I need to see your ID please...

[ColonelPanic]

So, this morning I go to the local WAL*MART to pick up some crap... Nothing major, just four quarts of Mobil 1, and some Techron...As the cashier scans the Techron, I noticed on the display that I had to be born at least 18 years ago to this day to purchase said product... Wha? I asked the cashier... "Was that the Techron that set that message off?" "Yes, that was the last thing I scanned" replied the cashier.Obviously, she let it slide, since I'm almost a decade beyond that point. But it sure as hell would have been funny to have been carded for buying a friggin' bottle of fuel injector cleaner! hehFeel sorry for the I dunno, I just found that rather amusing...

[ullbergm]

No idea why, but you dont seem to be the only one curious about it..http://www.audifans.com/archiv....htmlThat was in 98..Quote »The most hilarious and ridiculous thing happened to me this weekend. Hearing rumors that Techron was being pulled off the market and replacedwith the diluted Pro-Guard, I went to the Walmart next to work duringlunch time on Friday to get some Mobil One and some Techron andeffectively, there was no Techron in sight - just ProGuard.Saturday I tried a different Walmart and they had just four bottlesleft, so I took two of them at the usual price of $5.99. Then, when Itry to pay for it, I am suddenly asked for a driver's license with avery serious look like if were some kind of criminal getting supplies tocarry out some dark evil plot plot against mankind. I asked why theyneeded my license for and the cashier refused to tell me. After all wassaid an done and the cashier going to talk to the manager, I wasn'tallowed to take the Techron home without proof that I was notunderage?!?!?Has anyone had similar experiences? Next thing they'll be asking me forID to buy motor oil or even wiper blades!! BTW, this was in Dallas, TX.

[ColonelPanic]

Wow! That's quite interesting!I guess it was the ProGuard I bought too... Hmmm!

[bud_one]

I've gotten carded for buying model paint...you know the brush on kind for detailing...at Wal-Mart of course..

[Mase]

It's getting weird these days. I got carded when I tried to buy a small butane soldering torch . Yet I didn't get when I bought a handbasket full of ammunition for my guns . Both incidents happened on different days at the same Wal-Mart.

[russ257]

i think its because you could huff it. i dunno but its an idea.

[kostby]

I guess "teenagers" don't try to get high inhaling small arms ammunition - yet.Middle-school kids in our area are abusing Dustoff - the compressed 'air' used to dust off computer keyboards!

[Kari]

It's more than likely for the fume effect...but there are a lot of weird things you have to be 18 to buy now. You can't buy cold medicine without an ID now, although I think that is an ingredient in meth. We have the same meth lab problem here, and there are a lot of things on restriction at our Wal-marts and grocery stores because of it...and it's especially annoying when you don't look 18, even though you're 22.

[Pablo1669]

Quote, originally posted by Mase » Yet I didn't get carded the last time I bought a handbasket full of ammunition for my guns . I got carded buying a case of shotgun shells for some skeet shooting, and the lady swiped my ID, but the shells didn't show up on my receipt. (which was about 50 bucks under priced)

[kharman]

this is why is refuse to shop at the capitalist machine that is wal--mart.....they are the minions of satan...

[bud_one]

I just hate going to the store...period...what's the deal with having 80 registers and only 6 are open at one time..

[rebbierae]

I agree wholeheartedly Kharman! That store will be the death of America!

[Pablo1669]

Quote, originally posted by rebbierae »I agree wholeheartedly Kharman! That store will be the death of America!I too refuse to shop at Wal-mart. All their stuff is SOOOOO cheap, and they have some really shady business practices The midwest is blessed with a store called Meijer, where I do mostly all of my shopping. It's pretty much the same thing as a Walmart supercenter, except the chain is owned by a guy here in Michigan. I think they are only in the midwest as of now.

