*insert witty title here*

[renegado]

And yet, a child can buy a lottery ticket in the shape of a coffee cup at Tim Hortons.

(Sorry, separate rant.)

[Peachykeen2007]

As much as it is annoying or whatever if you are older, it is the LAW and do you know how much of a fine it is for any retailer selling lottery or cigarettes to a minor - BIG BUCKS

take it as a compliment that they think you are under 25!!!

[Shwa Girl]

And yet, a child can buy a lottery ticket in the shape of a coffee cup at Tim Hortons.

(Sorry, separate rant.)

So true.
Good point.

[ticul]

If it makes you and c_mcarther and ogreswife feel better, I had to work in the Smoke Shop at a grocery store. They asked me to check i.d.

First, I hated working in the smoke shop. So I decided to have some fun with the job, as Shwa Girls do sometimes.

I asked everybody for their I.D. Including a 65 year old lady. She blushed and laughed and I had some great conversations with my customers.

So, y`all, I`m just trying to turn a negative into a positive.

Also, I do not work for LOreal or Youth Code. And I don`t own any stock.

Ghaw Girl, you are so sweet. Being positive and encouraging others on their not so good day. I always read your nice post and I know you are such a wonderful. I thank you for taking the time to share with us...........................

[TooCouponCrazy]

Aw, I wish this rant was mine, lol.

But yeah, I am just jealous. Such a compliment .

[coupon girl]

-wow such a nice compliment -would love that -my daughtr Is 31 and she got her hair cut a few weeks back an the guy thought she was 25-she was so happy-she must get those youthfull genes from me

[alicia]

I hate when this happens. I am 28 but many people think I look about 23, which falls in the "check 25" window. My fiancé, who is 34 gets IDed frequently if he wears a ball cap - otherwise they see the receding hairline and know better

[Ciel]

Just wait until your late 30s or 40s when being called "ma'am" becomes normal (coming from teen cashiers at stores) or you enter retail shops where you seem invisible (staff are teens with the sole person anywhere near middle age might be the lone male stocker or manager if he is on the sales floor).
Each birthday from 40 onwards have been anywhere from two week stunners (40 was a loop de loop alright; never got around to travelling to Japan by that age or anywhere else really) to two/three day angst situations then I got over them. If anything, the birthdays are teaching me that there is some regret/unresolved matters that linger as I get another year added to my life and my body is not going to go full out like it could two decades ago. That means I have to adjust goals, accept that some things change, and look for opportunities that suit me as I am now (appreciation sayings help with the shift when you feel down-feelings have their own momentuum).
I am really glad we have Internet and computers or some of the birthdays would be much longer emotional hangovers!
OP, you recognize turbulence--there is something coming out of it when you get through it.

[OgresWife]

lol, I already get ma'am from the "kids" at the timmies next door to work.

Ma'am on one end of the parking lot, ID'd at the liquor store on the other so apparently my works parking lot is a time/space wormhole.....

Just wait until your late 30s or 40s when being called "ma'am" becomes normal (coming from teen cashiers at stores) or you enter retail shops where you seem invisible (staff are teens with the sole person anywhere near middle age might be the lone male stocker or manager if he is on the sales floor).
Each birthday from 40 onwards have been anywhere from two week stunners (40 was a loop de loop alright; never got around to travelling to Japan by that age or anywhere else really) to two/three day angst situations then I got over them. If anything, the birthdays are teaching me that there is some regret/unresolved matters that linger as I get another year added to my life and my body is not going to go full out like it could two decades ago. That means I have to adjust goals, accept that some things change, and look for opportunities that suit me as I am now (appreciation sayings help with the shift when you feel down-feelings have their own momentuum).
I am really glad we have Internet and computers or some of the birthdays would be much longer emotional hangovers!
OP, you recognize turbulence--there is something coming out of it when you get through it.

[Shwa Girl]

Ma'am on one end of the parking lot, ID'd at the liquor store on the other so apparently my works parking lot is a time/space wormhole.....