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I am not usually one to openly complain to strangers. But, today at the grocery store, I got pushed over the edge.
As we were walking into the store, I realized that I had forgotten my purse, so I made sure that Lee had his wallet. He did. We proceeded to shop, buying some beer and some wine. We get to the checkout and the lady said "I need to see your id's." I noticed the plurality of id's, but ignored it for the time being while Lee gave her his id. She said "Maam, I need to see yours too." Are you kidding me? You're going to card me WHILE calling me maam? That's like some sort of oxymoron irony BS, isn't it?
I told her my id was in the car and she made me GO OUT AND GET IT. "I'm sorry, but we have to card everyone now. It's a state law." That makes NO sense. So, if I am shopping with Taryn, are they going to card Taryn? She said "Well, we don't think that an adult is going to give their child alcohol." What if it was a sibling? A niece or nephew? Where is the line and how exactly are you going to enforce this?
The bagboy was confused and thought that Lee didn't have his id which really makes me think the cashier was just being a biatch. I begrudgingly walked out to the car in the 300 degree heat to get my id, but only after yelling out "I'M ALMOST 30 FOR GOD'S SAKE." (You know I'm mad if I am admitting to being close to 30!) When I brought my id back in, I don't even think she looked at it long enough to see the date.
As we were leaving, Lee said "You know, it doesn't help that you're wearing a West Side Cheerleader t-shirt." Yeah, but the thing is 18 years old. (Wow, that just made me take a hard look at my wardrobe. I have a shirt that could legally vote and buy cigarettes. And I wear it. Often.)
I guess in the end, we got our beer and wine and the only thing that it cost me was a trip out to the car and about 5 minutes of my time. But, for some reason, I'm still bitter. Perhaps one of those Milwaukee's Best Premiums would help calm my nerves... It's noon somewhere.
4 comments:
FIRED UP! Nice post!
It might not seem like it, but this is actually a good thing. Prior to July 1st, 2010, you could only get beer on Sunday from a bar that served food and there was no carry out. You can now carry out beer from a brewpub (bottles, cans, or growlers) on Sundays. The compromise was that the carding restrictions were made much more stringent.
The real question here is, "why are you buying Milwaukee's Best?". That is a terrible, terrible beer.
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