• schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 month ago

    Even at 16 I would have understood that I can’t force that clerk to accept such a bet and that clerks will probably recognize me after a few times of doing that in the same place.

  • Saledovil@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    It isn’t sustainable. No clerk will take the bet more than once. Also, the clerk doesn’t have to take the bet to interpret it as bribery and call the cops on you. In addition, there’s the risk of the clerk simply not honoring the bet.

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      1 month ago

      They are but some clerks are extra suspicious. When I was 24 (coincidentally!) I thought I definitely looked 20-something, but I walked into a liquor store and tried to buy some vodka and the clerk took my real, legitimate ID, squinted at it, accused me of not being the person depicted on the ID, held it under the UV light that reveals the marks that are supposed to make it hard to counterfeit, squinted at it some more, took it in the back and started making a phone call…

      I thought she was going to call the cops on me, but eventually she came back and sold me the booze.

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      1 month ago

      They are, normally a driver’s license. This doesn’t seem to have much connection to reality. Most places have a policy that if you look under 30 they ask for your ID. Unless the ID looks fake that’s all they do.