• over_clox@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I wish it was that fast for me. I literally grew a 4 inch long half gray beard for my ID, born in the early 1980s, and yet they still gotta scan the barcode on the back of my ID.

    Like hell, ain’t I already ugly enough to obviously be old enough to [redacted]?

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      2 months ago

      Sometimes, it’s just for the (digital) paperwork. Especially if it’s a larger company, easier to link an ID scan to a sale for legal protection of their sales license.

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        2 months ago

        Pretty much yeah. It’s usually to protect the new cashiers that just don’t particularly know you yet.

        And I totally respect that, I don’t want them getting in trouble or losing their job for not following official procedures.

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      2 months ago

      I used to think this was normal. Few years ago I moved to England and have not once been carded. I don’t even have local ID outside of my UK passport. People even remark how young I look for my age and still nothing.

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        2 months ago

        Oh, cool cool 👍

        It’s not usually a problem for me, at least in my hometown area, unless they recently hired new employees that don’t yet know me. Totally understandable.