Strange experience buying modeling supplies at K-Mart

[railroadnut675]

I get carded almost every time I buy something age restricted at Wal-Mart. Now, it's really obvious looking at my gray hair and the wrinkles on my face and hands that I'm old enough to be somebody's grandfather. What are they thinking, that some kid is gonna make himself up to look like he's almost half a century old? Come on, give me a break!

All they have to do is put on a Ronald Reagan mask

Oh! That's cruel and unusual!

My deepest apologies. I know, I know, the Reagan mask is only for people impersonating World War I survivors

[WP 3020]

I get carded almost every time I buy something age restricted at Wal-Mart. Now, it's really obvious looking at my gray hair and the wrinkles on my face and hands that I'm old enough to be somebody's grandfather. What are they thinking, that some kid is gonna make himself up to look like he's almost half a century old? Come on, give me a break!

All they have to do is put on a Ronald Reagan mask

Oh! That's cruel and unusual!

My deepest apologies. I know, I know, the Reagan mask is only for people impersonating World War I survivors

So, what's wrong with WW I survivors?

[larak]

Io.

I don't get why they do it for hair spray though? Kids usually huff butane or gold and silver spray paint.

You can use the hair spray with a lighter or other fire to make a really nifty torch. 

Enjoy

Paul 

That's how we get rid of the tent caterpillars....

Phil 

It works good for getting rid of wasp and hornet nests too.

Interesting suggestion Jeffrey.

I use a propane torch taped to a length of conduit for the tent caterpillars. Hair spray is for potato cannons.

 

[vsmith]

Jeeez, I was buying spray paints back when I was 12 or 13 no problem, of course that was 30 years ago, but even as such, why bother buying spray paints anymore?

I really hate to say this but the new envro-friendly compounds used in modern spray paints are absolutley the worst **** ***** ***** ******of **** out there!

I have had Testors, Krylon, Floquil and others irrepairably clog on me, loose all propellant, sputter in an unholy seperated mess, after only 10 seconds of use, sometimes less. This is after shaking for well over a minute, pre heating the can, and making sure the nozzles were clear before spraying.

I have been mostly using Rustoleum and Krylon, which have been the least troublesome, but I will NEVER buy Testors spray EVER again.

[Midnight Railroader]

I no longer tell the truth about what my supplies are for when I shop at a non-model railroad store.

If the folks at the lumber yard were paying attention, they'd think my entire garage was full of "cabinets" by now...

[jackn2mpu]

Whenever I get carded for something by a late teen/early 20 something I just say I'm old enough to be your grandfather (I'm 56) and give them an icy stare. Works every time.

[railroadnut675]

I get carded almost every time I buy something age restricted at Wal-Mart. Now, it's really obvious looking at my gray hair and the wrinkles on my face and hands that I'm old enough to be somebody's grandfather. What are they thinking, that some kid is gonna make himself up to look like he's almost half a century old? Come on, give me a break!

All they have to do is put on a Ronald Reagan mask

Oh! That's cruel and unusual!

My deepest apologies. I know, I know, the Reagan mask is only for people impersonating World War I survivors

So, what's wrong with WW I survivors?

Nothing. It's just that they have to be at least 108 years old by now.

[MPRR]

Everyone seems to have the assumption that only kids are the ones huffing. Just a couple of years ago a 45 year old man killed himself huffing. Along with doing other drugs at the same time. I know for a fact that some places ask info so they can track where most of their customers are coming from. Where they travel from to shop at their store.. this doesn't neccessarily apply here.

I am 27 and get carded all the time for various things. Even by children that were before me in school. And they know who I am. Sure I may look like I'm 16... (so I'm told).. But I understand its policy. Now if I was 50-something, I would be happy to be carded.. Makes me feel young.   Of course when I do turn 50, I'll probably look like I'm 25. hehehe. Until people stop abusing common product like aerosol, there will be stricter and stricter regulations. They should card for buying H2O.... Someone might build an H-bomb.

mike

[jasperofzeal]

Hi everyone: This has been a lively discussion.  It really wan't my intention to critize K-Mart or the girl at the register.  The episode kinda caught me off guard, because that was the first, and so far the last time I'd been asked for my birth date when buying spray paint or any aerosol.  I later bought more hair spray at the same K-Mart with no questions asked.  If that was store policy, it apparantly isn't enforced all the time.  But, it does seem that good service these days, be it K-Mart, bank, etc. is a dying concept.

