My son got carded.

[avonlea29]

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Wow, just, wow. First time I've ever heard of someone getting carded. Almost as bad as in the bad old days when I worked in a supermarket and carded some poor lady for a case of beer and she was 30, but looked 10 years younger. My manager was mortified, but I made the woman's day.

That isn't bad. Here in OR we are required to card if the person doesn't look 30.

[IndianInlaw]

I once went to a nightclub (dragged by a friend who was in some sort of lip synch contest) and got carded.  I was in my 40's.

I would have been flattered but they carded some obviously old guy.

They carded everyone.

[willow08]

 

When I saw the thread title, I thought you meant he got carded at a soccer game! Kind of shows you where my head is at!

[ShadesOfGrey]

This thread is funny.  I look younger than I am, and often get carded going into bars, etc.  My funny story is about NOT getting carded.

My dad and I went to a nicer restaurant in his area.  He and his wife were pretty well-known there, as much as 'regular' patrons can be known.  Anyway, it was the first time I had been there with him, and the waiter put wine glasses in front of both of us.  My dad didnt say anything at this point, but when the waiter came back and attempted to serve us BOTH wine, he just looked at him and said "What are you doing? You want to lose your license?" in a semi-playful, semi-serious way.  Well, the waiter apologized and took my glass away.  He went over to talk to the cook and we saw them talking.  Later, my dad found out that this guy thought he was cheating on his wife with me!  Ewww gross!

All that to say, when I was a teenager, I looked much older than I was and often wat NOT carded when I should have been.  Now that I am *ahem* older, I get carded all the time (I look young).  Go figure. 

[nordique]

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Wow, just, wow. First time I've ever heard of someone getting carded. Almost as bad as in the bad old days when I worked in a supermarket and carded some poor lady for a case of beer and she was 30, but looked 10 years younger. My manager was mortified, but I made the woman's day.

I'm 31 and was carded twice in Michigan in November. Not only did it make my day, it made my month! My fiancé blames it on the chubby cheeks and sunny disposition... claims it means I have a 'babyface' lol

[NotCinderell]

This happened to me once.  I was about 22 or 23 and often got mistaken for a teenager.  I was at the store with my mom (we often grocery shopped together, even though I was living alone at the time, since I didn't have a car).  The clerk said I could try the sample if "the adult that I lived with" said it was okay. 

I replied, "I'm 23.  I *am* the adult that I live with."

[Cz. Burrito]

Some of these stories have reminded me of stories about my parents.

1. In 1968, my dad took us on a family vacation to Glacier Nat'l Park in Montana. At the time, he was 29 years old and had three children ranging in age from 7 years old to 2 years old. On the way back to Minnesota, my dad decided to pick up some Coors (which was not available east of Montana back then). He stopped at the liquor store and got a case. The clerk asked for ID, which my dad had left in the car. Ours was the only car in the lot. The clerk looked out the window, saw the station wagon, tent trailer, wife and three kids, and shook his head. He didn't make my dad go back to the car for the ID.

2. My mother had gone to a department store to buy a bra. The saleslady in the lingerie department looked at her and told her she was in the wrong place, that teen training bras were on another floor. My mother was a married 22-year-old with a baby.

3. At about the same age as the bra incident, Mom took her young SIL and BIL to the movies. The ticket lady asked if Mom qualified for a student ticket (under age 12).

4. When Mom and Dad were both 65, the neighbor asked my dad if my mom was HIS mom!

Wow.  Those really put my one odd ID experience in perspective.  My boyfriend and I were asked to show our IDs by a mall security guard when we were both 21.  You have to be 16 to roam the mall unaccompanied on Friday and Saturday nights.  It really doesn't seem so bad compared to being told where the training bras are at age 22 with a kid.  :^/