I got carded again tonight...

[HipChick]

the bartender handed back my D/L and said "Darn, Wow..well..you look really young for your age...if I'd known you were that old, I would have never asked for ID"..

I don't know whether I should be insulted or take that as a compliment...

[cyberswede]

1. Compliment, definitely.

[yewberry]

2. Absolutely a compliment.

My husband got carded routinely until about 3 years ago-- he just turned 45.

Me? No. I was the person the bartender would yell at from across the room, telling me that I couldn't bring minors into the bar with me. We are the same age.

[applegrove]

3. Enjoy!

[MiddleFingerMom]

4. Technically, he could say those exact same words to a 21-year-old.

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[ConcernedCanuk]

5. I got carded numerous times while I lived in SanDee 79 - 80

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I was 28 - 29 years old

Didn't bother me a bit - apparently the girls thought I was younger as well . . .

worked for me!



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[fizzgig]

6. i'm 32 and don't get carded often

but my license gets a lot of scrutiny when i am. i have shoulder length hair and no glasses in my license photo, a buzz cut and black squarish glasses with rhinestones (that sounds a lot worse than it actually is ) now.

[DFW]

7. My eldest daughter is 30 and she gets carded all the time

Bartenders feel, not without justification, that they are better off being overly cautious than risking losing their jobs.

Last year, my outfit had a trainee over from Bucharest. She has a law degree and a business degree. She is 28, had no idea what being carded was (first time in the USA), and was thoroughly confused by the whole procedure. Worse, yet, the only ID she had was in Romanian, and the people trying to card her had no clue how to find her birth date on her ID.

[panader0]

8. Picture please

I used to look young for my age, a long time ago.

[blueamy66]

9. I get that too.

They should just stop with "you look really good for your age".

It used to bug me. Now I just laugh.

I'm 47 for cripe's sake.

[bluesbassman]

10. I haven't looked under 21 since I was 12...

But I was buying some beer at the self check the other day and the clerk had to authorize the alcohol purchase. Usually they just punch in their code and walk away but this one asked to see my ID. It's been so long since I've been carded that it took me a minute to process what she had asked. I finally obliged and afterward thanked her for making my day and we both laughed.

[struggle4progress]

11. When I last got carded, I warned the sales clerk to be careful or I would conclude she was flirting

[a la izquierda]

12. I'm 36 and get carded all the time.

I'm tiny and live in a college town. I don't look 21 anymore. But I don't look 36 yet either, thank the gods. I'm a hugely vain person, I admit it.

[HipChick]

13. I am not that vain...

but I am a health nut, and now I am thinking that has much to do with it..

[a la izquierda]

16. Oh I bet so

I am as well.

[Enrique]

14. is that you in your sig line?

[Aristus]

15. I was very rarely carded after I turned 21.

I started to go bald at 24, so that ended any notion that I might look too young to buy alcohol...

[whistler162]

17. Tried for the senior discount again, did you!