The cashier rings them up and asks for ID (What did you think they were purchasing, apples?) and the person paying for the wine offers hers and passes. The cashier then turns to her friend and asks to see HER ID, as well. The friend is all, "Well, I don't have it. I left my purse in the car, I'm the driver." And the cashier lady says, "No can do. You BOTH have to have proper ID or I can't sell to you."
Uh...what? I damn near bought the bottle FOR them but I knew she wouldn't sell to me because all THREE of us didn't have proper ID.
Did I miss something? When did it become law that everyone had to have legal ID? I mean..seriously? I go with a group of friends and buy beer at the store. Someone is with us that has forgotten her purse at home so we don't get the beer? I don't freaking THINK so.
The cashier was all trying to get me to tell her she was right but I wouldn't. I said, "She SAID she left her purse in the car. She wasn't buying, anyway." And the cashier told me some story about how blah blah blah and she's glad she id'd them because he was a cop. Who the hell cares! If I'm buying and I have ID then sell me the freaking wine and shut up. She says, "You just don't know who is going to be sharing their alcohol with a minor." Well, no, ya don't, do ya? But until the law is that you ID everyone in the party to serve one drink then quit pioneering social justice, ok?
What if I go through line with my kids and I have a bottle of wine. You gonna ID them to see if they're of age and then refuse to sell to me? No? Why not? How do you know I'm not gonna go home and make them some wine slushies in the spongebob snowcone & slushie maker? Huh?
Go blaze trails somewhere else cashier lady. I think this whole incident was Seriously Stupid.
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Lol. You crack me up.
"Go blaze trails somewhere else cashier lady".
That is SO stupid!!! I think some people just want to feel more important than they are so they mess with people. LAME!
You know, I can see you making one of those slushies. Ha.
SCORE! I now have another use for that darned snow cone machine!
I have to agree! Stupid. What you should have done was buy the bottle yourself and drink it when you got home. Now that is a good idea.
Heck, now I want a wine slushie! That has happened to me before when my hubby, who never carries his dang wallet, forgot it at home. We had to leave and go to another liquor store where he didn't come inside with me!
Don't crucify me, but the cashier was right. She is supposed to ask for both ids. What she should have done rather than asking you for back up was say that it is store policy and then direct any questions to a manager.
I agree. That did seem pretty silly.
That's actually the policy here too. But I'm SOOOO with you. Total BS. I probably would have thrown the wine bottle at her!
I have been in the grocery store with my husband and kids. I leave my purse at home or in the car a lot of the time. Because I didn't have my id they wouldn't sell us a bottle of wine either, lol. Seriously I don't look underage and I had two kids with me. I actually was beginning to think it was a new law.
Rock on sister! WAY behind on blogging but thinking of you and your fam. Heidi
SO LAME! This has happened to me! At Target. My husband was paying and she would not sell us the wine because I did not have my purse! You are right that if I had a kid, and they were with me, they aren't going to ID the kid! I do NOT think this is an actual law. I agree Seriously stupid.
That is stupid!!
Wow...the craziest things happen around you.
If I were one of those girls, I would have just gone to a different cashier while the other one waited outside. I agree...seriously stupid!
Yup, that's stupid. But way cool that you got a night out alone!!! You should have joined the young ladies for a wine slushie.
that is a stupid little rule!! it happened to us in austin. three of us walk in a liquor sto...and i left my purse at the house..."NO VODKA FOR YOU!!"
we drove the 2 minutes home to pick up our friend, then went 15 minutes out of our way to a liquor store that WASN'T run by a nazi!!!!
Seriously...I can understand her concern, but her job is to sell and as long as she cards someone, then she has covered her booty. She can't follow everyone home to make sure the drinks are being drunk by the right aged people. Sheesh. For real.
wine slushies in the snowcone maker...CLEVER!!!
That is crazy! Sounds like she was having a great time on her power trip.
Hope you had a good day today Heidi.
XOXO
Jen
Yea, this has been most store's policy for years. It's because they can be held liable for selling to you if you're buying for a minor. It's discretionary, but a lot of managers drill it into cashier's heads that they HAVE to do it at all times.
But I know. Who cares. Stupid stupid.
Surely not legal.
Seriously
Oh, I long for the days when someone would actually card ME!!! Nobody cards old, decrepit dudes. When I did work retail, my best flirting was to ask for an i.d. of some lonely lady who looked like she could use a complement. It was always well received, and usually brought a smile to their faces.
Seriously stupid. Gov't get the hell out of my life.
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