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TydusArandor

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I got reminded of this by that other guys thread about his friend not being able to buy smokes.

On my 18th birthday I was so fuckin' excited and the first thing I did when I woke up that morning was go to the gas station to buy a lotto ticket and a pack of Kools. I go up to the counter all proud, have my liscence out, she looks at it, gets the lotto ticket and the smokes, takes my money. Right before she opens the register she looks at my liscence again, looks at me and tell me she can't sell them to me. WTF?!!?!??!?!?!??!!?!?/ I ask why and she says it's because my liscence has a tear in the middle of it. (it got a tear because it got bent a few times when I first got it, it isn't even that big) I'm like WTF, it works for the fucking cops, why can't it work for her? She says it might be fake.

ARE YOU FUCKING STUPID? Notice the nice little background clear picture that perfectly matches the big picture that is connected to the thing that says not 18 until 05-31-89. I keep bothering her about it getting more and more pissed and her explanation is that "you really don't look 18." I know I look young, everyone tells me that but it doesn't matter you fucking bitch! She goes to the back room which I know for a fact the managers don't go in because I have a friend that works there, and she is back there for one minute. She comes back to say her manager said she couldn't sell them to me. I knew she was bullshitting me so I walked out flipping her off and saying it was bullshit.

This has happened at every QT I go to so far. Fucking bullshit. Pure fucking bullshit. Damn QT's.
 
I know this sounds rough, but she's doing you a favor man.

I did the exact same thing when I turned 18, and I've smoked ever since. I hated smoking when I was growing up. My mom smoked while she cooked, in the car, and all over the house. I never got into it as a rebellious thing at a young age, and never wanted to smoke because it was gross.

Ugh... I'm turning 29 this year and I wish this woman was there when I walked into that gas station 11 years ago. I'd be better off.

If you can turn your back on this idea now, you'll thank youself down the road... trust me.
 
It isn't her decision to make, it's mine. Doesn't matter if she thinks she's doing me a favor or not. In that case why don't we just shut down the tabacco companies and call it a day? It isn't like this was my first pack, I've been smoking on and off ever since about a year ago. I don't get addicted like some people do, I was just excited to be able to buy it instead of going down to the fuckin' ghetto gas station or getting someone else to buy them for me.
 
You know, I think it's stupid when people react the way you did. It's her fucking JOB. If you're not of age and she sells to you she can be personally fined. Around here it's $50 for the first offense, $500 for the second.

She has a reason to think maybe your license is fake so she opts to protect herself and you flip out.

Hint 1: If you look young, and you're license is all fucked up people WILL assume it's not legit.

Hint 2: Take better care of your ID.

Hint 3: Acting like a 5 year old in public does not generally get you what you want.
 
Hint 1: The point is that it isn't that fucked up at all. It has a small tear over the top of the picture that doesn't even go to the other side of the picture. There was no reason to assume it was fake considering how the liscences have a nice little picture in the background that are a duplicate of the big picture that proves that it isn't fake.

Hint 2: I've had it for 3 years, a little late now.

Hint 3: I didn't do anything bad at first. I talked to her maturely and politely asked her what was wrong with it, when she purposely went out of her way for no reasonable reason to sell them to me is when I started to get mad.


The other reason that I left like I did was because of the way she treated me. You're defending someone who didn't treat me any better than the way I treated her when I left. She was extremely disrespectful for me and acted like I was some young punk trying to rob her out of something.
 
That sucks man. What's it cost to get a new copy of your ID? If you did that, and still no one will sell you smokes/lotto tickets, maybe take as many pieces of ID as you can, and if you still have no luck, ask to speak personally to the manager. If (s)he refuses to believe you, well, then you're screwed. There's probably another option or two, but I can't think of any offhand.
 
I'm telling you that when a store clerk says "no" that should be the end of it. Getting pissed off and becoming difficult about it is stupid. She said no, you said why, she told you, then you became difficult.

Point blank, she had a reason to say "no". It might have been bullshit and no other clerk would ever use it, but it's her job to make the decision as to weather she thinks you're legit or not. She was wrong but rather than argue and get bitchy about it, just accept it and go down the street to another store.

She checked the ID, found a reason to be suspicious of it and denied the transaction. The store can refuse you service for any reason at all and it did. Don't get all combative over it. Find another store.
 
you forgot porno....lotto ticket, cigs, and a porno magazine. geez

Perhaps if you had brought up "Husky Hot and Horny" to the counter she would have been to distracted to even notice the little tear in your license.
 
Um.Yeah. Clerks in any retail store reserve the right to refuse sale to anyone for any reason. Take that warning from a former Walgreens manager.

If your ID is questionable, be an adult and get a new one. Take care of it. Don't get pissed at other people because you allow your ID to become questionable. Clerks/bartenders/waiters/the ticket guy at the movies/ect... have the right to refuse an ID for a multitude of reasons...tears(no matter how small), picture fading, bends, bubbling of the plastic, too dirty, expiration.

Sorry but that's the way it is. Welcome to the adult world, kiddo.
 
That really sucks man. I've been in the same boat.

I went to get some beer and smokes from some random store I didn't frequent, showed the guy my ID. He looks at me like I'm an idiot or something. "Do you expect me to believe this is you?" I tried to explain to him why my hair was short in the picture, and showed him the few trademark things in the picture that I was indeed wearing at the time he was carding me. He still wouldn't except it, so I dealt.

It IS their job, and they have the right to refuse service to anyone. Had you actually been bullshitting, it could've cost the clerk their job. Just hit another store, or don't get smokes at all. Perhaps it was a sign.

Sorry dude. It still does suck when it happens.
 
Were I'm at they don't really card you. You just have to know where to go. It's not in the ghetto as parts either, its in the nice suburbs. They give me my Phillys or my blunts and I'm on my merry way to gut them sons of bitches to fill with green.

BTW even though I have access to them I don't by cigs. They taste awful and don't even get you high. Buy weed. Drug dealers never card.
 
I can't believe people still buy mags. Get yourself a really nasty flick, dude. The first thing I did when I turned 18 was cigarettes, pr0n, and toys.

Oh! You can go to a strip club now too!



Fuck yeah.
 
People still card? It's more rare to find a store here that asks for ID than one that doesnt. Either way, instead of making a big deal out of it, why did you just go to a different store? I'm sure theres plenty of places that wont care if your ID has a small tear in it.
 
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