When was the last time you got carded? Did it upset or flatter you?

About a month ago when I was with my boyfriend who was buying beer. The legal age to drink in Australia is 18 and I'm almost 25. My boyfriend, who is 7 months younger than me, and who was the one actually buying the beer, didn't get carded! Also, the girl at the counter was most definitely younger than me.

Then again, at my last workplace I only worked weekends because of uni and one of the women I worked closely with for a whole year thought I was in high school! She quit and came back to visit us at work 6 months later and asked me when I would graduate and I said "oh, I've still got two more years", to which she responded, with an understandably puzzled look on her face, "how old are you??". When I told her I was 24 it dawned on her for the first time that I wasn't in high school. -.- A year I worked with that woman!

So you'll be looking younger for quite a long time then probably, lucky you! :-)

Well, I certainly hope so. After years of being talked down to I had better be able to reap the benefits! :P

Until quite recently, Britain didn't really care about checking ID. It was normal for 15-year-olds to get served in pubs.
Then we became stricter. I got turned away from a pub, aged 31, because I only had my Navy ID, and they wouldn't accept it. Ironically, I'd been drinking in the pub for 10 years, but the bouncer didn't know me!

Wow! I can't believe they didn't care about a Navy ID! And also that it wasn't until recently they didn't check/care.

Yeah, European drinking culture is a lot different from America's. Most people over about 15 drink regularly in Brtain - and on the continent they're even less strict!

Do you think that you have less minors drinking because the novelty isn't there, or just as many because they are free to do so?

Less minors than who? Most of our minors over 15 drink! It's just that in France/Italy/Spain etc wine is something you start drinking when you're 4 or 5 years old. Their people are rarely sober!

Than compared to other countries whose drinking ages are higher. But got it. It's funny but sad..."their people are rarely sober" I had no clue of that.

I may be exaggerating a little, but I do know that 4-year-olds in France often drink wine. And it's normal for people there to drink during the morning, and in lunch breaks from work! I've visited America several times, and from what I've seen, America's views on alcohol are very different from the rest of the world's.

So, I'd assume we are stricter than most? I'd almost wonder if in France they feel it is good for the spirit & health. I mean, I look at wine that way, but rarely ever drink it. But perhaps they feel it's beneficial to them. Whatever the case may be I couldn't imagine a child drinking it.

Yeah, the US is definitely the strictest place I've seen! In places like France, it's not a matter of health, or of whether or not you drink; it's just about how much. Alcohol is totally ingrained in their daily lives. Britain isn't quite like that, but we do drink a lot more than Americans.

2009. Swear to G-d. I was 49 years old. I laughed hysterically.

That's awesome!!

Yesterday. The cashiers that know me as a regular buying beer generally don't bother to ask me for my DL anymore unless the supermarket security department is auditing their cashiers or the local PD is performing their undercover sting operations.

I love your "Nu Joisey" too cute & thank you!

Clicked wrong one. It was a while ago but now days I think it is just a given for just about any age. Clerks sometimes just have to put your info into the cash register/computer.

They'll usually just ask my D.O.B. unless I'm buying a certain type of medicine then they ask for my license because they have to keep track of who is buying it & how often. I'm just old lol

No you are not to old, they are just to nosey!

Yeah that's right! ;-)

Like 2 months ago. I AM underage though lol. It was my friend's birthday and a bunch of us were supposed to meet for drinks. Everyone there was in their mid-20's so they got in no problem. The guy asked me for ID and I just straight up told him that I was 16 but that the entire party couldn't just relocate for me. It took a while but I finally convinced him to let me in. He said if he saw me with a drink, I'd "go flying". I still don't know what that means lmfao xD Go flying..wtf??
Anyway, I still managed to sneak in a shot and a couple sips of others' drinks even though his eyes were glued to me almost the entire night!

Last Friday night. It doesn't upset or flatter me. It's just standard. Everyone going into a nightclub gets carded.

I get carded at some clubs but they card if u look under 35. I LOVE it! I'm 41;-D

I would too! lol

;-D

But it was OK - I'm past being either flattered or upset!

Can't remember. I do remember being 13 and getting carded at the airport because the gate agent didn't think I was a minor and glared at my parents. That was just weird, especially since I've never really looked older.

That's funny! You sound like me, a feisty thing ;-)

But it's kind of a pain. I'm forty years old for cripe's sake, although I understand why they do it. They're just covering their asses so they don't get ticketed for serving a minor.

About 30 years ago.

Last year while buying alcohol at Walmart. They have a policy to card anyone who they think looks like they are under the age of 40. I was standing there with my son and grandson and didn't have my ID on me and neither did my son.

So you didn't get to buy it huh? Sucks!

Nope! I went home, got my ID, went back, and got in the same line and the cashier went on a break. The young college guy who took her place started ringing me up and gets to the alcohol and I asked if he needed to see my ID and he said, "No...you're obviously older than 21...". DOH!

Today, not my real ID, but my college ID.

last fall I bought a beer for using in a recipe, drank in bars 8 years and never got carded, then get it at the grocery store 23 years after I quit drinking, weird.. it was amusing, they do it to everybody regardless of appearance.

That's been way to many years back.