An age thing

*Katie* · 07-23-2006, 04:12 PM

I was laughing so hard after I left the store I had to share

I suppose when I am older and people age me down it will be a treat and compliment...but now, it still kinda surprises me. I'm not OLD, but it's been a couple minutes since i was in high school...and I am legal to drink and all that stuff. I get a chuckle now and again when a waitress cards me..though since turning 21 the rush of being carded has disappeared. Now it's just kinda an inconvenience.

Imagine my surprise when this morning I went grocery shopping and, while Iwas there I picked up a DVD of a movie on my list of "Movies I must own". The store has one of those self check out lanes and I go through those normally. I scanned my movie as my last item and the computer wanted an override...fine. I was not even thinking that this was an R rated movie..I have not thought about that in years....and here i must tell you that I normally do not bring my ID in stores. The lady came over, looked at the movie and looked at me and said...I can't sell this to you. Whaaat?

I asked her why and she said I was not old enough to buy it. My mouth hit the floor. Oh god, lady..I thought. I told her I'd be right back and went out to my car to get my ID. She thought it was fake...I kept on laughing. Her manager came over and held it up and finally ran it under an ultraviolet scanner thing that can tell a fake from a real one....It was SO funny!

I know I look alot younger than I am...but after all was said and done and I asked her how old she thought i was at first and she said 15...I've never passed that many years before! Man I will never forget that as long as I live

*iris* · 07-23-2006, 04:49 PM

Story of my life, Katie.

If I smile, or if the lighting's just so, I get mistaken for 17 (that's off by about a decade). I suppose it about suits my mental age though!

Usagi-San · 07-23-2006, 05:39 PM

When I shave I look 18 or so I'm told
With my beard I look my age of 25

**Jo Dawn** · 07-23-2006, 05:59 PM

I hear ya, Katie. I got carded going into a movie a few months ago. Ugh. That's about a decade off for me, too. Though, I don't carded half the time buying drinks anymore... But people ALWAYS age me down a bunch.

Usagi-San · 07-23-2006, 06:05 PM

I was carded when I saw Clerks II

Twice

*Sewer Bull* · 07-24-2006, 01:21 AM

When I was a teenager, people thought I was something like 23-24. And I could buy booze without any problems at all.

Now, when I'm actually 23, I sometimes get carded.

Bizarre world.

*That Matt Guy* · 07-24-2006, 07:39 AM

Never been carded for a movie and I usually don't get carded buying alcohol, because what underage kid tries to buy liquor at 10 AM? Speaking of which, I gotta go.

*Spitfire* · 07-24-2006, 07:47 AM

People are morons, some guy carded me a week before I was 18 and told me he wasn't supposed to sell me a M rated game but he would cause I was going to be 18 soon. I wanted to smack him for being a moron. It clearly says on the box 17+. I feel bad for my girlfriend cause she's 19 and everyone thinks she looks 14 or 15. Good thing she only ever goes to see movies with me, and doesn't drink or smoke haha

**ThirdMarioBro** · 07-24-2006, 08:53 AM

I look like a 35 year old loser with no life.

*XERO* · 07-24-2006, 09:38 AM

I look like I'm 25, act like I'm 17, play games like I'm 15, and dance like I'm 27.

Round that all up, you get this: A 22-year-old.

*iris* · 07-24-2006, 11:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Benvenuto

[...]and dance like I'm 27.

So you dance exceedingly well and with a tight sophistication belying your youth?

*XERO* · 07-24-2006, 11:30 AM

Oops... I meant 28.

*iris* · 07-24-2006, 11:55 AM

Smooth.

*KROW* · 07-24-2006, 12:04 PM

That'll never happen to me due to the small streak of gray in my hair, thanks to my bitch of an ex-girlfriend.

*XERO* · 07-24-2006, 12:06 PM

That's what dye is for, dude.

*KROW* · 07-24-2006, 12:08 PM

I didn't say it was on my head.

Just kidding.

Dye's not for me. I don't have the patience.

*Storm Wolf* · 07-24-2006, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KROW

That'll never happen to me due to the small streak of gray in my hair, thanks to my bitch of an ex-girlfriend.

Shut-up, you!

No one even notices that anyways.

I can't even see your "Gray hair".

*XERO* · 07-24-2006, 12:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KROW

I didn't say it was on my head.

Just kidding.

Dye's not for me. I don't have the patience.

You nasty old man, you.

Who has a 'short in his cord' now?

*KROW* · 07-24-2006, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Storm Wolf

Shut-up, you!

No one even notices that anyways.

I can't even see your "Gray hair".

Oh, you're just flattering me. That's your job as a girlfriend.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Benvenuto

You nasty old man, you.

See? SEE? He's on the computer and HE notices!

*XERO* · 07-24-2006, 12:20 PM

Ew.

Double Ew, Ecks, Why, and friggin' Zee.

