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essxjay Apr 17, 2007 12:03 am


Originally Posted by redbeard911 (Post 7590347)
I'd definitely push back on that one. This is getting beyond stupid.

And just to push it beyond, I'll tell 'em, "Sorry, but that's SSI." :cool:

kbins Apr 17, 2007 8:39 am


Originally Posted by TMOliver (Post 7591389)
Also woks when the last name on the ID is Jones, and you reply with a heavy Spanish accent.

yeah except this wouldn't work with my best friend who has a hispanic surname (marriage) and is as Midwestern Anglo as they come. (though she does speak fluent spanish due to time in the Peace Corps - which she used to her advantage when people don't expect her to understand what they're saying about her)

Don't make assumptions about people's backgrounds due to name, age, hair color etc...

Wally Bird Apr 17, 2007 10:18 am


Originally Posted by essxjay (Post 7593831)
And just to push it beyond, I'll tell 'em, "Sorry, but that's SSI."

I will answer questions put to me by a sworn law enforcement officer. Everyone else can take a hike. Yeah go ahead, secondarize and me see if I care.

Loren Pechtel Apr 17, 2007 2:36 pm


Originally Posted by SirFlysALot (Post 7585627)
At a Walgreens last week while on the road, my doctor called in a prescription. I went to pick it up and they gave me nonsense about the insurance and called the carrier SEVERAL times to make sure it was OK.

But the funny thing is the pharmacist would spin around and ask me my address trying to catch me off guard. He did this about four times. I hope the TSA and ID checkers don't learn about this trick. :rolleyes:

I would guess that something didn't match.

Loren Pechtel Apr 17, 2007 2:51 pm


Originally Posted by whirledtraveler (Post 7584223)
Any numeric answer you give is right in some number system. If you're 32, answer 20. That's 32 in hexadecimal.

No. One-digit numbers don't work at all.

Beyond that, the mapping doesn't cover all steps.

Lets say you say "22". What could that be? 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28 and so on. What if you're really 27?

Lets say you say "50". What could that be? 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65 and so on.

HeHateY Apr 17, 2007 10:52 pm

Physical age or mental?

;)

pacer142 Apr 18, 2007 12:47 am


Originally Posted by gj83 (Post 7584023)
This morning while going through Checkpoint B in CLT the ID checker asked everyone their age.

Seems a good way of checking whether the IDs were genuine or not. It's one of those questions where they're not as much interested in the answer as how it is delivered.

It's common for places serving alcohol in the UK to do that when determining if a customer is underage and where there is doubt about the ID's validity.

SirFlysALot Apr 18, 2007 7:01 am


Originally Posted by Loren Pechtel (Post 7597167)
I would guess that something didn't match.

Actually the pharmacy is in a very shabby part of town. It would not surprise me if they did have lots of fraud that way. They seemed way too suspicious. And these weren't even fun kinds of RX.

Have any silly questions really ever stopped an attack?

Green Dragon Apr 18, 2007 7:32 am

'What's your age?'

'On this plane of existence, or cumulative?'

Hobbes01 Apr 18, 2007 7:37 am

I honestly never know my age. Any time somebody asks me I have to remember what year it is now and then do the math. Would that make me look suspicious, especially given that I sometimes use my fingers to help me count?

mikeef Apr 18, 2007 7:51 am


Originally Posted by Hobbes01 (Post 7600714)
I honestly never know my age. Any time somebody asks me I have to remember what year it is now and then do the math. Would that make me look suspicious, especially given that I sometimes use my fingers to help me count?

It's okay if you're over 10 now, since you have to take off your shoes, anyway.

Mike

Hobbes01 Apr 18, 2007 7:54 am

Even with the extra ten digits, I need more :D

erenner Apr 19, 2007 6:03 pm


Originally Posted by Hobbes01 (Post 7600805)
Even with the extra ten digits, I need more :D

I can count to 21 :p

peachfront Apr 19, 2007 11:10 pm

I'm pretty sure I would say the first thing that popped into my mind upon reading your post, "You don't ask a lady her age." I mean ...? Were these people brought up in a barn?

Superguy Apr 19, 2007 11:12 pm


Originally Posted by peachfront (Post 7610999)
I'm pretty sure I would say the first thing that popped into my mind upon reading your post, "You don't ask a lady her age." I mean ...? Were these people brought up in a barn?

Maybe not, but you gotta admit that their behavior is certainly "animal farmish."


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