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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago

Pretty much always still am.

Cashiers used to be able to use their judgement and not ask for ID if the customer appeared to be older than 27. But I guess there was some abuse of that, so now they card you even if you're clearly 100. The ABC (alcoholic beverage commission) will even sometimes do stings to see if the cashier asks for ID, and stores can even lose their license to sell alcoholic beverages if they get caught.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

A lot of places ask anyone and everyone to provide ID which I don't think was the case in years past. My wife and I are 40 and we still get carded frequently and I don't think it's because we look underage.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago

I've been asked a few times but even in my early 20s it was rare to be asked for my ID.

[–] CaptDust 8 points 1 day ago

Most restaurants stopped asking when I was around 30, but many stores have id readers now and the computer forces them to scan every restricted sale.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago

Around 34 years old when I’d put on some weight and my face finally aged.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

They never really started :(

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I always pull it out and stick it on top of the alcohol so they never have an opportunity not to ask. They can get in trouble for not checking id (or they can in my state) so its kinda a polite thing to do.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’m 40ish. Hasn’t happened yet outside of the cashiers at my home grocery who know me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago
  1. I look older than I am. Didn't start buying the stuff until I was 21 and never been asked for my id to buy it. But I have been asked when buying cigarettes so make that make sense.
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Cashiers still ask me, but restaurants and bars have not asked me, even when I was just 22.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I haven’t gotten carded since I was about 35. I have visibly graying hair, a receding hairline, and graying stubble.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Depends on the place. My go-to grocery store always asks. Convenience stores don't.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

In my hometown, which has a large state university, they ask everyone no matter what age. Moved to a city about an hour away where there is a small university around age 23 and have never been asked for ID there.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I'm albino and have had facial hair since I was 13. I think I got asked a few times over the years since turning 21, but it was always rare.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I guess about 30.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I live near a college town and closer to it, everyone gets carded all the time. Some places must have not done even that well enough because at some places you had to have your id scanned or sign a log swearing it is, in fact, your id.

Outside of that, once I started showing grey.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I have only bought alcohol legally one time. It was at a burlesque show and it was for the MC who was a friend and forgot their money. I was in my late 30s and was not carded.