07-23-2006, 04:12 PM	#1
Katie Just...way too serious. Join Date: May 2005 Location: purgatory Posts: 3,519	An age thing I was laughing so hard after I left the store I had to share I suppose when I am older and people age me down it will be a treat and compliment...but now, it still kinda surprises me. I'm not OLD, but it's been a couple minutes since i was in high school...and I am legal to drink and all that stuff. I get a chuckle now and again when a waitress cards me..though since turning 21 the rush of being carded has disappeared. Now it's just kinda an inconvenience. Imagine my surprise when this morning I went grocery shopping and, while Iwas there I picked up a DVD of a movie on my list of "Movies I must own". The store has one of those self check out lanes and I go through those normally. I scanned my movie as my last item and the computer wanted an override...fine. I was not even thinking that this was an R rated movie..I have not thought about that in years....and here i must tell you that I normally do not bring my ID in stores. The lady came over, looked at the movie and looked at me and said...I can't sell this to you. Whaaat? I asked her why and she said I was not old enough to buy it. My mouth hit the floor. Oh god, lady..I thought. I told her I'd be right back and went out to my car to get my ID. She thought it was fake...I kept on laughing. Her manager came over and held it up and finally ran it under an ultraviolet scanner thing that can tell a fake from a real one....It was SO funny! I know I look alot younger than I am...but after all was said and done and I asked her how old she thought i was at first and she said 15...I've never passed that many years before! Man I will never forget that as long as I live __________________ THE WORLD IS JUST AWESOME

07-23-2006, 04:49 PM	#2
iris moddy mod mod Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: finally escaped the lab Posts: 1,886	Story of my life, Katie. If I smile, or if the lighting's just so, I get mistaken for 17 (that's off by about a decade). I suppose it about suits my mental age though! __________________ Appeal to nobler motives. Like pie. [ life is at best bitter sweet ]

07-23-2006, 05:59 PM	#4
Jo Dawn Inactive Moderator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Authority On All Things Don Posts: 5,190	I hear ya, Katie. I got carded going into a movie a few months ago. Ugh. That's about a decade off for me, too. Though, I don't carded half the time buying drinks anymore... But people ALWAYS age me down a bunch. __________________

07-24-2006, 01:21 AM	#6
Sewer Bull Devil's Advocate Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 4,768	When I was a teenager, people thought I was something like 23-24. And I could buy booze without any problems at all. Now, when I'm actually 23, I sometimes get carded. Bizarre world. __________________ Soooo... THIS* is how you spend your free time now?!*

07-24-2006, 07:47 AM	#8
Spitfire Writer • Director Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 12,035	People are morons, some guy carded me a week before I was 18 and told me he wasn't supposed to sell me a M rated game but he would cause I was going to be 18 soon. I wanted to smack him for being a moron. It clearly says on the box 17+. I feel bad for my girlfriend cause she's 19 and everyone thinks she looks 14 or 15. Good thing she only ever goes to see movies with me, and doesn't drink or smoke haha __________________ Check out my online portfolio http://www.christopherpelletier.com/

07-23-2006, 05:39 PM	#3
Usagi-San Thug Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 69	When I shave I look 18 or so I'm told With my beard I look my age of 25

07-23-2006, 06:05 PM	#5
Usagi-San Thug Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 69	I was carded when I saw Clerks II Twice

07-24-2006, 07:39 AM	#7
That Matt Guy Honey Bunches Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Lone Star State Posts: 5,840	Never been carded for a movie and I usually don't get carded buying alcohol, because what underage kid tries to buy liquor at 10 AM? Speaking of which, I gotta go.

07-24-2006, 08:53 AM	#9
ThirdMarioBro Tea Time! Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,905	I look like a 35 year old loser with no life. __________________

07-24-2006, 09:38 AM	#10
XERO Hybrid Theorist Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Alamo City Posts: 8,185	I look like I'm 25, act like I'm 17, play games like I'm 15, and dance like I'm 27. Round that all up, you get this: A 22-year-old. __________________ "Travel at the speed of light... then hit the nitro!"

07-24-2006, 11:30 AM	#12
XERO Hybrid Theorist Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Alamo City Posts: 8,185	Oops... I meant 28. __________________ "Travel at the speed of light... then hit the nitro!"

07-24-2006, 11:55 AM	#13
iris moddy mod mod Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: finally escaped the lab Posts: 1,886	Smooth. __________________ Appeal to nobler motives. Like pie. [ life is at best bitter sweet ]

07-24-2006, 12:04 PM	#14
KROW Meat-n-Potatoes Man Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: State's Anus, NY Posts: 6,472	That'll never happen to me due to the small streak of gray in my hair, thanks to my bitch of an ex-girlfriend. __________________ - Optimus Acid Trip - Cult of a Half-Shell - Raiden's Bitter Tongue - *I don't try to be funny; I fail at it naturally.*

07-24-2006, 12:06 PM	#15
XERO Hybrid Theorist Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Alamo City Posts: 8,185	That's what dye is for, dude. __________________ "Travel at the speed of light... then hit the nitro!"

07-24-2006, 12:08 PM	#16
KROW Meat-n-Potatoes Man Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: State's Anus, NY Posts: 6,472	I didn't say it was on my head. Just kidding. Dye's not for me. I don't have the patience. __________________ - Optimus Acid Trip - Cult of a Half-Shell - Raiden's Bitter Tongue - *I don't try to be funny; I fail at it naturally.*

07-24-2006, 12:20 PM	#20
XERO Hybrid Theorist Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Alamo City Posts: 8,185	Ew. Double Ew, Ecks, Why, and friggin' Zee. __________________ "Travel at the speed of light... then hit the nitro!"