephiroth_dude · 22-02-2009 08:30PM

Im 22 and I often get asked for I.D when Im in the pub or going into a late bar.

Teutorix · 22-02-2009 08:33PM

im 16 and i dont get asked for id, wtf? (not in tesco though)

Maybe cause i have long hair a beard and glasses, paedophile look FTW :pac:

robinph · 22-02-2009 08:33PM

Biggest problem I have in Tesos is finding a till that is staffed by someone over 18 that can sell me the beer.

Holsten · 22-02-2009 08:35PM

The only place that I'd usually get asked for ID would be Tescos, and they are the biggest bunch of pricks ever.

A goverment issued passport/drivers licence and they won't take it.

Rory123 · 22-02-2009 08:39PM

robinph wrote: »

Biggest problem I have in Tesos is finding a till that is staffed by someone over 18 that can sell me the beer.

How about trying to buy Liquor choclates in Thorntons in the UK! We had to wait ages for another MOS to come and log onto the till so we could buy a box of bloody sweets! The poor girl was really embarrassed! :eek:

Teutorix · 22-02-2009 08:39PM

Rory123 wrote: »

How about trying to buy Liquor choclates in Thorntons in the UK! We had to wait ages for another MOS to come and log onto the till so we could buy a box of bloody sweets! The poor girl was really embarrassed! :eek:

Thats bloody ridiculous !

Alessandra · 22-02-2009 08:42PM

On the occasions I do get asked for identification, I smile and ask them to repeat the question and then produce my ID, thank them and say I am delighted they thought I was underage! Although I know technically they have to ask to see if you are carrying ID and not purely to prove your age. Get over it, take your ID in future.

Tom65 · 22-02-2009 08:46PM

I was in a shop on Grafton Street once, myself and a friend buying beer. My friend went up, asked for ID, gave his passport, guy at the counter said "sorry, I need to see a Garda ID". My friend said he didn't have one, and if he didn't he wouldn't carry around a passport, the guy sold him the beer. Then I went up, got asked for ID, and gave my Garda ID. Guy asked if I had a passport.
That makes no sense to me.

Worse was here in Sweden. To buy beer in the (government run) off licenses, you have to be 20, but you can buy 3.5% beer in shops at 18. I was buying a sixpack of 3.5% beer and got ID'd. That was demeaning.

Rory123 · 22-02-2009 08:47PM

Teutorix wrote: »

Thats bloody ridiculous !

I swear to god! The first girl was about 17 and her colleague was on a break or something so had to be taken away from the lunch room to take for a box of sweets. It was a box of cherry liquors in Thorntons, Leamington Spa.

thebman · 22-02-2009 08:47PM

marti101 wrote: »

I work in Tescos and the story is if anyone looks under 21,even though theage limit is 18.Its really to cover their back and also people forget how some people look different when dressed up.Thousands of people go through the doors and im sorry if i dont remember everyone.I card people and if im not sure i dont serve them as i dont want to lose my job.Its just really as simple as that.And Tesco take passport and garda id and thats it.

But they should have to accept a drivers license TBH.

It is acceptable to go to the UK but not to buy alcohol in Tesco.

They take it too seriously TBH. It annoys me because I don't want to bring my passport to the super market. It is a personal, valuable document and I don't want to get it stolen on me.

I just refuse to do it. If they won't serve me, I'll go to the off license down the road where they won't ask me for any id.

Jello · 22-02-2009 08:50PM

I'm 17 and haven't gotten asked for ID in my local off licence for about two years now (don't really look that old for my age or anything) despite the big sign on the door saying 'ID required at all times up to 25 years of age'. That sign used to scare the sh*t outta me.

My fake driver's licence (scan/print/laminate job) works in most clubs, pubs and off licences though thankfully

I also got served with it in Tesco not so long ago.

Will be 18 in 3 weeks though so I can forget about all this fake ID nonsense

strongr wrote: »

What was he doing licenses or just the student card things? Cant seem to get the colour right if i do a license and the student cards aren't worth a ****e for clubs ! Best job to do is get someones license who's over 18 take the laminate off and take the pic out, then take the pic from your own license(because it has green lines on it) and stick it in and cover over the license again with laminate(stuff that you use for school books works the best) and your sorted know way of telling its fake.

