ID Checker: "Age?"
Apr 17, 2007 | 12:03 am
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Apr 17, 2007 | 8:39 am
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Don't make assumptions about people's backgrounds due to name, age, hair color etc...
Apr 17, 2007 | 10:18 am
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Apr 17, 2007 | 2:36 pm
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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.
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.
Apr 17, 2007 | 2:51 pm
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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.
Apr 18, 2007 | 12:47 am
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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.
Apr 18, 2007 | 7:01 am
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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?
Have any silly questions really ever stopped an attack?
Apr 18, 2007 | 7:37 am
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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?
Apr 18, 2007 | 7:51 am
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Apr 19, 2007 | 11:12 pm
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