Kelly728 - 2009-08-28 2:40 PM
wurkit_gurl - 2009-08-28 9:30 AM
Rudedog55 - 2009-08-28 9:20 AM i turned 40 a week ago tommorrow...i was also carded...when you get out of your 20's, being carded is not an insult but rather amusing regardless of your sex, especially when it is someone you could be the parent of.
edit...40 and on TOP!!!! lol
My mom, who is nearly 60, has actually been carded when we've all been out to dinner. She's actually gotten mad a couple of times - since she's sitting there with her daughters, who are both in their late 20's, and even if I look 21, that means my mother is still clearly above the drinking age!
I understand why I still get carded when I order drinks. I'm less than 10 years over the drinking age, plus I look a little young and you can be fired from your job if you serve alcohol to minors, since the business can lose its liquor license. But the movie thing was just plain insulting, esp. since the girl was maybe 17 at best.
A few years ago my dad, mom, and myself we out for dinner. My mom, who is in her 40s, was carded. She cried that night. We thought it was funny at the time, but she was truly embarrassed.
Growing up, when I would go out with my parents and grandmother, people would think that myself and my mom were sisters and my dad and grandmother were our parents. Yikes! My mom has 23 years on me and my dad has 12 years on my mom.
What people don't understand is that a lot of times the people who are carding you are carding everybody. My boyfriend works in a restaurant and he cards everyone, even the old lady with a walker. It's much better to just ask every single person than try to use your judgment and end up being wrong, and your restaurant having their liquor license revoked. If you're older and you don't think you need your ID, well here in California it's illegal to be out in public without one, so that's your problem.
I used to work as a checker at a grocery store and I thought it was pretty rude when customers that I carded would ask me if I was old enough to buy alcohol. That's not the point. I'm trying not to get fired here, just hand over your friggin ID.