And who in their right mind would give you their driver's licence to do this

Or maybe you'd rob one? :eek:

Rory123 · 22-02-2009 08:54PM

Jello wrote: »

And who in their right mind would give you their driver's licence to do this Or maybe you'd rob one? :eek:

McLOVIN!!!

zonEEE · 22-02-2009 08:56PM

Jello wrote: »

I'm 17 and haven't gotten asked for ID in my local off licence for about two years now (don't really look that old for my age or anything) despite the big sign on the door saying 'ID required at all times up to 25 years of age'. That sign used to scare the sh*t outta me.

My fake driver's licence (scan/print/laminate job) works in most clubs, pubs and off licences though thankfully I also got served with it in Tesco not so long ago.

Will be 18 in 3 weeks though so I can forget about all this fake ID nonsense

And who in their right mind would give you their driver's licence to do this Or maybe you'd rob one? :eek:

Loads of people do, give them a 10er and then they just get another one simple as, its not like your going to be giving the license to the gards or anything lol

livvy · 22-02-2009 08:57PM

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

another good point? do you have a bank account neesa?

you'd need id for that and a utility bill?

so no id = no bank account?

how do you survive?

how do you think? - produce the shoes

Jello · 22-02-2009 08:57PM

strongr wrote: »

Loads of people do, give them a 10er and then they just get another one simple as, its not like your going to be giving the license to the gards or anything lol

Ahh getting a new licence must be easier than I thought, I heard getting a new passport if you've lost yours is a nightmare.

entropi · 22-02-2009 08:58PM

I'm 28 and still get asked for i.d. but only when getting into a club, i would do it too since i get mistaken for between 19-22yrs old ALOT:P

TPD · 22-02-2009 08:58PM

Bought a Mario game last year and was asked if I was over 3.

Edit: I was 18 at the time I think.

Teutorix · 22-02-2009 09:00PM

Jello wrote: »

Ahh getting a new licence must be easier than I thought, I heard getting a new passport if you've lost yours is a nightmare.

Its the hardest thing in the world to do! because its an official state document and there is no way of knowing who has their hands on it.

yoyo · 22-02-2009 09:05PM

A funny one actually, In a Super Valu supermarket I went to buy 6 cans of Fosters, on the till a nice girl scanned the items and asked for payment, payment made and immediately a security guard (obviously power mad :pac:) comes over to the till, gives out to the girl that she didn't ID me, shouts at me for ID which I politely present my passport (Was 20 btw), starts giving out to the girl on the till that she should ID all customers, now fair enough maybe, but I've always wondered was what he did legal? Wasn't the transaction between the girl at the till and me? Anyways felt really bad for the poor girl as this really stressed her out, I also don't know how "legal" it was for the security guard to attempt to interfere with the transaction

Nick

Rory123 · 22-02-2009 09:10PM

Master of Nothing wrote: »

I'm 28 and still get asked for i.d. but only when getting into a club, i would do it too since i get mistaken for between 19-22yrs old ALOT:P

Bouncers do that as an excuse to engage in interaction with you to see if you are already too drunk for admission. Doesn't matter if you are 18 or 38.

Aidric · 22-02-2009 09:16PM

TPD wrote: »

Bought a Mario game last year and was asked if I was over 3.

Edit: I was 18 at the time I think.

Lols. Tough break that disorder.

marti101 · 22-02-2009 09:18PM

thebman wrote: »

But they should have to accept a drivers license TBH.

It is acceptable to go to the UK but not to buy alcohol in Tesco.

They take it too seriously TBH. It annoys me because I don't want to bring my passport to the super market. It is a personal, valuable document and I don't want to get it stolen on me.

I just refuse to do it. If they won't serve me, I'll go to the off license down the road where they won't ask me for any id.

But to be fair they have to take it seriously.If that was your 14 yr old son/daughter got served in Tesco im sure you would be the 1st down complaining that they are underage.

Teutorix · 22-02-2009 09:20PM

marti101 wrote: »

But to be fair they have to take it seriously.If that was your 14 yr old son/daughter got served in Tesco im sure you would be the 1st down complaining that they are underage.

I think you would find i would be out in the garden cutting a switch

Rory123 · 22-02-2009 09:28PM

TPD wrote: »

Bought a Mario game last year and was asked if I was over 3.

Edit: I was 18 at the time I think.

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Getting asked for I.D. in your twenties

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