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The original was posted on /r/talesfromretail by /u/Prestigious_Dirt6167 on 2023-12-01 02:29:17.

Some people, man. Had a customer today, somehow simultaneously looked like he could be 18 and 30, wanted to buy some chew. I did the usual “I need an ID for all tobacco purchases” and he just looked so flabbergasted, then tried to run his card. So I repeated that I need an ID.

Him: Well thats new. My birthday is (redacted)

It most certainly was not new, and I told him we need a physical ID, and even added (because he looked very lost) that it’s because if the ID is expired or not his own we’re not allowed to sell. So he tossed what might have been a brick on the counter for the size and noise it made. It was a work badge in some very heavy duty case.

A work badge.

I kind of just stared at it for a few seconds while my brain buffered because I’ve never had someone think that a work badge was a valid id for tobacco. I picked it up and flipped it over because maybe his license was on the back. It wasn’t.

Me: We need your ID, is it in the case?

Him: my birthday is (redacted) and there’s my id.

Me: that’s a work badge. I have one too. we can’t take these. I need your Id, one with the birthdate and expiration date.

Him: it’s my id. It has my picture on it. My birthday is (blank)

Me: a work badge is not a valid form of ID in this situation. We need a state issued id that has your picture, and the dates on it.

Him: this is a state issued id (I’m not sure why he thought it was state issued, maybe he worked in one of the state departments, it’s not like it said DSS or BHR on it). My birthday is (blank)

This back and forth went on way longer than it should have. I even listed the kinds of IDs that can be used in tobacco and alcohol purchases. He kept insisting his birthday was so and so and that because the badge had his picture it was valid. Eventually he got the idea and just stormed off.

I’m still just baffled because I told him, several times why his badge didn’t work and the kind of ID that we would need. I even told him a drivers license we can take, he said he doesn’t have one because he has his work badge. His work badge, something that can easily enough be forged and such, apparently will suffice in place of a drivers license in his opinion.

It’s just amazing how hard headed people will choose to be.