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No don't 'think 25' you ******* muppet, think:
"does this bearded and mustachioed guy wearing a woolly jumper and brown leather shoes look pre-pubescent?"
or
"do under-age trouble makers [i]really[/i] buy two bottles of 4.4% Deuchars to swill while vandalising bus stops?"
and perhaps even
"maybe his lack of a drivers license is because some 27 year olds actually choose not to drive, and don't fancy carrying their passports down to the local Tescos every time they want a beer"
and not just
"I'm ID-ing this sucker because I'm bored and can't bang two brain cells together long enough to guage the difference between 17 and 27..."
Angry and sober now... 👿
9.5/10 from me.
You can sniff glue at 16. You've picked the wrong tipple.
LOL - he was just asking for your DL so he could get your address ya muppet!
I hate this think 25 nonsense. The legal age is 18. Think, is this guy 18?
I've been wearing brown leather shoes since I was 14. That's because I'm cool...or maybe that's why I'm not.
ha! I was smoking a pipe when I was 13.
You get odd looks buying 1oz of wild black cherry baccy when youre 13.
Stoner - you ARE cool, no two ways about it. For some reason I want to smoke a pipe, have done for years.
😆
that is all.
When I get to 60 Im taking up pipe smoking again.
He's welcome to it, there's nothing worth nicking in this flat since I hawked it all for some backstreet hooch, thats all they're doing with their hamfisted ID policy, driving it underground...
Oh well, you look younger than you are, life's rubbish ain't it
13thfloormonk - Member
He's welcome to it, there's nothing worth nicking in this flat since I hawked it all for some backstreet hooch, thats all they're doing with their hamfisted ID policy, driving it underground...
Mibbe it's you he's after...
I used to get wound up like this when I was 27.
I got ID'd for the first time since I turned 31 (June) a couple of weeks ago... I almost kissed the young lad on the till.
Oh well, you look younger than you are, life's rubbish ain't it
That might work for girls, but frankly I LIKE looking like a semi-formed adult, and not, by implication, some hairless wonder with acne.
And Druidh, [i]were[/i] on earth do you shop??
Yes, looking younger than you are does work with the girls too.
How old was this young lad?
try confusing them with "i am 25 therefore i look 25"
When I get to 60 Im taking up pipe smoking again.
Me too, along with heavy drinking and pretending that I'm hard of hearing to annoy people.
Ive always wanted to try a hookah but I get intimidated by those scary people on the Edgware Road.
I dunno, I have ID'd till workers before when they've ID'd me though.
that confuses them.
As does the paper ID I have, none of this new fangled photo ID for me.
Pass me my pipe...
I saw a 'Think 25' sign queing for the post office in a convenience store and thought 'WTF?' Since when has the age for buying alchohol gone from 18 to 25?
I get surprised when I get ID'd and I'm only 22. Looking at the yoofs (16-17) I teach in school you'd have to be a complete and utter moron to not be able to tell between someone my age and one of them.
[url= http://www2.b3ta.com/jailbaitorlegal/# ]Or would you?[/url]
(87.5% of the youth, but only 50% of the legals, so it turns out you DO need to be an utter moron...)
The 25 policy is usually used if the licence to sell alcohol is under threat ie trading standards has caught them(the store) out by using kids to purchase alcohol/fags, trading standards sting operations are quite normal now and done fairly frequently, especially on premises that have previously failed a test purchase. The individual who serves underage faces a personal fine of £80, the store faces losing their licence to sell alcohol and most employers consider it grounds for disciplinary action or dismisal. So, the individual faces a £80 fine and possibly losing their job. Employees are told that if a person appears to be 25 or under, the person must be required to prove they are 18 or over. It's very difficult in reality, I'm 44 and still get told I look 25, a pal (41) recently got asked for ID in Sainsburys, she was thrilled to bits and phoned all her friends from the store.
Most multiple chains ie Supermarkets will [s]threaten[/s] train their employees and hang them out to dry if they make the ultimate^ mistake.
Ah the time will come when you wish to be id checked even at 25!
Nothing is more depressing than standing at self check out as the check out assistant stabs the 'Clearly over 25, old haggard and soon for the grave key' without even a 2nd look at you.
Spokescycles(87.5% of the youth, but only 50% of the legals, so it turns out you DO need to be an utter moron...)
So if I follow correctly you'd serve more than 1:10 people under the limit - is that acceptable? If it is then the age limit is pretty pointless. Someone caught serving an underager has the "they were the fraction we can't guess" defence.
