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Places that make everyone show an ID!

Ok, some people think I'm over the top on this one but WTF! I am 55 years old and look it! I should not have to show my ID to get served a beverage when the minimum age for the beverage is 21.

Some states have a law that everyone has to have an ID to drink, fair enough, but if I am in the airport, I obviously have an ID or I couldn't even be there! Still no relief from the checkers.

Usually if I ask for an exception from the manager they let me go ahead and drink without showing it since I am obviously old enough. Hooters in Towson is an example of this as well as Taco Mac in Atlanta. I still don't return to places that do that since I'm not fond of the practice. The Hooter's was next to a hotel we were staying and they lost our business as well, when we decided we couldn't stay there since the closest restaurant was carding everyone.

A couple of locations that wouldn't even make an exception are the Brickskeller in Washington DC and The Buffalo Wild Wings in Lynchburg. The Brickskeller is on it's last legs anyway...out of 1/2 the beers on their menu, sad but, oh well, instead we can go to the Churchkey, where they just card the Young people. The manager at the wild wings certainly is going to make it easier for me to to pick a place since he said that all of them do it, they are now officially on my do not visit list!

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