Servers and bartenders in Halifax, please take a second and think before you ask for ID. Responsibility of serving alcohol is important, and if you think somebody could be a teenager, it’s your job to ask. But twentysomethings are pretty easy to spot, and this “ID under 30” business is insulting to the people who come the most, and bring their friends. —Guy Who is Older than You
This article appears in Jul 21-27, 2011.
Seriously? Adults carry id.
When I was 17 I was able to get booze at the local LC.
I suppose you have an issue with stopping at don’t walk signs too.
they don’t tell you this but in some cases, they’re also checking the banned list.
You realize it’s the law right? Not a choice that servers and bartenders get to make. Doesn’t matter if a person looks 19, 30, or 65, they are required to have ID on them in order to be allowed alcohol. If a liquor inspector came in to the establishment and found someone (even if they were much older than 19) without ID who had been served an alcoholic beverage, then the place could have their liquor licence revoked or get shut down.
But yeah, I can see how challenging, annoying, and “insulting” it is to carry a piece of ID with you… moron.
Im 37, and frequently get asked for ID at bars, not because I look 12 but because it’s their job. If they let you in and you cause a disturbance, what’s stopping you from giving them a fake name. Banned lists are for a reason, I’m not implying that you are the reason OB but they are a necessity for keeping rifraf from causing problems for the staff and patrons.
Even if you are rejected for no I’D what’s stopping you from going home and getting it? Doesn’t sound like much of a problem to me. I guess you learned a valuable lesson that won’t soon be forgotten.
I’m so old, whenever I get ID’d, I practically hump the waitress’s leg. I never get ID’d by the same waitress twice LOL
And you are aware that there are some late 20s and early 20s that look far younger than they actually are?
And you are also aware that IDing is the law?
And you are also aware that carrying a piece of ID with you really isn’t all that difficult?
Dumb bitch.
I often will be the only to get ID’d out of a group of friends. I find that annoying, at least ID’ the other 2 people and make it seem like you are just doing your job, not singling out the 30 year old as 18. (I mean thanks for the compliment!)
Like it has already been said, it’s the law. If you go to the states, they card you at the bar regardless of whether your 19 or 99. No ID, no entry/booze. Plain and simple. Even licensed restaurants are required to ask for your ID before serving you alcohol. It’s the same here although not nearly as enforced. How much effort is it anyway, to 1. Take your ID with you when you leave the house. Afterall, it is only ‘wah-fer thin’, light and as luck would have it, fits conveniently in one’s wallet or pocket. (It’s almost like they designed them that way!); and
2. Present said ID when asked. I mean, Christ, there are even wallets out there with a clear plastic pocket on the exterior so you don’t even have to go fishing for it. Just pull out your wallet and flash your ID a la Joe Friday. Ohhhhh the strain! The effort!
I work in a place where I have to present 2 different ID’s to even gain entry to my office. Imagine. 2 ID’s!!! Jesus wept! How do I do it?!
Oh, and hay! Just a little heads up there sparky; if you are planning on catching a plane in the not-to-distant future, you’re gonna need your ID there too. (Nosey bastards!) And if you’re flying outside the country…they expect you to carry an ENTIRE ID BOOKLET!! (don’t even get me started…) Probably best you just stay home and hit the bars.
We had to ID people at the drugstore I worked at for lottery tickets and they actually have “secret” shoppers that come through and if you sell something to them without checking ID, you WILL be fired and the store could lose the ability to sell lottery ticket so I imagine it’s about the same if not more strict when it comes to alcohol. I offended many people who looked 30 by asking for their ID but I wasn’t going to lose my job (although shitty) just because the customer might have a stick up their ass.
If you can carry cash or debit card to pay for the drinks then you can carry I’d to order the drinks. Jackass.
I tend to get ID’d a lot but I don’t really care that much because hey, they’re just protecting their asses from fines/lawsuits. So would you kindly either carry ID with you or fuck off, OP? Kthxbai.
This bitch is beyond stupid.
OP’s ACTUALLY getting pissy because he/she has to take out their ID?
See, I’m guessing OP doesn’t HAVE valid gov’t ID and bars won’t take their university ID (lolz) so they bitch and moan when they’re not just automatically served.
I just fail to see how this is bitch worthy in any sense. Someone asks me for my ID and I’m more than happy to provide it. And if I don’t have it on me (like saturday — I forgot to take it out of my gym bag and put it in my purse), well then it’s my own fault and I’m drinking diet pepsi for the evening.
You’re a douche, OP.
RC, therein lies the issue…
more so with ladies…. they’re wearing a dress with no pockets…
don’t want to buy drinks at the bar so they skip the purse… and, lo and behold, forget the id.