You got carded for the hairspray and the girl asked what you were going to use it for because you bought the last can that she had planned on buying at the end of her shift.  The later time when you purchased another can and didn't get carded, well, there was not need to probe, I guess they had restocked the hairsprays.

[tomikawaTT]

Everyone seems to have the assumption that only kids are the ones huffing. Just a couple of years ago a 45 year old man killed himself huffing. Along with doing other drugs at the same time.

If somebody wants to succumb to terminal stupidity, let them.  Preferably before they either reproduce or get sentenced to ?? years of incarceration at taxpayer expense.

 I know for a fact that some places ask info so they can track where most of their customers are coming from. Where they travel from to shop at their store.. this doesn't neccessarily apply here.

That's called, 'determining customer demographics,' and is the reason that the mail-in warranty registration looks like a census form.  Funny - if a government agency does the same thing it's called, 'profiling,' and the ACLU goes ballistic.

I am 27 and get carded all the time for various things. Even by children that were before me in school. And they know who I am. Sure I may look like I'm 16... (so I'm told).. But I understand its policy. Now if I was 50-something, I would be happy to be carded.. Makes me feel young.   Of course when I do turn 50, I'll probably look like I'm 25. hehehe. Until people stop abusing common product like aerosol, there will be stricter and stricter regulations. They should card for buying H2O.... Someone might build an H-bomb.

mike

Nah.  Can't build an H bomb with H2O, you have to have D2O or T2O - which can only be obtained from H2O at a large, complex facility that would have a humongous electric bill.  (I wonder if Northlandz would qualify???)

As for, "Abusing common products," I have yet to find the provision in the Constitution that requires the government to wipe the noses and change the diapers of the citizenry.  I also have nothing but contempt for the politically popular idea, "I don't like (some activity performed in private by an adult,) so there should be a law to keep YOU from doing it."

I am perfectly capable of minding my own business.  I wish the social reformers and political nannies would do the same.

Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)

[mikesmowers]

  

I say let them buy the stuff and huff it if they are stupid enough to. Maybe it will kill them and we won't be bothered with them anymore. Us, as taxpayers, would probley see a drop in our taxes because the government won't be spending all those $$$ trying to keep them from doing it. There would probley be less crime in the world also, because most of the people that huff that kind of stuff are mostly the ones doing the crimes.

[HEdward]

The line at the cashier was long so I went to self checkout to buy some WD-40.  DUH!  "Please wait for customer service to assist you!"  Geez.  She was busy with another customer, so I waited anyway.  The spray paint thing I knew about before hand.  Still, cashiers should never be asking questions at Krap-Mart. 

I was made to pause while buying swimming pool supplies at self-checkout as well, but at WallyWorld the CS person cleared my advanced age within seconds.  You also need to be at least 18 years old to purchase Rusteze Medicated Bumper Ointment. 

I've taken a look at people's MySpace accounts and there's something disturbing there relating to age restrictions.  Browse 18-20 year olds and look at the kids that don't smoke but do drink and compare that with the number that are the reverse.  Kinda weird that they admit to drinking illegally but don't smoke legally. 

Profiling at one of my past jobs was a joke.  They made us key either R or S for Mr. or MS. at the start of a transaction.  I typed in S for everyone.  Those clowns in Ft Worthless did all the real demographic studies at the busiest stores, in malls.  Meanwhile the majority of the total business was done in the smaller stores that had a totally different demographic.  Managing a Shack was sure to get a strange experience at least three or four times a week.

 

[selector]

Folks, I am going to close this thread, with respect to Grampys Trains.  It has served its purpose, long since in fact, and is no longer pertinent.  Let's get back to trains.

-Crandell