Who are you trying to ID?
Jen and I and a couple of friends went out for a meal on Sunday evening and then decided we were going to go on to a "British" pub where they had a quiz. We arrived at the pub and before we were allowed to enter we had to show ID that proved we were over 21. Wow. I was the youngest of the 4 of us and I am 30 (31 in October). This isn't the 1st time that I have been asked for ID here either.
They are so strict on making sure that people are over 21 that I have heard people say that if you look under 30 they "will card you" I.E ask for ID. Whilst I understand the reasoning behind it, it seems that some people just ID you because they want to look at your picture.
Before I got my Green Card the only acceptable photo ID I had was my passport and it was a pain to have to remember to take it with me everywhere I went on the off chance that I would be asked for ID. The last time I was asked for ID in the UK was when I was 16 and I was trying to get into a nightclub in Torpoint, Cornwall, and they weren't checking for my age they just wanted to know that I was Cornish!
Here I have been turned down twice for not being able to supply the correct ID. The first time I was in Santa Cruz and I got asked for ID, I showed my passport and they refused to accept it, I assume because the passport picture was almost 10 years old and I have put on weight and lost hair since it was taken. The second time was when I showed my UK (provisional) Driving licence. Even though it had a picture on it, it was refused as the clerk felt I could have made it at home on computer. That is how paranoid they are here.
They are so strict on making sure that people are over 21 that I have heard people say that if you look under 30 they "will card you" I.E ask for ID. Whilst I understand the reasoning behind it, it seems that some people just ID you because they want to look at your picture.
Before I got my Green Card the only acceptable photo ID I had was my passport and it was a pain to have to remember to take it with me everywhere I went on the off chance that I would be asked for ID. The last time I was asked for ID in the UK was when I was 16 and I was trying to get into a nightclub in Torpoint, Cornwall, and they weren't checking for my age they just wanted to know that I was Cornish!
Here I have been turned down twice for not being able to supply the correct ID. The first time I was in Santa Cruz and I got asked for ID, I showed my passport and they refused to accept it, I assume because the passport picture was almost 10 years old and I have put on weight and lost hair since it was taken. The second time was when I showed my UK (provisional) Driving licence. Even though it had a picture on it, it was refused as the clerk felt I could have made it at home on computer. That is how paranoid they are here.
posted by Nick at 10:55 AM
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Mr Burr. Love your work. I got sidetracked with a few things, missed some entries and have had a Burr Marathon with a cup of tea, first thing in the morning. I feel like a post coital cigarette myself. Big fan of the dancing photos, it must have been some fancy camera, to compensate for the laughter which was surely shaking the camera...
Monge
Right back at you Mr Monge. A Burr marathon are two words no oone has heard since they changed marathons name to Snickers.
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