Carded? Seriously?
By TheRealDawn
@dawnald (85146)
Shingle Springs, California
December 19, 2011 11:24pm CST
Yup, was Christmas shopping the other night, and I bought a bunch of food stuff at Cost Plus. Some of it was for the mother-in-law, some for a white elephant gift for work, and some for me. There were a couple of bottles of wine too, including some German Glühwein. 
So here I am, 53 years old, and the cashier asks for my ID. Ok so I'm just vain enough to think I look pretty darn good for 53, but carded? 
Naw, she wasn't trying to make a middle aged lady feel good. Turns out her cash register is programmed to ask for the buyer's drivers license number. Can't do the sale without it.
What will they thing of next?
So here I am, 53 years old, and the cashier asks for my ID. Ok so I'm just vain enough to think I look pretty darn good for 53, but carded?
Naw, she wasn't trying to make a middle aged lady feel good. Turns out her cash register is programmed to ask for the buyer's drivers license number. Can't do the sale without it.
What will they thing of next?12 people like this
18 responses
@webearn99 (1742)
• India
20 Dec 11
You do look "pretty darn good for 53" just in case you have any doubts. Next time pay with a credit card and your age will be picked off from it. I have a different hassle, even a 50 year-old cashier calls me "Uncle" (Kaku in the local lingo). I am 51 for God's sake! The intention is of course to address me respectfully, as it is the custom, but then my vanity takes a battering every time that happens. Oh yes! Men can be vain too!
3 people like this
@alberello (4752)
• Italy
21 Dec 11
I did not understand the question. The seller asks you your license, you (obviously) do not have it and therefore you could not make the purchase?
There must be a detail that escapes me in this episode.
Greetings from Italy by Alessandro
3 people like this
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
24 Dec 11
Yes, I had the license. It's just unusual to be asked to show it when you're over a certain age.
@celticeagle (166672)
• Boise, Idaho
20 Dec 11
I think it is a good idea. Looking from their standpoint if there is a problem they can go right back to the transaction. What will they think of next? You do look very good for 53.
2 people like this
What did you buy? May be explosives can be made out of those purchases.
@Robswife2006 (1208)
• United States
20 Dec 11
That's a good idea that they have that programmed into their system. Sometimes these teenagers will check out on a friend's line just so they wont get carded. I'm sure that's why they came up with this new system so they could put a stop to that. BTW I just have to ask, what's a white elephant mean? I swear I've never heard of that before.
3 people like this
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
24 Dec 11
It originally meant a useless gift. But in this case, a white elephant gift exchange is where each person brings a gift, then takes turns choosing, and then if you don't like the gift you picked, you can steal from one of the people who has already picked.
@PointlessQuestions (15397)
• United States
20 Dec 11
I'm really glad the stores are set up this way, because used to be store clerks would sometimes sell to underage people... and if that underage person really was a young looking cop off duty or something they would be in trouble.
2 people like this
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
24 Dec 11
well this will definitely put a stop to that, although if they're just putting the age in the computer, they could fake it, but probably she had to put the license # in.
@BarBaraPrz (47256)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
20 Dec 11
That's stupid.
What if the customer doesn't drive?
Chalk up a lost sale.
2 people like this
@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
28 Dec 11
i get annoyed by that.at 42,i should have the right not to have to carry that damn card all the time.
..and they usually only ask when i don't have it on me.
..and they usually only ask when i don't have it on me.1 person likes this
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
20 Dec 11
same way i felt at first when i was 56yrs. i knew darn well i looked it and then some so i said you are putting me on! and she said the same thing. i have to no matter how you look. @dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
24 Dec 11
First time I've run into it, but I guess I'll be seeing more of it.
@bounce58 (17387)
• Canada
25 Dec 11
There was a big expose here a few months ago where a bunch of high school students were able to get in to casinos. The media made so much about it, that casino policies were changed that everyone that looked young would be asked for ID's.
Now I believe myself to be young-looking!
But when I went to a casino a few weeks ago, the guards didn't even look at me twice! Much less ask for my ID.
Maybe I'm just fooling myself that I look young!
But when I went to a casino a few weeks ago, the guards didn't even look at me twice! Much less ask for my ID.
Maybe I'm just fooling myself that I look young!@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
26 Dec 11
maybe you look like the casino owner's twin!
@WildHorses (718)
• United States
29 Dec 11
They really are trying to make it harder to buy things these days, aren't they?
1 person likes this
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
29 Dec 11
I don't think that's the goal, but it is certainly the result!
@WildHorses (718)
• United States
30 Dec 11
Next time say, "Okay but only if you let me see yours too."
1 person likes this
@ersmommy1 (12588)
• United States
21 Dec 11
Who cares how they program the register? Take it as a compliment!
As for what they can think of next, who knows. They may start asking for fingerprint I.D. I saw that recently in a movie.
As for what they can think of next, who knows. They may start asking for fingerprint I.D. I saw that recently in a movie.1 person likes this
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
21 Dec 11
oh how funny and I had som ething similar happen three years ago and thought the woman needed new glasses if she could not see I was elderly and in my eighties so instead the register is programmed to ask for the buyer's drives license number.so I dug out my senior citizens id from the DMV and handed it to her. we both laughed at the idea of an old lady being carded. Shucks could not it have been that you just looked really young and great looking?
1 person likes this
@daeckardt (6237)
• United States
28 Jul 12
I guess this was just a well-trained cashier. Some stores do have the rule that you have to card everyone, but often times if a person was obviously older, there was a way to get around that. Oh well...maybe you should pretend they were trying to make you feel good and leave it alone at that! Thanks for sharing!
