(Lighthearted) to ask for your ID please!?

[WantingMuchMore]

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?

I dont get why people have to work out ages etc on ID. If someone hands over an ID and it says 198X they are clearly old enough. From 1st January 2018 it's going to be really easy as it's that days date with a birth year of 2000.

My ex boss who was late 60s at the time, was asked for ID in Poundland for a lighter a few years ago. Apparently they had to ID everyone, regardless of how old they looked.

Got asked for ID about three years ago trying to get into a night club. I laughed and pointed at my face, saying "This is my ID." The doormen didn't laugh.

I don't think I'd ever been asked for ID as an adult. In fact, I never even had ID. Didn't pass my driving test until I was 23/24 and there wasn't the same "ID Culture" as now.

I am 49!

I was asked for party poppers the other day, I'm 42..I did point out to the shop assistant that she's only meant to ask if I was over 25, but she was adamant!

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 got id’d more when I lived in London than now living in the States.

It hardly a big deal to hand over ID

It is if you don't have it! My only photo ID is my passport and I don't carry it around. My driving licence is a paper one so wouldn't be accepted.

DD needs to carry ID as she is 19. She got one of those 'prove it' cards but discovered that very few places would accept it so she had to get a provisional driving licence (she doesn't want to learn to drive); then her handbag got stolen and we had the added expense of having to change the locks as licences have your address on!

I don't want to carry my driving licence in my wallet. If I lose my bag or it is stolen, the thieves have my house keys and my address.

So then surely you have to accept that if you are asked for ID you may be refused sale if you don’t have it??

Also it’s not “whether the person looks under 25” it’s “whether the staff member believes that the person may look under 25”. Saying “but I’m 28!!” isn’t proof of age as many people think it is 😂

@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! 😂😂😂

Some stores make a policy of asking everyone not just those that look under 25.

Sorry Ravenblack but she really does! She is the only person I have ever met who still looks 17 at 33 but she has such a young face and a tiny build which makes her look super young.

She hates it for what it's worth.

My SIL is 30 and people assume she's still at school - she's small and baby-faced. Saying she has a 9yo just leads to tutting.

Meanwhile I haven't been IDd for age in the UK since I was 17 which was over 25 years ago. Back then I had a range of fake ID...

America is different and I have to carry my passport, which then leads to joy of a US passport not being recognised and a paper UK driving licence confusing the hell out of everyone, so I have to take my UK passport too.

Much better system to basically ID everyone then there are no need for silly judgement calls once had the oldest looking 17 ever (looked like she was 30) and is exactly the type of customer they use for stop checks. So its better to simply ask EVERYONE for id then risking a £5000 personal fine.