In the US, an expired ID is essentially viewed as a non-existent ID, at least when it comes to purchases of cigarettes and alcohol. That's how it's supposed to be, but that's not how it is. Most gas station employees don't care and barely look at ID's; the same applies to most stores other than Walmart, in my experience. Walmart seems to grind their employees and they questioned the validity of my GA ID here in TN when I moved back. Why? Because most people in NE TN are used to seeing SC, NC and VA licenses, not as many from GA.
The law is that an expired ID isn't valid for purchases that require an ID. The ID has to be state or gov. issued, have a photo and valid birth date. I believe their used to be an exception where you could opt not to have your photo on your ID, but that was quite a few ago and now ID's are required to have a photo.
Also a broken ID is as good as one that is expired, so if you broke it in half, for any reason, purchases requiring an ID are not to be honored.
Is it annoying? Maybe for some, but I'd rather check every single customers' ID than have ONE child or underage teen walk out of my store with something they're not supposed to have. We don't need the bad press anymore than we already have. We don't need to give the FDA any more fodder to heavily regulate EC's any more than they already want to.
The law is that an expired ID isn't valid for purchases that require an ID. The ID has to be state or gov. issued, have a photo and valid birth date. I believe their used to be an exception where you could opt not to have your photo on your ID, but that was quite a few ago and now ID's are required to have a photo.
Also a broken ID is as good as one that is expired, so if you broke it in half, for any reason, purchases requiring an ID are not to be honored.
Is it annoying? Maybe for some, but I'd rather check every single customers' ID than have ONE child or underage teen walk out of my store with something they're not supposed to have. We don't need the bad press anymore than we already have. We don't need to give the FDA any more fodder to heavily regulate EC's any more than they already want to.
Well, sorry, but I think that kind of legislation is a tad overkill... I mean, one thing is to check someone's I.D. whenever there is any chance of doubt, to make sure that you're not selling to minors something you were not be supposed to sell... I totally agree with this.
On the other hand, checking the ID of someone who is clearly in his 40's, 50,s, ... 80's... to validate if an ID has expired?
Why should employees do police work? What is then, the purpose of the law? Keep minors from buying what they should not be buying, is it not? Why turn every sale into a kind of 'police stop-operation', just to check everyone's 'papers' ?
With this kind of legislation, any vendor would have the right to take a peek at my birthdate, my marital status, where I was born, etc... when all I want is to buy some liquid or a new setup, and when I am clearly old enough to legally buy those items...
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