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Identification Please?

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Yesterday I had to stand in the check-out line at Target; I was getting a giftcard for YA and I’ve never managed to do self-checkout successfully with a giftcard.  There was only one cashier working the regular check-outs and the line was pretty long.  The woman in front of me had a cart full of items, including a bunch of veggies which the cashier had to look up one by one.  At one point the cashier asked to see her ID – it was a six-pack of something.  This woman was clearly a senior citizen: completely white hair, hearing aids, cane on the side of her shopping cart.  If I had to guess she had to be at least 80.  The cashier looked at her license and typed something into the cash register.  The line behind me got longer as this happened. 

I understand that there are probably laws and/or corporate policies that lead to asking every single person for ID in these circumstances, but truly, carding an 80-year old woman at Target?  And considering that I never get carded at the liquor store here in Minnesota or even buying liquor in Wisconsin (wine advent calendars at Aldis), I’m guessing it’s a Target policy and cash register programming enforces it.  Sigh.

As I was heading to my car, it occurred to me that the woman’s purchase couldn’t have been alcohol.  In Minnesota you can only buy alcohol at a state-licensed liquor store. 

So what in heaven’s name was she purchasing?

27 thoughts on “Identification Please?”

  3. Rise and Have a Guess, Baboons,

    Questions first: Does this Target have a separate pharmacy? I don’t think Target sells firearms, right? Did this lady write a check?

    My guess is that she bought Sudafed if there is no separate pharmacy.

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    2. Maybe we could just arrange a trade of any Minnesota seniors who think Iowa would be a great place to live with an equal amount of young people who can’t wait to get out of there.

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  7. Plots to buy beer with fake ID.
    Our oldest looking senior (class of 1970) bought regularly. He instructed me not to even try. Now I welcome any, ANY required showing of ID.
    But the bigger question is: What does being “old” prevent me from doing what an under-aged would do?

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    1. It depends. If you’re “old”, maybe there’s little an underaged male can do that you can’t (anymore).
      But if, like me, you’re old, without the quotes, there’s plenty.

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  9. OT: Tonight I was in a zoom Master Gardener meeting. Someone at the meeting could not participate in another activity on Monday January 20 BECAUSE she is going to a gathering in which DJT, the new first felon, is being burned in effigy. That is the first time I have ever encountered that reason. I am still chuckling.

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