[Kari]

Quote, originally posted by Pablo1669 » The midwest is blessed with a store called Meijer, where I do mostly all of my shopping. It's pretty much the same thing as a Walmart supercenter, except the chain is owned by a guy here in Michigan. I think they are only in the midwest as of now.Yep, they're only in the midwest...being a transplanted Ohioan, I miss my Meijer! I would say that I only have to miss it until August, but there's not a Meijer conveniently near where I'm moving, even though it's in Ohio...

[Pablo1669]

Give it like a year, and you'll have one. They are spreading like wild fires.

[Mr. Poopypants]

Quote, originally posted by kharman »this is why is refuse to shop at the capitalist machine that is wal--mart.....they are the minions of satan...Target!!!You can get much better stuff for around the same price or a little more, plus.....not nearly as much white trash at Target.

[rebbierae]

Target RULES!! It is my Happy Place!

[bud_one]

Amen!!! Quote, originally posted by Mr. Poopypants »..not nearly as much white trash at Target.

[cieglo]

But the greedy frog-swine owners of tar-jey won't let the salvation army bell ringers out front of their stores...what was up with that?[Isn't that a comedian bit? "What's the deal with THAT?"]I don't like either stick-you-to-the-Wall Mart or your-wallet-is-our-Target whose symbol is a bullseye - there's some French WWII joke buried in that symbolism somewhere - but those are the only places nearby that have one-stop shopping now that KMart is going down the tubes, or not, or they are, or they just can't figure it out.

[Raivis]

i have been carded for model paint (brush and spray) and super glue and some house hold cleaners what are people coming to these days

[Ponyota]

That's pretty funny Colonel.... I suppose if they tried to card me for anything other than alcohol or tobacco I would laugh at them and tell them to stick it back on the shelf for me. Although I'm 40 years old, it might be a complement and I'd just say "well bless your heart" with a smile...

[Kari]

Quote, originally posted by Ponyota »Although I'm 40 years old, it might be a complement and I'd just say "well bless your heart" with a smile... When I was working at Food City, I once carded a man who looked to be in his late teens/early 20s...when I asked to see his ID, he about died laughing and thanked me profusely. He was 37. But he honestly looked extremely young, so I'm surprised he hadn't been carded more often. However, after a couple of people got caught in a police sting intended to deliberately mislead you because the guy was made up to look about 35 but was really 19 and was trying to buy alcohol, I started carding everybody, no matter what, and so did a lot of other cashiers. I've seen that quite a bit...it's just the safest way to go anymore, since they'll charge you about $1500 in court costs for selling to someone underage.

[ragingfish]

I hate Wal Mart I refuse to shop there. Kari and CP know damn well I get livid when people tell me to go to Wal Mart. I will pay $5 more for something at Target than Why-Mart.That being said, I'm an ex-employee of Target, and I feel good supporting a company that really treats it's staff like kings. The benefits were great, the pay was competitive, and the connections you could get just being a Target employee were fabulous (you could buy a Dell computer real cheap because as a Target employee).Go Target!

[micheles_bad_vibe]

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[joatmon]

it's funny to get carded for buying car parts. I almost never got carded, could buy hard liquor when 16, but that was back when drunk driving was an excuse for why you had the accident instead of being another offense to be charged with.I try to never go to walmart, the one by me is always packed with pushy people. I try to use kmart because they need the business, but more often than not they just don't have what I am looking for. I like tarmart, because it is usually not crowded, and the stuff is ok, but the one by me has only a token automotive section. There is a strip of stores, the roads are such that you need to start on one end and work your way down, so when I go looking for something in the marts, it's usually tarmart first, kmart second, and then walmart only as a last resort.

[zionzr2]

One reason some places to card for "Fuel Treatments" is the growing street racing epidemic in sertian areas with teenagers using sertain treatments for better performance. A few years ago I was in a small town Wal-mart and purcased a octane booster for my return trip to get better economy. I was carded for the purchase. Confused, I then had a manager explain to me the reason for their policy.