I came of age in the Nixon era and just got carded in the convenience store.
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Thu Apr-29-10 06:22 PM
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I came of age in the Nixon era and just got carded in the convenience store.
I showed em my license and said I'm pretty sure I look over eighteen One of the clerks -- I'm prolly old enough to be her grandpa -- Oh, we can't tell I told her I didn't believe her and warned her I might start flirting with her if she didn't watch it Neither she nor other pretty young woman behind the counter seemed very concerned by the threat What's wrong with youth today?
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Thu Apr-29-10 06:38 PM
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1. Can't blame store owners for telling their help(those that can chew gum...
and walk at the same time)to 'card everybody' have probably been caught for missing a few and fined. Easier to card everyone and then the authorities are happy.
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Thu Apr-29-10 07:00 PM
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4. The clerks themselves get cited and fined in this fine state.
and it counts a strike against the establishments liquor/beverage (whatever the hell it is) license. So yeah, they card early and often.
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Thu Apr-29-10 06:52 PM
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2. I'm 57 and always get carded in bars and restaurants.
I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that I tell the waitstaff and bartenders that I give much bigger tips if they card me.
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Thu Apr-29-10 07:00 PM
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3. to be fair some employers order their employees to card everyone
i suppose it's safer to just tell people to card everyone than to allow employees to use their own common sense. probably just following orders, you know.
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Thu Apr-29-10 08:48 PM
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5. I used to get carted when buying cigarettes well into my 30s. The law in Nova Scotia said that if
you looked like you could be 30 then they had to id you.
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Thu Apr-29-10 08:56 PM
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6. It's (do everybody) to compensate against "age"-profiling, like racial profiling. n/t
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Thu Apr-29-10 08:57 PM
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7. Well I have no choice but to boycott NC
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Fri Apr-30-10 12:12 PM
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8. Well, you'll miss out on some purdy young thangs pretendin they think you might be underage
but when I see that cactus I really can't say you're makin the wrong decision stayin put where you're set
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Fri Apr-30-10 12:18 PM
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. ...set on 'em... . ...you old-school DUDE. .
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Fri Apr-30-10 12:16 PM
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. ...the oldest woman I carded turned out to be 30 years old. . . . . She tipped really REALLY well. .
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