Out shopping today and I popped into a poundsaver type shop to stock up on e-liquid. I usually do this once a fortnight or so, as I dont use my vape all that often but never had anyone raise an eyebrow.
"Do you have ID?" asks the sales assistant.
I laughed and said something like, "thats quite funny seeing as I'm ".
Well, I wasnt prepared for the stony face and the next "your ID, if you dont mind",
Slightly confused, I hand over my driving licence which is studied hard for quite some time before being handed back and my purchases rung through the till.
I'm stunned. I'm (well) over 40 have smoked on and off since I was 11 (on the back of the bus) and havent been asked for ID in clubs, pubs or off licences since I turned 15 years old. I dont think I look anywhere near 18 or even 25 - I'm an almost ex smoker, we arent known for aging well!
Anyone else been the subject of seemingly random and pointless ID checks, just to brighten the sales assistant obviously boring day?
AIBU?
(Lighthearted) to ask for your ID please!?
WantingMuchMore · 19/11/2017 18:40
@piggleiggle83949
It’s ridiculous isn’t it.
I get that they have to ask if someone could potentially be under 25 because there’s a chance they could be under 18 and look older.
Asking adults clearly in their 30s/40s and beyond is just stupidity. Common sense needs to be applied.
Exactly.
The posters on here claiming they get people asking them for ID to prove they are over 18, when they are nearly 40, must have people serving them who have awful eyesight, because there is no way in hell that someone between 35 and 40, looks 17. People can keep kidding themselves it's true, but it really isn't.
I believe someone of 28 can get mistaken for 19-21, but then again that is only 9 years difference. I did say that people can be mistaken for 7-10 years younger; but do you look 17 at nearly 40 years old??? Nope. You don't. 
As I said, the people who are asking for I.D (if what these posters are saying is true,) are either told to ask virtually everyone for I.D, (and it's a habit,) or they have dreadful eyesight, because you do NOT look a generation younger than you are. You really, really do not.
@sienna333
Not true that people can't look 7-10 years younger. It is rare I know but my friend is 33 and everyone thinks she is 17/18 and nobody goes above 22 years of age. She is small and thin with a baby face
I am sure people think she is 17 at first glance, but close up, there is no way she looks 17. No way. Not if she is 33. Like I said, occasionally someone will look more than 10 years younger than they are at first glance; but when you look properly, they look closer to their age. I have never - in my life - met, or seen ANYone look more than 10 years younger than they are; not in real life, or on telly/in films etc.
There are some deluded people around! 😂😂😂
I got id’d more when I lived in London than now living in the States. 
I also got ID'd in Tesco when I was buying wine, beer and chocolate. I was about 24 at the time and with DH (then 28). The cashier looked at him and then said "never mind..." 
I look my age now but went through a phase of being ID’d a lot. Not a problem as my driving license lives in my purse. Until the day, when aged 28 I attempted to buy a meal deal in Tesco. The checkout operator refused to accept it was me in my ID and accused me of wearing glasses to make myself look older. I was just like WTF, here is a selection of cards with my name on matching my ID which is clearly me so can I just buy my stuff please 
im 28 and get ID’d every time. i even got a child single on the bus recently when i said “single please” 
my mum (in her 40s) got ID’d for razers a while back, so i guess it runs in the family (which i am very grateful for )
most people think my mum is early 30s and that im 19-20
I used to work in a bar when I was younger, and I was serving a couple for women who were clearly old enough (probably early 40’s). My manager called me over and asked if I’d asked to see ID. I sort of gave him a funny look and said no, and he told me I had to. So I went back, asked for ID and they laughing, telling me they had kids my age, etc etc. Stopped laughing and stayed complained once they said they didn’t have ID on them so I couldn’t serve them. My manager saw they were kicking off and came over. As he got closer, he saw them in better lighting and said “oh, sorry ladies, you looked much younger from over there!” and let me serve them
They were not flattered!
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Sienna333 yep, i have a young looking face.
When i was in my 20's i got id for the cinema. That was a low point
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