Originally Posted by
LondonElite
Many years ago in Florida I was asked for ID at a beach bar. I was probably 27 at the time. I told her that I didn't have any on me, as I was in a bathing suit. She said that alcohol could only be handled by people who could prove they were over 21. I asked to see her ID. She asked me why this was relevant. I told her that she was going to be handling my beer and I wanted to make sure she was old enough to hold a glass bottle. Her boss came over and gave me some long hyperbole speech which boiled down to 'I make the rules around here.' Our group of 7 or 8 big drinkers promptly got up and left.
A little common sense would have netted them probably $250 in an hour.
In many states it is a requirement to card people under a certain age even if they are clearly over the legal drinking age... in Florida the recommended age is 30. In other cases insurance requires complying with programs that have their own age requirements. The delivery of the reason could have been better but common sense says forget the $250 and keep your liqour license.
Blame the government. Blame the business owner. But very rarely should you blame the server or anyone at the establishment for that matter... remaining employed is well worth the 15 seconds it takes you to find an ID, even if it results in a reduction to the tip, assuming you were going to leave one in the first place
