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So yesterday at the shop I was trying to pick up a single bottle of beer for Crisp... and I was carded.
Now, this happens rarely in England -- usually only if you're trying to buy a LOT of alcohol or if you look very young -- so I didn't have my ID on me. When I said (nicely) that I WAS nearly thirty (drinking age here is 18, remember), ALL THREE female cashiers agreed that they had to card anyone who looked under 20, and that I looked under 20.
What the hell is it, you guys? It ain't the clean living. When am I gonna stop being mistaken for a teenager? It was flattering when I was 24, funny when I was 28... but if it keeps going much longer it's gonna get really old really fast.
I don't WANT to look like a kiddie any more! I want to look lived-in & experienced & maybe ever so slightly badass...
Now, this happens rarely in England -- usually only if you're trying to buy a LOT of alcohol or if you look very young -- so I didn't have my ID on me. When I said (nicely) that I WAS nearly thirty (drinking age here is 18, remember), ALL THREE female cashiers agreed that they had to card anyone who looked under 20, and that I looked under 20.
What the hell is it, you guys? It ain't the clean living. When am I gonna stop being mistaken for a teenager? It was flattering when I was 24, funny when I was 28... but if it keeps going much longer it's gonna get really old really fast.
I don't WANT to look like a kiddie any more! I want to look lived-in & experienced & maybe ever so slightly badass...