Minor rant! Buying spray paint!

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So I go to Homers to buy a can of clear coat spray. Now I am well aware that any product with fumes sends off the "alarms" do to idiots who huff the stuff.
Anyway it used to be the cashier would just push a button, yep he/she is over 18 yrs old, and away you go.

Today I get this middle age lady and she asks for my DOB ??

I say what? Why? Thanks for the compliment but I am way way over 18!!:eek: She says it is Federal Law I must enter your DOB. I told her NO. I am not giving it to you and it is not a Fed Law, you only need to verify I am over 18, I clearly over 18 and that's it. Why should I tell everyone in line my DOB! Heck you have my Debit card, you want my Kids names also (I did not say that)
Well she got all indignant and why are you giving me a hard time, and was all pissy. I showed her my DL and she was more upset than I was.:confused:

On the way out I asked to speak to a manager, she was nice and said that the programmers put in a field on the check out to put in the DOB. I suggested that was a bad idea, especially at this store, which is up by a big retirement are of Northerners who live down here in the Winter. Probably 75% of the customers are over 65 years old.

Had the Lady who checked me out, said they "make me put in a date I just would have given her any DOB. Guess I could have told her to put HER DOB in!!

They should just have a "universal" DOB to put in for folks clearly over 18.

Just one more pry into you life thing!:(
 
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A couple of years ago I went to wally world to buy a small can of compressed air to clean some dust out of my stereo amp and the can was locked up. however there was all kinds of spray paint available out in the open
 
I never use my real DOB for anything not official, that's one of the key components of identity theft. I tell them January 1, and pick any random year in the 50's. That goes for web sites that ask too. Funny thing is I get all kinds of birthday greetings for the new year.

Around the garden of Eden we call NJ they are worried about kids tagging. That's graffiti for those in nice parts of the country. Some of them are pretty talented.
 
Not spray paint, but alcohol: New Mexico used to require the waitress card anyone she served alcohol to. We'd hit a favorite watering hole after the NMGCA show closed for the evening, and we'd be carded. I was in my upper '70s then and my friend was pushing 90, he fought in the Battle of the Bulge. It was completely ridiculous, and finally New Mexico amended the law. I don't know what it is now, but we haven't been carded for several years.
 
Where ya been, Dawg? Been that way in my 'hood for years. Same with OTC allergy medicines with pseudo ephidrine.
 
The local Osco drug store had that policy in the liquor dept some years back. I would always give a DOB like ' June 1, 1865 ' after a couple of times the clerk quit asking me.
 
For spray paint ? Nooooooooooo Chiiiiiiiiiii777 ? Do all you fellars live in big nasty Northern cities ? Or in big Southern cities taken over by Yankees and their Northern laws ? Spray paint wow. What is next Kotex and proof you are a female ?
 
At our local festivals here in Paradise, CA that serve alcohol, we are required to show I.D. for a wristband which they attach...after that, we can buy booze for anyone. Guess it's a legal thing, don't bother me at all, but when the server is younger than your youngest kid, and they get to know you by name as a regular, it's a breeze. Don't say a word, get the band and a glass of Feather Falls brew...Good to have friends in the liquor business...hell, when I was a kid my mom used to send me to the local store with a note for her Salem Menthols...and they always sold them to me. Missed out on some great business transactions in my youth.
 
BC38 said:
Yup, just as soon as someone figures out a way to use feminine hygiene products to either do acts of of vandalism or to get high...
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Well first you lay them on a table then soak one side with the spray paint then tie it with the dry side around your face like a mask and breathe deeply.:eek::D
 
99savage308 said:
What is next Kotex and proof you are a female ?
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I hope not - they make great emergency bandages! A friend of mine and his wife saved a guy's life who's leg was sliced open in a car accident by applying one. I think they used duct tape to hold it in place. Paramedics gave them high praise and left it in place while transporting to hospital.

I'm guessing tampons would work great for bullet holes, but have no desire to find out for real.
 
Remind them, they did have the largest credit card breach ever, less than 2 years ago and should be collecting less personal information, not more.:confused:

Fool me once.......
 
BC38 said:
Yup, just as soon as someone figures out a way to use feminine hygiene products to either do acts of of vandalism or to get high...
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They already do use them to get high....I won't go into details here, but a quick Google search will give you more info than you probably ever wanted to know about feminine hygiene products, alcohol, and the things that people do. :eek:
 
Tom S. said:
I hope not - they make great emergency bandages! A friend of mine and his wife saved a guy's life who's leg was sliced open in a car accident by applying one. I think they used duct tape to hold it in place. Paramedics gave them high praise and left it in place while transporting to hospital.

I'm guessing tampons would work great for bullet holes, but have no desire to find out for real.
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They are also wonderful for polishing aluminum.
 
Merchants can put a spot for any info they want on their computers.It doesn't mean they are going to get it from the consumer.Every time I go to BassPro they ask for my phone # at checkout. I politely tell the person that they are not my type and then point to the sign that boldly says that BassPro respects my privacy.

The only reason for showing your DOB is if the clerk can't tell if you're of legal age.If they can't see that I am well over the legal age than maybe they should be working at Subway or Burger King.

I don't eat fast food so I'm assuming that they don't card people at those places.
 
"And can I have your phone number?"

"Only if I can have yours . . . "

(your area code) 555-1212 - the always used number in film and tv, also will work.

Generally moves the transaction along pretty quickly . . .
 
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