NewMexiKen had to show ID last night at the Isotopes baseball game to purchase beer. Now I am 61 years old, have four children in their thirties and six granchildren. I was of legal age 40 f***ing years ago. There is no way, much as I might feel young on the inside, that I look like I could be under 21.
What kind of foolishness requires servers and vendors to check the age of every customer? Doesn’t that obvious overkill actually undermine the legitimacy of the liquor laws? (Sort of like “drug free zones” near schools — drugs are illegal but they’re really, really illegal around schools.)
When I was 17 or 19 I would have had no problem getting alcoholic beverages. I’m fairly certain today’s 17 or 19 year olds have little trouble if they really want it. What mis-guided moron thought up the policy of checking the IDs of grandparents?
Occasionally someone asks me my age. Even though I know they are teasing, it usually makes me smile.
You said “f**k.” I’m telling.
I was carded just yesterday buying a bottle of wine, and (sad, but true) no one on this planet would mistake me for a 20-something. My buddy R was carded the last time we went out to dinner, and he’s 55 (and looks considerably older). My boss, who’s 47, was denied a margarita last weekend because she didn’t have her driver’s license with her.
It’s not flattering, it’s just silly.
If you serve or sell alcoholic beverages in New Mexico you have to be “Alcohol Server Certified.” It requires a one-day class.
Oddly enough, a 19-year-old can serve liquor in a restaurant in New Mexico (if certified). NewMexiKen supposes that to a 19-year-old, 30 and 60 look pretty much the same, so they check everyone’s ID.
Last evening I was asked once if I had ID, but not required to show it. Later, at another restaurant, I wasn’t even asked. There’s no apparent rhyme or reason to it.