Feeling old, looking young??
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Topic: Feeling old, looking young??
Posted By: ellabellame
Subject: Feeling old, looking young??
Date Posted: 27 December 2009 at 2:33pm
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lately i've been feeling really run down and, i hate to say it, but i've been feeling older, not sure why. but recently i've been getting asked for ID every time i buy alcohol or smokes for DP, i even got told "sorry i can't sell this to anyone under the age of 16" when i was buying a dvd for DP for xmas!! maybe i need to start carrying my ID everywhere again lol. ------------- |
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Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 27 December 2009 at 3:18pm
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I think Im finally looking old, lol! The 2 times Ive bought beer at the supermarket for DH in recent weeks I havent been asked for ID, when I normally am always asked, and have often been asked for ID buying instant kiwis too! Have noticed when Im with Isla I dont get asked as much, and both those recent times at the supermarket Ive had Isla with me, plus Im very very preg!
I feel like I so dont look under 18, its rediculous,...Im 30 next week! |
Posted By: kellie
Date Posted: 27 December 2009 at 4:46pm
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I always get asked the times I don't have it on me ------------- 
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Posted By: ellabellame
Date Posted: 27 December 2009 at 7:20pm
i guess i'll just take it as a compliment  ------------- |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 27 December 2009 at 8:09pm
| I never take it as a compliment, it always annoys the hell out of me,...but its been weird not being asked the last 2 times,...Im like 'so I suddenly look old now?', lol! |
Posted By: ellabellame
Date Posted: 27 December 2009 at 8:30pm
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lol i think the last 2 times have probably been because you're so pregnant. people just sort of assume that if you're pregnant then you are over 18 (no idea why), when i was hugely pregnant, i never got asked either. ------------- |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 27 December 2009 at 8:41pm
| Yeah will be interesting to see if I get asked again when Im not preg! |
Posted By: Cassie
Date Posted: 28 December 2009 at 7:56am
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I got asked once when I had my four year old and my 6 month old with me! The girl had to call the supervisor cause she was too young to put it through and the supervisor said to her 'did you check her ID?' and she said no, the supervisor said quietly 'she could easily have had her first child when she was 14' I was gobsmacked! Not only did I look like I was only 18, but I looked like the kind of person who started having babies at a very young age?? lol ------------- ~Cassie~   
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Posted By: ellabellame
Date Posted: 28 December 2009 at 8:16am
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lol kali1, that's so funny! i wouldn't know whether to laugh or be offended.
i know what it's like for them though, i used to work as a checkout chick when i was younger and i used to get some people who got really quite aggro when i asked them for ID. sometimes if the person looked really scary i just wouldn't bother lol. ------------- |
Posted By: FreeSpirit
Date Posted: 28 December 2009 at 9:39am
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The law for retailers is that if somebody looks younger then 25, they must ask for ID.
I wish somebody would ID me... 
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Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 28 December 2009 at 1:09pm
| I've found I've been getting asked more recently too Ella I think they are having a bit of a crack down (or maybe I'm just looking really youthfull lol). |
Posted By: ellabellame
Date Posted: 28 December 2009 at 1:12pm
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lol rach, lets just pretend that the reason is because we're looking real young, that way we can feel good about ourselves. ------------- |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 28 December 2009 at 1:13pm
| Yeah young and hot thats right |
Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 28 December 2009 at 1:18pm
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I always get asked, even when buying Instant Kiwis...it's annoying!! All the girls at work couldn't believe I was 26, married and had children...apparently I don't look old enough ?!?!?!?! Kind of scary when I work with mainly 16/17 year olds!!!
Kali - I got asked for ID when I was about 25 weeks pregnant with the girls. I was in Woolworths in town with my MIL and bought a scratchie...she wouldn't sell it to me without showing her my ID. I was gobsmacked LOL |
Posted By: MrsH
Date Posted: 28 December 2009 at 4:51pm
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I still get asked all the time too. I got asked yesterday buying a scratchie!!
I'm 31 in March.... Sometimes I take it as a compliment but sometimes it annoys the hell outta me too. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 28 December 2009 at 5:16pm
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I am 28 and still get asked for ID and it totally annoys the hell out of me. Coming over the Oz at the duty free shop the woman looked at me and I think was going to ask for ID till I produced my military ID to get the discount she looked at it and went on her way. When I started work in Waiouru the guys asked how old I was, I asked the to guess and they all thought I was around 22 - shocked them a bit I think. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: freckle
Date Posted: 29 December 2009 at 8:12am
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I got asked once when with my 12 year old and one year old... and my 12 year old had called me mum several times while we were standing there!
At 34 I LOVE it that I still get asked for id ------------- mum to 3 lovely girls :D |
Posted By: GuestGuest
Date Posted: 29 December 2009 at 11:25am
| Yeah I love it too, I always get asked and I am 33. I think it has a lot to do with being fairly short but also I don't really have any lines around my eyes. I think once you start getting the eye wrinkles that's when you look older. I reckon I am going to wake up one morning and have wrinkles for africa! |