A Russian girl was just in here trying to buy wine and had an “ID Card” issued by some commercial entity that had all sorts of warnings on the back about how not honoring it was illegal and opens you up to discrimination lawsuits. She had no passport or actual Cali ID. She looked young and the card said she was 28. I refused the sale.
Anyone else seen one of those cards? Did you honor it?
Well that’s a new one. I wonder how much it cost her? Back in the day, pre-1994 when ITB, only CA drivers liscence, CA ID card or military ID were accepted as proof of age.
I’m assuming that you don’t have to sell to anyone you don’t want to… or do you have to have a sign that says you “Reserve the right to refuse service, blah, blah…”
However, I have to tip my hat to you being able to say “no” to a young Russian woman.
Non-Government ID=Fake ID. You are old enough to know better. Perhaps the old CA Baptismal certificates going for valid alcohol purchases will jar your memory. A totally Jewish and Jewish-looking friend who lived in SD in the 70’s had one and he said it worked for him quite a bit.
They’d eat you up like dim sum dumplings on the East Coast and your license would be gone in a jiffy if you can’t discern crap like this. The non-govs are usually HS kids here in NYC. Also look for the ones that look like a state-issued DL but the seal says ‘Genuine Authentic.’ That means ‘Genuinely, Authentically Fake.’ I can send you some samples if you like, PM me.
Another thing I was taught to do when I was bartending- if someone gave you a DL that you suspected was fake, you could swipe it through the credit card machine. If the card was authentic and the magnetic strip was indeed magnetized, it would make the machine beep. Not sure if it would work on the newer machines (this was about 10 years ago).
Roberto,
Don’t worry all those California Driver’s Licenses you accept aren’t a valid form of ID either. The DMV will tell you a driver’s license is NOT a valid form of ID and not to accept it as such, it’s a license to drive only. However, their ID cards are a form of ID to be used as such. The only difference between them, one says Identification Card on top and one say’s Driver’s License on top…only in California