So if you'll serve I'll be on my way
Yesterday lunchtime, I popped into the local Sainsbury's to buy a bottle of wine. For the evening, you understand, not to get me through an afternoon in the office.
The lady on the till asked to see my ID. Legal drinking age in the UK is 18 (I'm 39). I obligingly hoiked my driving licence out of my wallet. I've not been ID'd in a really long time and, while rather surprised that anyone would ask (even though Sainsbury's has a policy of challenging anyone who looks under 25) was slightly pleased.
I handed over my licence.
The lady looked at me in vague bewilderment and said "I was only joking".