Strange experience buying modeling supplies at K-Mart

[selector]

Dale, I apologize in advance, but I have to have a little fun at your expense.  Please go back and re-read the first sentence in your first post.

Think about it.

-Crandell

[Ibeamlicker]

You get carded for hairspray,yet they argue you cant make people show ID to vote.Another case of the powers that be keeping a safe distance from genius.

[Robby P.]

Thats the thing about this hobby.  You tell someone what you do and they give you a blank stare.  So......... if you are like me, and explain what you do and how you make things for your layout, they are in shock.  Most people then are like, why you must be a artist, or you must be tallented.  Makes you wonder if they are being a smarty or they are serious on how much you can do with this kind of hobby.

[loathar]

I've seen Wal Mart card kids for spray paint, but I think that's a good idea.
In Tn. it's a law that all people have to show pictured ID for alcohol. That REALLY ticked off the illegals that have bogus or no ID. They're probably gonna start that for tobacco too.

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

[MisterBeasley]

Yes, carding is generally set by policy.  It's not a new thing, either.  I remember being in college (like, in the 60's, man) and seeing them card a retired professor (Emeritus, no less) in the graduate dining hall, which served alcohol at the time.  The "no exceptions" rule gets them around the sticky issue of "profiling" or whatever.

I was at a ball game a few years back, as part of a company group.  They carded most of us.  My supervisor was absolutely ripped that they hadn't carded her, even though they carded her father!

 

[Kenfolk]

When I was in my early 40's, I stopped at a fast food place for a lunch...was not asked to pay for the coffee. I asked, why not? The teen replied, "We don't charge senior citizens for coffee"

I said, "I'm not a senior yet, by a good number of years, but since you insulted me like  that, I'll take you up on the free coffee that I had planned to pay for!"

To avoid the risk of being off topic, I'll just add that businesses may need to "train" their employees a little more, to keep them on the right "track". 

[markpierce]

When I was 59 the grocery clerk asked for my ID because I was purchasing wine.  I said "are you kidding?"  Got a blank stare in response, so I showed it to her.  Do you suppose the manager required her to check the ID of all customers purchasing alcohol because of her previous poor judgment?

Mark

No, sometimes it's corporate policy to do that regardless of age.   

That couldn't be the case in this situation.  I have shopped at that same store once to thrice a week for nearly 20 years, and it only happened once.

Mark

[dale8chevyss]

When I was 59 the grocery clerk asked for my ID because I was purchasing wine.  I said "are you kidding?"  Got a blank stare in response, so I showed it to her.  Do you suppose the manager required her to check the ID of all customers purchasing alcohol because of her previous poor judgment?

Mark

 

No, sometimes it's corporate policy to do that regardless of age.   

[DavidGSmith]

Its nuttier by the day. We in Ontario the good(?) will have to show ID when buying tobacco products as of June 1. I think getting carded by kids not as old as my grand kids is a bit much. They are not old enough to buy them is is insulting as it can get. I quit by the way.

Dave 

[dale8chevyss]

I work at a Kmart store and the people they hire are dumber than bricks.  (at least at my store and the one it seems like you were at).  I realize this is a cheap shot at myself and I can live with that but it's true, they hire morons.  I had one girl the other day ask me how to turn the water on to water flowers.  I kid you not.  I told her to turn the valve to which I got "which one?"  I said turn them on  till water comes out! and left. 

[rolleiman]

DJ, I wouldn't give any personal info of any kind to any of these people. None of her biz what you want it for. My answers are usually a little more creative to those types of questions but really aren't suitable for these forums. Basically however, they amount to this..

(sorry Mods, had to do it, delete it if you must)...

 

 

[markpierce]

When I was 59 the grocery clerk asked for my ID because I was purchasing wine.  I said "are you kidding?"  Got a blank stare in response, so I showed it to her.  Do you suppose the manager required her to check the ID of all customers purchasing alcohol because of her previous poor judgment?

Mark

[cacole]

Welcome to the real world.  Yes, kids are sniffing anything aerosol to get their kicks.  Even though I'm 71, I've been asked at K-mart and Wal-mart because it's a federal law that they're not allowed to sell certain products to minors.

 

[Grampys Trains]

Hi every one: OK, a couple weeks ago, I was in the process of making evergreen trees.  I had all   my supplies except for hair spray.  So, I stopped at our local K-Mart on the way home from work to pick some up.  I'm in line and get to the register, and the girl at register looked at the hair spray and asked me for my birth date.  I thought she was kidding, and asked her if K-Mart was going to give me a birthday present.  The icy stare I got back told me she was serious. So I told her 9/13/44, then she rang up the sale.  Then she asked me why I wanted hair spray. I hesitated a moment, I was going to tell her "to hold my hair in place", but I didn't think that would go over too well, so I told her "to make trees for my model railroad".  Then a blank stare, bagged my hair spray, and I left the store.  After I left, I thought, jeez, kids these days must be sniffing aerosol,now. Anybody have an experience like that?