Growing trend in pubs?

[Gr44]

No seen that round here yet... I've not been ID'd in ages though. Awww man, I'm 20 and I bet I look like a 50 year old, it's the only answer!

*cries*

[Rave]

I first got served when I was 15. I liked to think it was because of my great leather jacket, but most likely it was because the cashier didn't give a toss. Next night the Assistant Manager was on the till. "How old are you?" He asked. "19" quoth I.

Sold.

The last time I got refused service was when I was 16, and had just had a shave. Another pub that night- no problem. I scored a trolleyfull of booze from Tescos when I was 16 1/2 with no grief whatsoever. Prior to that (in fact less than a month after I turned 16) my mum had waited for me outside an offy while I loaded up on Super Strongbow. Nothing went wrong that night, except it took the best part of an hour to get the bus to the party, and by that time my bladder was the size of a football. OUCH- waddling to the bog barely concealing your desperation doesn't look cool kids.

It was a total anticlimax when on my 18th birthday I rocked up and purchased 4 cans of Spesh, 4 of Super Strongbow, and 4 Kestrels for a big night out with my best mates. I had all my ID ready to spring, and they didn't bat an eyelid.

I've paid the price now of course. 28 years old, bald, and grey hairs springing forth from both my remaining hair and my beard. You're only young once kids- so go for it.

[Brucelles]

It wouldn't have been so bad if I wasn't trying to hire "The best of the 80's" CD.

Surely there's not enough to fill a whole CD?

I was regularly ID'ed right up until I left the UK, aged 25. My daughter was lucky and reached drinking age in France. I bought her her first legal beer on her 16th birthday and she never went anywhere with a higher legal age until she was aqlready 19. Now she looks 15 when she wakes up and 25 when she puts on makeup, so no problem.

[RavenNight]

Its funny, i don't get id'd when i'm looking scruffy. When i've not shaved for a few days and got bum fluff. But when i'm wearing my suite, clean shaved smart looking, i get id'd... honest to god, in the same pub, when buying a round for 5 other suited people, with a bloody credit card...

Exactly the same for me, when I've stumbled off a boat after a couple of days unable to shave I have never been ID'd, but the minute I shave, chuck on a suit and tie they start asking.

On the driving license thing, most of the pubs round here accept them, but they do wave them under a UV light first.

[charleski]

Suit and tie? Yeah right - trying too hard to look old, where's yer ID mate?

[directhex]

i'm finding getting ID'd tiresome

and correct me if i'm wrong, but isn't a provisional license a pretty tricky document to get? you need to have your passport validated, or have assorted extra checks and signed affidavits - what's with places that don't like provisionals?

[stytagm]

A few years back my local library wouldn't let me use my passport as proof of ID.
I kid you not.
They wouldn't give a reason (presumably they thought I was dodgy), but I blew a fuse with the person who was in charge.

They accepted a HSBC statement at the end. Presumably because it had no photo and couldn't have been nicked

Surely that's because they wanted proof of your address, which isn't printed on your passport, Only written on it, by you!

[Brucelles]

Why not try this place: http://www.fluxcard.com for all your fake ID needs?

[MadduckUK]

i wouldnt like to have to hand over one of those things, rather just cut my losses, say iv forgotten id and go somewhere else

[Lee H]

I still get ID'ed and I'm going to be 29 in November. this is probably down to me being vertically challenged and of hobbit proportions

People should say I take it as a compliment, but I'm sick to the back teeth of carrying ID as I've lost my driving license a few times the last night was at Pendulum at the warehouseproject when I dropped my wallet which only had the ID in, while I was dancing like a madman.

[Brucelles]

i wouldnt like to have to hand over one of those things, rather just cut my losses, say iv forgotten id and go somewhere else

I think for someone like my daughter, who is 19, but only has a UK Passport as ID the fakes might be a good idea. She can get served, as she is entitled to do, but doesn't have to carry her passport around.

[steve threlfall]

Have people noticed how mental the ID checking has got now?
I got ID'ed less when I was under-age!

Same here mate. Very rarely ID'd until i was 21 and now its a far more regular occurence. Usually by 17/18 year old bar staff

[Funkstar]

Other than in Vegas, I can't remember the last time i was ID'd for drink. Even then, i was just asked if i was over 21, they didn't ask for proof. I think i have a halo effect on others two as my three travel companios who were 21, 21 and 18 didn't get ID'd either in the rest of the three weeks.

[MadduckUK]

I think for someone like my daughter, who is 19, but only has a UK Passport as ID the fakes might be a good idea. She can get served, as she is entitled to do, but doesn't have to carry her passport around.

no-one in there right mind would accept a "GB Vehicle Card" or "United Nations International Drivers Liscence" as ID.. would they!? what the Christ....

[iranu]

I've only ever been ID'd in the States and that's just because they have to. I (18) remember walking into an offy in California with my brother (16) and dad and the bloke behind the counter said we weren't allowed in so my dad just asked us what we wanted

...while I loaded up on Super Strongbow.

That truely is the king of ciders. I was introduced to that when I was at university and a friend came back from Tesco with a 4 pack. I asked him what he was doing with tramp juice and he said that Tesco had an offer on - a pound off and the cans had 13.5% extra free. £2.99 total. With trepidation he cracked one open and took a tentative sip. Bloody hell it's good, here have some. So I took a gulp and bingo a proper dry cider with a really clean taste. So off I went to Tesco to pick up 8 cans.

Unfortunately this lead to an 8 day drinking binge when we should have been studying for exams. You just couldn't manage all 8 cans so a super chilled one was left in the fridge. This got opened mid afternoon and the cycle repeated, until we began to worry. Never had a hangover with it either. Scary.

[Grimley]

I find that odd - I've never had a problem using my Driving Licence as ID since they introduced the Photocard licence a few years ago & it wasn't a problem before that either.