80-year-old man denied service at Hooters because couldn't 'prove' he is over 21

[UNC4Me]

Originally Posted by KUchief25

I remember how cool I thought I was when I got my fake ID at 18 back in the day. Strangely I barely ever got carded after I ponied up all the dough for it. Strange world we live in. lol

Since I'm older than you and the legal age was 18, I got my first fake ID at 16 in the form of a bogusly dated bus pass. Unfortunately, my Mom found and destroyed that one. I had to cut school again and schlep all the way to the downtown bus depot again to get another one. But, it was worth it and due to a much better hiding place, I held on to it until I actually turned 18.

[Some_Random_Guy]

Originally Posted by jjrose

When I worked there 10+ years ago

Uh huh, You've got my attention, keep going...

[UNC4Me]

Originally Posted by KUchief25

Well actually back in the day if/when you got caught it wasn't such a big deal. They'd just make you dump out your beer and tell you to go home and if they see you out the rest of the night your in real trouble. Now you are treated like public enemy #1.

That was my experience as well. Back in the day underage drinking was almost condoned by the cops (at least where I grew up). In fact, one time our beer ended up in the back seat of the police car and we received a hearty "Thanks" from the cops who planned to enjoy it later.

[GregW]

"..denied service at Hooters.." is just too funny.

[ABQConvict]

Originally Posted by Little-Acorn

Is their policy based on law?

Again, what does the law say?

I can only speak for what I know in New Mexico which is that the law states that you can only serve people over 21. Yet most establishments have their own policy to protect them from punitive fines.

One establishment I worked for, a brew pub, was stung when a party of three older men (undercover police) walked in, sat down and ordered a pitcher of beer and four glasses. Then, another underage officer "appeared" from the bathroom. Once he sat down, it was considered a violation because he had no I.D. and was indeed under the legal serving age.

The waitress who served the pitcher, who did I.D. the men present at the time the beer was ordered, was fined $5,000, about a third of her yearly earnings as a part-time waitress. The restaurant was fined $50,000 and threatened with having their liquor licence revoked if they accrued one more violation within 1 year of the first violation.

When the threat of the utter destruction of a business and the job loss of everyone employed there is at stake, it doesn't surprise me that they started a 'card everyone including 5,000 year old mummies' policy.

[Toyman at Jewel Lake]

A number of places around here card everyone too. It's CYA for an overzelous crackdown on alcohol sales to minors. Rather than debate how old someone looks with every individual customer, they just card everyone. Can't say that I blame them. Don't blame the stores/resturants, blame the morality police that are taking over every state. Thankfully Idaho isn't as bad as many.