Funny Fake

Brooke has a funny post with a fake ID and it reminded me of a favorite carding at the bar.

The bar where I have worked off and on since Bush 41 is a neighborhood type. And I have spoken quite fondly of my peeps in the past. A lot of the regulars and customers come from the hood behind the bar and the local Catholic church. In fact the priest that married my wife and I was a regular (Bourbon & Diet with beef nachos) Even though my wife isn't Catholic and I insisted on a Catholic wedding, she figured if she can have drink with the guy, he can marry us.

But I digress ...

One night I was behind the bar and a cute young lady walks up to get a drink, I ask for ID. She hands me one from California. A habit of mine is to ask for another form of ID when you have an out of state. She starts to pull out another one when I see a Rhode Island ID in her wallet. Rather confused, I then see one from Indiana which is here real one. Then I see her last name and I know her family from church. In fact, an older sister had just gotten a drink from me.

I asked if she was bi coastal with the Cali and RI IDs. She left.

Three months later when she was really 21 I bought her a drink. Heck, she's a Cubs fan and had a sense of humor about the carding.

The lesson of the story: I don't care how cute you may be, if you are underage I don't care. I'm old, ugly, and married to the owner's daughter.