My sister's 18th birthday here
she's having a party later in the week, so she opted for a nice dinner out with us. With dinner she had wine, and the waitress insisted on ID. Why would anyone think that what was obviously a family do, would lie about their daughter having her 18th bday?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 22:46, 3 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Also, you can drink wine in a restaurant with a meal when you're 14.
Especially if you're with your parents.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 22:47, Reply)

My dad pointed this out
but the waitress was exceptionally rude.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 22:49, Reply)

Waitresses quite often are.
Not me, obviously. When I was a waitress, i was ever so helpful and polite.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 22:49, Reply)

I have never understood why waitresses can be so bitchy
How it that going to earn you a tip, you stupid cow?
(berk, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 22:51, Reply)

Because most men think with their knackers rather than their heads and will gladly cough up a tip if they're served by a young lass, even if she's a total sleeveen.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 23:11, Reply)

I did a bit of waitressing when I was much younger
And screw any form of a tip. I understand that she didn't have an ID, but it was one glass of wine in a quiet setting while we're toasting her being eighteen
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 22:52, Reply)

ID schmy dee.
I'm sure she looks older than 14 so the waitress (or her stupid employer who has them so unnecessarily paranoid about people getting a sniff of grog) can fuck off.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 23:07, Reply)

As a former employee in a nationwide chain of pubs I had to complete a training course about the laws and practices of alcohol sales, even though I was a kitchen porter and had no contact with the customers.
At one point, they got about ten head-and-shoulders shots of would-be customers and asked us to gauge whether they were legal or underage. Operating on common sense, everyone doing the exercise got over half of their answers wrong, and the take-home message was that you should never trust your instincts and always ask for ID, even if they've got World War II medals, because appearances can be very deceiving.

It definitely wasn't because the author(s) of the course materials had deliberately mixed up and/or fabricated the descriptions that went with the photos, oh no.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 23:23, Reply)

perhaps just to give her an opportunity
to use her non fake ID
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 22:48, Reply)

She didn't have ID
so the waitress picked up the glass (about a third full) and tipped it into my mother's wineglass.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 22:56, Reply)

Christ, that really is fucking rude.

(berk, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 22:59, Reply)

I think at that point
I'd have asked to see the manager to whom I would loudly explain why we were leaving now and without settling the bill.
( Kroney, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 23:00, Reply)

Which is what I would've done.
For the sake of my sister though, we refrained from making too big a fuss, paid and left. It was a pity because the food was decent.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 23:03, Reply)

The waitress didn't like the look of her, and wanted to spoil her birthday in the most petty and jobsworthy manner she could.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 23:06, Reply)

I suspect it was something like this
because she was on the point of asking me for my ID as well. Since I'm not drinking, I only had a splash of wine in my glass and I gave her a look that froze the words
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 23:09, Reply)