RexTalionis: It really doesn't help that he chooses to dress like a middle-schooler.

Might be the only clothes he can buy. I mean, if you're 4 foot 8, you really can't buy a nice suit, you end up with OceanPacific T-shirts and wrangler juniors.

Just think of the young wool this guy could pull.

Years ago, I worked at a 7-Eleven in Florida. We sold beer.
We had a regular customer like this only she looked like a little girl.
It was disconcerting at first, but she was polite about it.

Since she was a regular, only the new hires would ever card her. She never got rude about it, though. It must suck being in that situation.

Especially once you hit your twenties and are trying to be taken seriously as an adult.

MaxxLarge: It's not that I don't have sympathy for his condition, but nobody in their right mind would think that was real.

could be a butch lesbian...

What chu talkin' bout, Willis?

Did he lie down on the floor and kick his legs, screaming?

Maybe next time he should just bring a note from his mom.

What a big baby

fark you, server.

/mobile

He should shave his head. Maybe a tattoo on his face. Toughen up his look a bit.

he doesn't sound like he needs alcohol

You dumb shiat, the store can refuse to sell you alcohol even knowing you're older than 21.

Sympathizes:

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Oh, COME ON.

I've worked the door at more bars and clubs than I can honestly remember the names of. And if someone handed me that ID and expected me to take it at face value? I'd think it was a state-sponsored sting, or a hidden camera show. There's no way in HELL I'd even sell that dude CIGARETTES.

It's not that I don't have sympathy for his condition, but nobody in their right mind would think that was real.

All of the liquor stores around here have a way to swipe your ID to prove it's real and since it is a college campus they swipe everybody's ID. The clerk would be fine that way.

/little dude has Napoleon syndrome

I understand this dude's frustration although he is much shorter than me so probably has it worse.

He should just buy his beer at the same store every time to avoid confusion.

As a merchant, you have the right to refuse to sell alcohol to anyone for any reason (except for race and a few other exceptions). You especially have the right to refuse sale if you believe a license is not valid. A clerk caught selling can be arrested and charged with "Unlawfully Dealing With a Child in the First Degree" (In New York).

Also, I'm sure the cops were happy to be called away from their coffee and gameboy break to deal with this snot nose kid shouting about how he 'has to be sold beer' temper tantrum

RexTalionis: It really doesn't help that he chooses to dress like a middle-schooler.

My guess is him being 5' has something to do with this......if you gotta shop in the kids section...then you might look like a kid.

If I had the same condition as Justin Bieber, I'd be a bit pissy too.

I think he's going to have to swallow his pride and just explain that he has a medical condition that makes him look young. Then laughingly say that it's actually pretty hard to forge a driver's license nowadays, just look at it.

I also think you could cuss up a storm and not really be directing it at anyone in particular, or be particularly threatening. But hey, buddy, you told them to call the police.

I don't get carded any more....


:(

I always chuckle when I get carded. How many teenagers drink brandy?

Someone needs a time-out.

Sanders says he didn't tell the cashier about his disorder because it's none of their business

Yet contact the media and tell the entire internet about it.

Sanders says he has a disorder with his pituitary gland that makes him appear younger than he is. He says also has bipolar disorder.

So you're so worried about people finding out about your medical condition that when you're interviewed, you admit to an additional disorder that has nothing to do with how young you look?

This dude is a farking moron.

LoneWolf343: If I had the same condition as Justin Bieber, I'd be a bit pissy too.

He's Canadian?

Mark Ratner: MaxxLarge: It's not that I don't have sympathy for his condition, but nobody in their right mind would think that was real.

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Oh Saterday morning cartoons, what didn't I learn from you about growing up?

/you mean I'm not supposed to have a cigar with my Cherios?

I work a crap customer service job. If I saw that card I would have called bullshait. Nobody would buy the "I have a condition" thing for a minute.

If he has a pituitary issue which causes him not to age:

1) He has a good chance to make a run for age 110.
2) No way can he metabolize alcohol like somebody his age should be able to.
3) He'll drink one beer, blow a 0.05, and act like he's packing a 0.20. Sloppy, sloppy drunk. "Cheap date" material but nobody wants that in a man.

I bet he's a hit with the ladies though.

shivashakti: Years ago, I worked at a 7-Eleven in Florida. We sold beer.
We had a regular customer like this only she looked like a little girl.
It was disconcerting at first, but she was polite about it.

Since she was a regular, only the new hires would ever card her. She never got rude about it, though. It must suck being in that situation.

Especially once you hit your twenties and are trying to be taken seriously as an adult.

Why would someone in their twenties be shocked at being carded for alcohol? You wanna be taken seriously as an adult, act like one. None of us give a shiat when we get carded, we're used to it.

CSB -
I used to work at a gas station. It normally got busy here and there and one particular time I was ringing up customers pretty quick and a girl walked up and asked for cigarettes. I glanced up at her to check and said I'm going to need to see your ID. She asked if I was kidding. I looked closer and realized she was a teenie bit older than 18. But once you ask, you have to see the ID, so I made her get it out. She was 35. I apologized but I think she was first surprised and then flattered.
/CSB

Isn't that a PA license too? I think that would put even more doubt on him.

///don't have my PA one anymore, can't remember what it looked like.

I went bald at 18, so boo farking hoo.

Don't most states have holograms or other stuff on their IDs that instantly makes them quickly recognizable as legit yet? We do here in IL. Seems like that would have avoided this sort of situation entirely.

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom: Sanders says he didn't tell the cashier about his disorder because it's none of their business

Yet contact the media and tell the entire internet about it.

Sanders says he has a disorder with his pituitary gland that makes him appear younger than he is. He says also has bipolar disorder.

So you're so worried about people finding out about your medical condition that when you're interviewed, you admit to an additional disorder that has nothing to do with how young you look?

This dude is a farking moron.

He was trying to excuse his condition.

algrant33: I bet he's a hit with the ladies middle-schoolers though.

So, what is the clerk to do when he asks for I.D., the guy gives him I.D. and it's obviously him?

OtherLittleGuy: Can't blame the clerk. I'd rather have one of Mike Rowe's dirty jobs than be in charge of liquor distribution (bartender, clerk, etc). Too much money in fines, rapid-trigger firing, and possible jail time because of a split-second decision.

In my home town there was a big police sting action, where they would send volunteer underage kids into liquor stores to buy booze. The liquor stores that got caught screamed "entrapment" - I might have had sympathy for them but the police deparmtment made a huge media push leading up to this: radio, print, even bits on TV saying "make sure you card... the kid you sell alocohol to just might be working for the cops"

Not much point in getting upset -- most clerks are making minimum wage and will get fired and/or fined if they sell to a minor. I get carded for tobacco every time, and I'm 37.

Stile4aly: I always chuckle when I get carded. How many teenagers drink brandy?



I'm 240 lbs, have a full beard, a brow wrinkle, and I'm covered in tattoos, yet I still get carded about half the time. I never get upset about it though, because the local cops do underage alcohol sale stings almost every month, and the clerks are just doing their jobs.