...to NOT feel smug that I was asked for ID in Sainsbury's?

[Spockster]

I was in the self service checkout and the guy who came to authorise my transaction (2 bottles of wine, salad and a pack of Dry-nites, as usual), asked my for photo ID. As I am a smidge over 21 (actually 44 at the last count), maybe I should be pleased, but given the eye bags, saggy neck and yellowed teeth, (me, not him), I suspect he was just taking the piss; though he did look rather embarssed when he sw my date of birth!

I want what you are having

Maybe he's short sighted, or your more stunning than you give yourself credit for.

*you're

I normally only get id'd when I don't have my id with me

Biotch.

Or maybe he doesn't know that the age limit is 18 not 40

Ha! That's it! He thought the Dry-nites were Tena Lady and was checking I was post-menopausal! All is clear now.

Ohhh, I love stuff like this. At our local supermarket, any DVD put through self-service checkouts triggers a member of staff to come over and check ID...unfortunately the staff are a little bit officious and have so far been asked for ID for Thomas the Tank engine DVDs on 2 separate trips to the supermarket! I'm 28 ffs and the DVD is a U certificate!

YABVU!

I love it when I still get IDd at 32, and I will not have you pissing on my parade with talk of eye bags!

stealth boast! jealous i'm 27 and never get id'ed waaaahhh

pmsl at this

'Ha! That's it! He thought the Dry-nites were Tena Lady and was checking I was post-menopausal! All is clear now.'

unfortunate choice of words

I got asked for ID a few years ago when trying to buy alcohol. I stared at the man in amazement and said 'but I'm 40'. He said yeah I know but we're required to ask everyone for ID. I was gutted!

I was REFUSED wine in Sainsburys a few weeks ago because I didn't have any ID, and I'm a 32 year old to whom the years have not been kind. I admit to getting slightly hysterical and proffering DS's Sea Life Centre year pass as some kind of proof that I'm old enough to have a 7 year old. The silly cow authorisation lady wouldn't even accept my wheedling offer to have a look at my grey hairs, please, I'm 32, it's just one bottle of wine, I've had a hard day, is it because I'm also buying a packet of jelly snakes?

Odd, really, when you consider that as an underage teen buying bottles of MD 20/20 I was never asked for IB once. Do they think it's a random act of kindness? Picking a frazzled older woman, and bolstering her ego by asking her to prove her age?