If I understood your post then you'd also "offend" 50% of those over the age limit by refusing/asking for ID. The idea behind the Think 25 system is:
(i) serving a 16 year old becomes much less likely - as confusing a 16 year old and a 26 yr old is much less likely.
(ii) people who are in the 18-25 age range are much less likely to get offended being asked because everyone in that band gets asked.
(iii) people in the 25-30+ group who will sometimes get asked for ID too, but they are expected to be mature enough to understand the issue.
bearded and mustachioed
Does it all join up or is one of them fashionable ones kids try and grow??
With or without a beard I have not been id'd since I was 14 - my hair did start moving backwards at 16 though.
PMSL!!I've been wearing brown leather shoes since I was 14. That's because I'm cool
Nothing is more depressing than standing at self check out as the check out assistant stabs the 'Clearly over 25, old haggard and soon for the grave key' without even a 2nd look at you.
especially when you are only 31!
One of my more baby faced mates was id's on his 30th and took great pleasure in proving he was actually old enough.
Best line however was watching the 2 kids in front of us in an off licence try and buy cider my mate turns to me and says
I've got underpants older than them
I was implying I was the moron.
OP are you one of these babyfaced types that grows a beard to make himself look older?
No offence, like, but we all know guys like this.
Or are you just pissed that you're not getting pissed?
No, the teenage acne took care of the baby-facedness, as did my clumsy attempts at shaving. Which is why I gave it up, hence the 'beard' which is in reality nothing more than exaggerated stubble.
Even when I was underage and trying to buy booze/get into night clubs I never got IDd, I've been IDd more since 'Think bloody 25' came into force than I have ever been before. In FACT, the last time I was IDd regularly was when I tried to get halfs on buses and the conductors didn't believe I was still 15... 🙁
I think what annoys me is, well, being sober, but also that sales assistants seem to confuse 'think 25' with '25 is now the legal limit'. Even if I don't look precisely 27, I KNOW I don't look 17. Just seems a bit mindlessly robotic.
Yep, I suggest you complain to the store manager about your inconvenience and point out the individual, they will probably win employee of the month and a big pat on the back from the manager, that's how serious it is for retailers these days. Alternatively, the store manager would probably be in a big world of sh!t from HO if his store lost it's alcohol licence and no manager wants to be on the HO radar. They're going to be especially tough at this time of year, no alcohol retailer would want their licence immediately suspended just before xmas, pending further action/investigation. Believe me, that is exactly what trading standards/the Police have the power to do.
Hmm, this rant is starting to get a little 'rational heavy'. I'm going to abandon ship now, I was never in this one for the long haul anyway (I found my flatmate's red wine from last night 8) )
Sorry, I didn't mean to be too hard on you 13thfloor, it's the way it is these days. As a licencee, I have to deal with this occasionally, but luckily I have premises in a nice town and sell mostly top end wine/champagne, so know the drill, but don't have to impliment it very often. We still get visits from the Police tho, wagging their fingers at us, the threat is always there, just one lapse of judgement could put us in a really bad place.
and now they won't even sell me fags! 😡
They weren't even for me, but it was pretty humiliating being ID'd while the 18 year old lassies at the till beside me picked up their vodka and marlboros for the night 👿
Good old Margiotta's, at least their staff haven't been brainwashed yet!
Quite a few people I know from school/college working in supermarkets and such in the area. They know I'm 18, but I still have to show id to people I have known for years for the cameras otherwise they lose their job.
Another rule that doesn't leave space for common sense.
Just think how healthy you'll be. It's BIG SOCIETY in action...
I go on a checkout most weeks, I certainly don't want an £80 fine and a load of hassle, but I try to use common sense. I carded a couple of ladies once -they were most impressed as they were schoolteachers, and left grinning. Made their night 🙂
people often think i am younger than i look....... 😉
I'm always pleased that someone might even entertain the thought I'm only 25.
Give it another ten years and you'll be pleased when they ask.
HOLY THREAD REVIVAL BATMAN!
I've not been ID'd for beer since I was 15. Dear me.
Ive always wanted to try a hookah but I get intimidated by those scary people on the Edgware Road.
What, the funny foreign-looking types?
Just take me with you; I look 'scary' too, so you'll be ok. You needn't be frightened by brown people. We're just like other people really, and most are quite nice.
I was always quite happy that I look younger than I am. Meant I could get away with stupid and childish behaviour. 🙂