brighton last may bank holiday
hotel (my half) - £300
food (3 days of eating out) - £200
booze etc (conservative estimate) - £200
clothes shopping - £400
shoe shopping - £200
jewellery shopping - £100
pointless funky things shopping - £150
parking tickets - £80
psychic (when in rome) - £30
second psychic (didn't agree with first one) - £30

fucking addictive seductive brighton - think we're going again this bank holiday now...

however. on the massive plus side, i got ID'd in about 3 different pubs. this totally made my weekend. i hadn't been ID'd in years!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 13 May 2010, 17:49, 19 replies)

Next time park at the marina
No charge and no parking tickets, even is you have to get buses all day. No fair! The pubs here have stopped IDing me! I'm only 22! *Sobs uncontrollably*
(Petite chien is going to do science to it, Thu 13 May 2010, 17:59, closed)

Yikes
that is a spree and a half!
(Halfy By light alone, Thu 13 May 2010, 18:10, closed)

Funny you should mention being ID'd
I've also been asked for proof of age recently (two supermarkets and a offy).

It's brilliant. I'm 36 and have a beard.

Has there been any change to the law that makes people more guarded?

I've not been asked for proof of age since I was 19.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 13 May 2010, 18:23, closed)

I don;tkonw but I was ID'd 4 times in a row at my local supermarket last year.
I was 30. I was smug about it, until your story. :P
( Crap Little Monkey Deathstar, so good they built it twice, Thu 13 May 2010, 18:55, closed)

Enjoyed a wonderful ID'ing experience in Tesco
The girl on the till didn't have english as her first language and was in the process of being trained.

The question, asked in almost a whisper was 'are you 18'?

To which I replied 'no'

The trainer looked a bit uncomfortable as I was, obviously, over 18 and asked me 'how old are you?'. When I said 'I'm 36' she said 'Why didn't you say that?'

Well, the question was specifically 'are you 18?' not 'are you over 18'

That put her training back a few days!
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 13 May 2010, 22:33, closed)

At Morrissons in some shitty backward rural town while on holiday
They refused to serve my mum and stepdad (59 and 60 respectively) because they were buying a bottle of wine and my sister and her fiance (29 and 39) were standing near them. After we'd sorted out ID for my sister, me and the missus (32 and 31) also got ID'd. The missus produced her driving licence (only form of ID she had) to be met with the reply "Is Canada in Europe?" When we realised that they only accept European driving licences as ID, we answered "yes". The joys of being interrogated by cud-chewing tillmonkeys, eh? They never ID'd me when I was 15 and buying cheap cider to drink in the park...
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Fri 14 May 2010, 11:27, closed)

Yep
If people think you look under 25 they'll ID you. I get asked all the time. It has stopped being flattering and is now just annoying (I'm 30), especially when I've forgotten to bring out my driving licence.
(Hovercat, Fri 14 May 2010, 12:50, closed)

erm
That's more than I "get" a month :S
(tweebianmonkey Should be known as Widget, Thu 13 May 2010, 18:31, closed)

Concept of saving lost on you?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 13 May 2010, 18:45, closed)

It's not very easy to save
when every penny you earn gets spent on bills etc.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Sat 15 May 2010, 21:08, closed)

you know only ugly birds get ID'd
in the hope that the barman has an excuse to kick you out for offending his eyes
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Thu 13 May 2010, 18:57, closed)

i am not sure
if this is a compliment or an insult. i think overall it balances out to be both!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 13 May 2010, 19:08, closed)

Methinks
The following thought process went through the barman's head:

1) Here is a fit bird; who is
2) Splashing lots of cash around; so I'd
3) Better ask her for some ID so I can find out her name and then stalk her on Facebook for a week or seven.

QED.
( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Thu 13 May 2010, 20:29, closed)

^^ this

( snee held his breath since, Fri 14 May 2010, 9:17, closed)

!
Sure you don't mean OD'd?
( browser still relating boring anecdotes into a void on, Thu 13 May 2010, 22:48, closed)

Second psychic (didn't agree with first one)
Just for that alone! They saw you coming?
( Blind Meach Cautiously optimistic, Fri 14 May 2010, 10:02, closed)

Hahaha
you deserved that for going to see two psychics
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Fri 14 May 2010, 11:29, closed)

Everyone has their ID checked in Brighton
It's so that if you kick off and cause trouble you can be identified.

Sorry.
(Rilux might be pregnant and has bum-aids, Sat 15 May 2010, 20:44, closed)

I lived in Brighton
for three years and I don't think I spent this much.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Sat 15 May 2010, 21:09, closed)