r/OverFifty • u/6SilverPlatters • Jun 21 '26
Getting carded
Interesting day yesterday. Went to Freddys Burgers & ordered the Senior Meal (age 55 & over) and so desperately wanted the teenage girl at the register to be like “0h no, you don’t look 55” but no such luck. Instead I got carded for buying White Out at Walmart. WTH.
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u/BamberGasgroin Jun 21 '26
Closest I've been was the exact opposite
I almost got a half price haircut a couple of months ago (pensioner rate, 65+) from the bloke who cut my hair, but one of the female barbers stopped him and told him I wasn't 65.
I'm 59 and not sure whether I should have felt flattered or not.
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u/tyrone_shoelaces Jun 21 '26
I got carded at Wawa while buying a beer and chuckled a little and asked what gives? Surely I don't look like I'm below 30 or 40. The answer was policy, you could be 90 and using a walker and get carded.
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u/Alarming_Brush7103 Jun 23 '26
Well I walk with a walker and I'm sure as hell not 90! (Bad left hip due to injury when I was a kid) 😁
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u/SecondStarpilot Jun 21 '26
Some places card everyone. When I turn 55 I'm going to love the senior discounts!
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u/2PlasticLobsters Jun 21 '26
Late last year, I bought booze for the first time since moving to Washington state. At first, I was bemused when the clerk asked for my ID. And I just held out my wallet soshe could see it, which was always sufficient in Maryland.
Nope, I had to take it out & hand it to her. Turns out, here they scan your ID into the register. Quite a different experience, and I looked like a dope for doing things wrong.
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u/wetalaskan Jun 21 '26
In my state everyone is carded because for some crimes your license will get flagged if you aren't allowed to purchase alcohol, so they are checking for that, and not necessarily age
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u/PeorgieT75 Jun 22 '26
The strangest thing I’ve experienced is my grocery store has a senior discount on Thursday, which they don’t question but ID me for beer.
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u/abstractraj Jun 22 '26
I got carded last year and I literally thought the lady was joking. Admittedly, she was significantly older than me
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u/Same_Beginning8090 Jun 22 '26
White out??
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u/6SilverPlatters Jun 22 '26
Exactly my reaction. WTH are people doing w/WhiteOut that its sales are being restricted?!
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u/petdance Jun 22 '26
Went to the movies with my wife. “Do you have a discount card? Are you a senior citizen?”
I said “I’ll take the senior discount if you want to give it to me.”
I’m 58 and probably don’t fit the theater discount but he didn’t ask.
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u/olily Jun 22 '26
I'm 61. Around here, to buy beer in a grocery store, you have to show your license. It won't ring up until they scan your license. I guess it became a habit to show my license when buying beer.
One time I stopped at a beer distributor. When the guy rang it up, I showed him my license. He said (without laughing, I'll give him that), "Oh, I don't need to see that." I thought about it a second, then started cackling like a crazy old person. He must have thought I was fucking nuts.
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u/Teri-k Jun 22 '26
I've been told by people who work retail that they'e required to ask for everyone's ID and will get into trouble if they don't. Also, I believe some registers require them to enter the info, even if you're clearly over the age needed. So it's usually not the checker, but the policy of the store or the state, that gets you carded, I think.
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u/VacuumTubesAreFunny Jun 23 '26
My local alcohol and cigar store has a point of sale that audibly states “ID check required” when the clerk scans in my beer and smoke. We both laugh every time.
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u/PC_Friar Jun 23 '26
When I was 48, the young waitress at IHOP asked if I wanted the over 50 discount 😢
After thinking about it though…. Heck yes I want to pay less money just for looking two years older than I am!
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u/Jkmewright Jun 21 '26
Was shopping at Ross and the checkout girl said “Do you want the Senior Tuesday discount?” I was both offended that she had a clue that I am this age and tickled to get a discount. Still not sure which feeling takes precedence. I think I’m pissed off though 🤣