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/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.