If you’re not going to purchase anything, why would the establishment even want you there? and if you are.. put the fucking id in the purse/wallet or change pouch or whatever you’re carrying your money in. I can’t imagine my ID anywhere else really….
(Some) ladies have the distinct advantage of cleavage, which I’m told makes an excellent pocket.
I’m guessing this person has forgotten their ID and been denied entry a few times, inconveniencing themselves and going on to take their anger out on bar staff who are just doing their job. I am 28 and look 18. Am I easy to spot as a 20 something? I guess not. But as long as I carry my ID, I don’t have to worry….like seriously it takes 10 seconds for them to verify your ID.
Cheese and rice, ladies need to start taking advantage of the wristlet purse — you can get ones that turn into little shoulder bags and you don’t even notice you’re wearing it.
And if that doesn’t suit your fancy, 195’s right — it’s easy as heck to put a debit card and/or your id in your bra. I put my ipod in mine when I’m working out, and if I’m going out without a purse I’ll put my debit card and id in there, and when I went to my best friends’ wedding I kept my room key in there too. It’s quite handy!
I DO highly recommend the clutch/wristlet purse though. I have three and I <3 <3 <3 them!
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Yup get used to living in this shithole called Nova Scotia, where you are always under the guise of a government hired inspector somehow – and yes you’d better be able to identify yourself or else. And provide a sample of your DNA just in case 😉
I lost my ID a while back, and lived without an ID card for about a year and a half. I rarely got ID’d, but occasionally I’d get a few cranky over-paid NSLC employees who felt like filling their quota on my ass. So off to the next LC I’d go where they would do the sensible thing – hand me my 6 pack for the insanely inflated prices. What kid could even afford this shit these days? lol
OP, just carry some damn ID. That way when you get shot by a driveby, or run down on a crosswalk, the cops can easily identify you.
I get ID’d for smokes, for lottery tickets and liquor. Less so for liquor than smokes. But since I always carry my drivers license anyway I really don’t care. It takes about 3 seconds for me to whip it out for them to look at. It really isn’t a big deal.
It’s a big deal to take out your ID when you’re a whiny bitch like OP.
King Nothing: Old woman.
SHITD: Man.
King Nothing: Man, sorry. What bitcher lives in that shithole over there?
SHITD: I’m 37.
King Nothing: What?
SHITD: I’m 37. I’m not old.
King Nothing: Well I can’t just call you “man”.
SHITD: Well you could say “Stephen”
King Nothing: I didn’t know you were called Stephen.
SHITD: Well you didn’t bother to find out did you?
King Nothing: I did say sorry about the “old woman”, but from behind you looked…
SHITD: What I object to is you automatically treat me like an inferior.
King Nothing: Well I am king.
SHITD: Oh, king eh? Very nice. And how’d you get that, eh? By exploiting the workers. By hanging on to outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic and social differences in our society.
King Nothing: No, I just changed my Profile…
FOUR WORDS:
BRING IT WITH YOU.
The last time I went to the bar I was asked for a second piece of ID. I am 24, and only brought one piece as per usual -my NS driver’s license. I had to go home and retrieve another form of ID. This I felt was bitch-worthy, not asking for the first piece.
hmmm… I know the bar I used to work at had a poster up by every main entrance describing which ID were acceptable and which were not sufficient.
Had they the same placard, I think you may have been able to refer them to it and note that unexpired NS licenses are a valid form of proof.
Now, depending on how you bring it up, they may play the dick card and just deny you entry… which they are allowed to do… maybe make note next time and it just might save you some muss and fuss.
When my cousin and her husband were visiting from Ontario back in 2007 when they were 28 each, they were kicked out of the now defunct bubbly bar because they only had their driver’s licenses and apparently ontario ID is easy to duplicate…. or something.
They requested a birth certificate.
Im from Ontario and will be moving out to Halifax in a week or so and the Bars here sometimes will ask for 2 Pieces of ID which i can understand because it is so easy to use a “Fake” ID. I usually carry my Drivers Licence with me and my Health Card which in Ontario has your picture on it and birthday etc.. I also tend to carry another card that has my name on it like a student ID or a credit card. I have many times got asked what my Postal Code is or what Class of Licence it is. Its more to save their asses from getting shut down or losing their liquor licence. There was a bar who lost theirs for a year for underage drinking in my town.
Its a serious thing and if you can’t carry a small plastic card with you in your pocket with other things such as a cell phone and money and credit cards then you have issues, or just like to Bitch….
Also the Wristlet thing it awesome! i also have 3 of them and i love hem!!!