A New Take on Age Verification
I went to buy some beer Friday evening and, after selecting a brew, I took it to the register to pay. The clerk was a man in his 40s with a double chin:
Clerk: How old are you?
Me: 27.
Clerk: Oh, ok… That’ll be $7.13.
I then proceeded to pay for the beer. But, it left me wondering whether this was the clerk’s attempt at age verification or whether he was just curious how old I was ;).
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When TABC uses underage kids to buy alcohol in a sting, the decoys are instructed to always say their real age if asked and always show a real ID. Something about entrapment lawsuits, I gather. Maybe the guy knew that.
So, I ask non-sarcastically, do I look like there’s a chance I might be under 21?