It was written:

So while people can quote all the MasterCard and Visa rules, they don't apply in real life, nor do we even know if this Photo ID thing that some Hiltons have started doing has anything at all to do with paying by credit card.

My reply:

They apply if you chose to make them apply. simply stated I make merchants follow the rules. If they chose not to, I simply take my business elsewhere.

So while they may not apply in your "real life" they certainly apply in the "alternate" reality I live in.

Wishing all of you the bes tof wha tlife may bring,

TFB