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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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! [b]Implying we just graduated from high school two years ago? [/b]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.[/quote]

No, that's not what was happening.  Lol.

And no I would not be "ticked off". The potential liabilities and/or consequences for the restaurant are not worth it to them. It's not personal. You need to be prepared to show a ( [b]valid/not expired[/b]) ID for any alcohol purchase.[/quote]

Please cite a source that state, commonwealth, and/local bureaucrats are doing sting operations on bars using age 21+ decoys with expired licenses or old timers who left their ID at home. This simply does not happen. They use 20 year olds and teenagers with valid teenager IDs.[/quote]

I was a bartender for many years.  And while it is true that having an ID is not generally required (I don't know every municipal code or state statute), what does happen is that a bar or restaurant gets caught serving a minor.  Part of the settlement is that they will card EVERY SINGLE PERSON.  Failing to do so will breach the agreement they reached to maintain their license and they lose their license.  This does happen.[/quote]

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