Would you be ticked off if a restaurant refused to serve you a cocktail for no ID?

[Anonymous]

I’d be annoyed at myself but, no, I would not be mad at the person doing their job.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have to laugh because there are a couple of DCUMers convinced they look 25 since they still get carded.

I’m 55 and still get sometimes get carded. I most definitely look 55. 😂

I've been carded recently and i am a couple of years older than that! I think some people card everyone, which is totally their right to do.

When I was 21 I carded everyone because I just had no idea, everyone older than 25 looked old to me. Way too complicated trying to guess people‘s ages when I could just ask for an ID and be sure

The battle axe bartender appeared to be nearly 50 years old. No spring chicken; certainly not a naive 21 year old kiddo under strict orders.

Why would that make a difference? Just bring your ID and you won’t have a problem. Your ability to get a drink does not outweigh her ability to keep her job. I wouldn’t risk getting in trouble if I were in her shoes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel like OP has a drinking problem. I wouldn't be even a tiny bit mad, especially since this is due to self negligence.

Haha. Funny you say that because I felt like pushing the issue would have certainly looked like that! As in, the other bartender literally served us last week. But I just smiled and nodded and we left.

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Anonymous wrote:Had you already paid for the food since you were getting take-out? Did you include a tip? Maybe the server saw you didn’t tip for the take out food so she decided to be difficult. Were you then going to start eating your food with the margarita?

Went to bar to pick up to-go food and asked her to add two classic margaritas to the order while we wait. When she declined to give me one, we just tipped her a few bucks. Should have stiffed her but we didn’t.

[Anonymous]

Maybe she didn’t like you, but if you’d had your ID this would have been a non-issue.

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Anonymous wrote:Happened to my husband and I last night. No kids. Beachfront restaurant. I didn’t want to carry my purse and we were getting to-go food. While on the way, husband recommends a classic margarita. Great idea and I actually look forward to it. Female bartender who was probably just as old as us cards me! Implying we just graduated from high school two years ago? Our own kids are in middle and high school. She refuses to serve me, then when she goes to the back to get our food loudly tells the other bartender I don’t have ID and to not serve me alcohol.

It is the law. The restaurant was following the law. They could lose their liquor license which can be very difficult to get.

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Anonymous wrote:Had you already paid for the food since you were getting take-out? Did you include a tip? Maybe the server saw you didn’t tip for the take out food so she decided to be difficult. Were you then going to start eating your food with the margarita?

Went to bar to pick up to-go food and asked her to add two classic margaritas to the order while we wait. When she declined to give me one, we just tipped her a few bucks. Should have stiffed her but we didn’t.

Who TF cares if they were “classic” margaritas or not? You sound very off, OP.

[Anonymous]

It's the law. I never leave my house without some form of ID.

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Anonymous wrote:Had you already paid for the food since you were getting take-out? Did you include a tip? Maybe the server saw you didn’t tip for the take out food so she decided to be difficult. Were you then going to start eating your food with the margarita?

Went to bar to pick up to-go food and asked her to add two classic margaritas to the order while we wait. When she declined to give me one, we just tipped her a few bucks. Should have stiffed her but we didn’t.

Who TF cares if they were “classic” margaritas or not? You sound very off, OP.

The ones who order CLASSIC margaritas should be above the law, according to OP. It shows how genteel and upper crust they are, so they don't need to carry additional identification!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, I wouldn’t be mad at someone doing their job.

—55 year old.

I would be laughing about this and telling everyone I know the story.

Also: my husband and ME.

[Anonymous]

The health inspector or law enforcement doesn’t care how old you look. Rules are rules and law is law. Do you know that health inspectors literally set restaurants up like this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Happened to my husband and I last night. No kids. Beachfront restaurant. I didn’t want to carry my purse and we were getting to-go food. While on the way, husband recommends a classic margarita. Great idea and I actually look forward to it. Female bartender who was probably just as old as us cards me! Implying we just graduated from high school two years ago? Our own kids are in middle and high school. She refuses to serve me, then when she goes to the back to get our food loudly tells the other bartender I don’t have ID and to not serve me alcohol.

I hated serving people like you. Its the law. The liquor boards will send people to test bartenders and servers and they can lose their jobs and the business their license. You should applaud this person for being a law-abiding citizen. Next time put your ID in your pocket or your husbands wallet.

[Anonymous]

You don't say what state you were in, but some states the law says they have to card anyone who looks under 30 or 40. And, I believe that in most states the law says they cannot serve you alcohol no matter your age if you do not have a valid ID on you.

Grow up.

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Anonymous wrote:The health inspector or law enforcement doesn’t care how old you look. Rules are rules and law is law. Do you know that health inspectors literally set restaurants up like this?

No, they don't. Not with obvious 40 or 50-something people. They send in actual underage kids. Literal teenagers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have to laugh because there are a couple of DCUMers convinced they look 25 since they still get carded.

Many businesses use 35/40 as their age cut-offs. As a non-drinker, well over 40, I once got carded, and didn’t have an ID with me. In my effort to prove my age, the doorman and I had quite a chat about record players, cassettes, telephone lines before callerID, bus tokens, and Tang. After quite a bit of laughter, he did, finally, let me in.

And, honestly, from the time I was about 12 until I was about 40, many people thought I looked 25. I can assure you that the downsides of this far exceeded the positives.