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To ask how old you were when you were last asked for ID to prove your age?

212 replies

Faerie87 · 11/09/2018 16:52

Hello

I am in my early thirties and yesterday I got asked for ID when purchasing a bottle of wine. I had my hair tied back and no make up on so I know in those instances I can look quite young.

I told my partner about it and he thought it was hilarious, and it made me wonder how old other people have been when they have been asked for ID?

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PositiveVibez · 11/09/2018 23:07

I must have been about 35. It was a saweet day. The woman in the co op shouted her colleague out from the back cos she couldn't believe it.

It was one of the best days of my life 🤗

I'm 41 now and it never happens

Mrsharrison · 11/09/2018 23:10

I was 45, in Vegas trying to buy headache tablets for which you have to be 21. Rather than go to my hotel room for my passport I asked the shopkeeper if she'd sell to my dp. She said "yes he looks old enough". He was 2 years younger than me.

I've always looked young but no way did I look under 21. The shopkeeper called me "young un" everytime I went in afterwards.

CountFosco · 11/09/2018 23:11

Late 30s in Sainsbury's doing the weekly shop with DD. I said 'does my credit card count as ID?'

In my 20s I could make them ID me by pulling the right face, kind of quiet and a bit scared. Being short helps you look younger I think.

FastWindow · 11/09/2018 23:12

We were in the States, and I got IDed. I would have been 28. Chuffed as fuck! ...Until they IDed my then DH for the same purchase, who was at that time 43. Aahh...thanks for nuthin'.

kiltedsheep · 11/09/2018 23:15

I'm 32, and I was ID'd last week - when I was buying non-alcoholic beer (because I'm pregnant)!!! 🤣

The girl who asked for my ID couldn't have been any older than 19. She was quite embarrassed about it when I flourished my driver's licence and turned out to be so 'old'.

I had no idea that 0.0% beer was an age-restricted product.

recklessruby · 11/09/2018 23:21

When I was 37 trying to buy alcohol. I thought she was joking and just went haha but she was serious. I handed her my driving licence and she saw the date of birth and said oh I m really sorry I always id young ones when they are only buying alcohol (popped in for a bottle of wine for my friend's party and had no other shopping).

Arealhumanbeing · 11/09/2018 23:27
  1. It was party booze (a lot) and I had to just leave it in Tesco!
kiltedsheep · 11/09/2018 23:28

@Arealhumanbeing Grin Did the host of the party believe your excuse when you turned up without any booze?

2010Aussie · 11/09/2018 23:28

Mid 30s. But constantly throughout my 20s
Funniest time was when I was in my mid 20s and looked about 14, I drove my dad's car to the tip - children are supposed to stay in the car. I was just humping some rubbish bags around when the staff member said
"Get back in the car please"
I said "Oh that's nice. Are you going to empty the car for me while I sit and watch you?"
He said "Where's your Dad?"
Me "Back home cutting the grass. I DROVE THE CAR HERE"
Hilarious

Now I'm over 60 and still look 10 years younger than I am, I am getting IDed all over again for discounts/free services. All rather fun!

PorkFlute · 11/09/2018 23:34

I was last asked in my mid 30s. I think it was more to do with what I was wearing (popular teen brand at the time) rather than how old I looked though.
I also remember being asked in my late 20s by a bus driver if it was a child or adult ticket I was after. Child tickets stopped at 15! I wasn’t entirely happy with being driven by someone with such poor eyesight tbh!

ThisIsTheNational · 12/09/2018 00:03

On my 18th birthday Sad

nokidshere · 12/09/2018 00:35

In Tesco's last year buying alcohol. I was 56 and it was neither funny or flattering. On my very best days I can pass for mid to late 40's.

I told her she needed more training or a visit to specsavers

Skarossinkplungerridesagain · 12/09/2018 00:45

2 weeks ago buying wine in a 'challenge 25' shop. I didn't have any ID and they wouldn't sell me it. I'm fourty-fucking-two.

OlennasWimple · 12/09/2018 01:03

Where I lived in the US it was the law that everyone had to produce ID to buy alcohol, regardless of age. So I had to get out my driving licence at the age of 40 to buy a bottle of wine - and so did my parents in their 70s Grin

At least it keeps it simple and everyone knows where they stand, to insist that ID must be shown every time by everyone - the only exception to this was you only had to show your ID the first time you ordered a drink; if you stayed there for a few more you didn't need to get it out for every round

notangelinajolie · 12/09/2018 01:12

Co-op last week. I'm 53. Really patronising twonker - obviously I look older than 25. He did it because he could and because he though he was being funny in front of a queue of people. I don't carry/have id because a) I don't know how to drive and therefore don't have a driving licence and b) no passport c) I'm old and it's fairly obvious I'm over 25. I only wanted a bottle of wine and I had to leave empty handed. Twat.

SemperIdem · 12/09/2018 01:26

Week before last. 29, very nearly 30.

I get id’d whenever I go to a new place. I need to leave my local area more to keep my spirits up, I think.

Saracen · 12/09/2018 01:28

About 28 I think, by some simpering idiot who thought they were flattering me. As if I would be proud of being mistaken for a child!

When I was 21, the drinking age where I lived was 21. My 17yo friend had no fake ID, so I took her to the shop to buy beer for both of us. We each looked our age; if anything, my friend looked like she might have been closer to 15. I had forgotten my own ID, so of course they refused to sell to me. "It's all right," said my very self-assured younger friend breezily to the manager, "I'll buy it."

She had no ID either, but the manager was so taken in by her chutzpah that he sold it to her. "But it had better be for yourself and not for her," he said, gesturing to me.

stopgap · 12/09/2018 03:07

I’m 41 and get asked weekly. I do have great skin, but I think (no—I know) it’s the fact I live in the US, and they ID everyone.

holidaymeltdown · 12/09/2018 05:47

A few months ago, age 30 in Aldi couldn't get my flipping prosecco as didn't have ID,

MsHopey · 12/09/2018 06:22

I once ID'd someone who I thought was a young woman and her boyfriend. Her ID showed she was 45 and her "boyfriend" was her 20 year old son!!!

WakeUpFromYourDreamAndScream · 12/09/2018 06:32

I'm 35 and had my two kids with me in Asda buying groceries including my precious bottle of wine and I got asked for ID. I shit you not. I'm 35! I was buzzing all day afterwards GrinGrin

BitchQueen90 · 12/09/2018 06:36

I'm 28 and I still get asked sometimes. I do look younger than my age but I definitely look over the legal age to buy alcohol! I can understand why they ask me though with the challenge 25 thing as I could be under 25.

Sometimes people just don't use their common sense though. If you're in your 40s and 50s (unless you're extremely lucky) then you're not going to look under 25.

CatherineMaitland · 12/09/2018 06:37

Nearly 39 (in December), on Saturday. Didn't have any ID with me either since I wasn't expecting to be asked for it. Walk of shame for me.

MidnightAura · 12/09/2018 06:38

I’m 32 and I was asked ID buying beer for my DH yesterday.
More embarrassing was when I was in Asda with my DM during the school holidays and I was waiting for her at the opticians when a member of staff near me started talking to me and she asked how I was enjoying my school summer holidays!

Faithless12 · 12/09/2018 06:43

On Sunday and I’m 31. Every time I go out and buy alcohol I’m ID’d. Last time the woman looked at my ID and went 😮 sorry. Don’t really care at this point.