That never happens in the UK that I've ever seen (I used to buy them from shops but I don't like the outside) and its legally enforced here.

I order games through the slow mail now since my internet connection isn't fast enough to download them.

I also like fondling the DVD boxes...

you're the missing th point Kickacrip. Sure it's not a big deal, but the point is that policies like that are stupid and we shouldnt have to be carded for osmething as trivial as a video game if we're clearly above the age.

Always happens to me at Walmart and Gamestop too, even though they bloody well KNOW I'm over 21 at Gamestop.

What a stupid subject for a dedicated thread.

The poor girl is doing her job, and it is no sweat off anyone's brow to show ID. The wallet is already out, after all.

Think for myself eh.  On this issue, you know, there just seem to be more important things in life than whether or not company policies dictate I show someone an ID.

It's annoying, but it's hardly a bad policy.  Too many people get by buying stuff they shouldn't be otherwise, because the tellers either don't know or don't care.

But he might have been the brother of Benjamin Button!!

Who buys games from Target?  Unless they're on sale, it is far easier to purchase games elsewhere. 

I have nothing against people being carded for certain goods despite how I feel about many age restrictions in general. The guy with a full beard may well be only 17. However, if someone is clearly of age, as in this case where the man is over 50, what are you achieving except holding people up?

If you read my next line, you'll note that I split my argument into two parts.  Scanning is out of line.  Showing is not.  No matter how old he appears to be.

I'm sure that would work in some alternate reality where you could always be sure.

Well, here's hoping the entire world system crashes and burns. Then the survivors shall build a new Humanity that doesn't need people to carry "Identification Papers" like this was Nazi Germany circa 1933. So many things in life today are built just to make governments and businesses more money. Just in order to get a car on the road today you need a mountain of paper work. Why? The whole thing can be simplified. If you can't prove that you could pay for the damages if you got into an accident, you shouldn't be able to buy a car. Why would I need the "ok" from my state government to be able to drive in the first place? You only need a "license" because someone else says you do and that "someone else" has the power to have you arrested if you don't do things "their way". Rediculous....

We should all long for a return to the days of "if you're old enough to reach the pedals you're old enough to drive". Same thing with drinking. If you're tall enough to walk up the bar you're old enough to drink. Why is the drinking age 21 while everything else is at 18? At 18 you can be forcibly Drafted into the Military and shipped off to a hell hole where you'll most likely get your head blown off, but no, you're not old enough to walk into a bar and get drunk, sorry. (and don't give me the excuse "they can drink on base", that's not the point). If someone is old enough to Die for your Country then you should be old enough to walk into a bar in that Country and get served.

The entire worlds current system of doing things is flawed from conception. All it does is complicate things and make the rich Richer while making the poor Poorer. When you think about it do we even need a monetary system? Because people want to get "Paid" and have more then their fellow human beings. We see life as a competition to out-do each other. To make more money, to have a better house, to have a better looking wife, so we can pass all that on to our children to doom them to being stuck in the same system that holds back all of Humanity.

I really wish things were like they were in "Star Trek". Not with the space ships and technology that fixes everything (though that would be nice too) but in the way that everyone works "To Better Humanity as a Whole" and not to better their standing among their peers or to further greedy ambitions. Sadly though the world is so steeped in it's current ways that they will never change until the people of the world are FORCED to change. Here's hoping that FORCE comes sooner and not later. Come on Apocalypse!!!! I'm routing for you!!!!

Because, a car is a lethal weapon, and anyone who thinks otherwise is either a complete and utter moron, or has never seen a 'minor' accident.  Actually, I'll go with the first.  A ton or more of metal, designed to reach speeds of over sixty miles per hour, does a hell of a lot of damage to anything.  While I don't know of any actual tests, I'm willing to bet that a car driven at 60 MPH into a tank will destroy the tank quite handily, assuming the tank lets it hit.

Cars are extremely dangerous, even with all the rules and regulations in place to try and reduce that.  I can't emphasize that enough.  A 30MPH collision has enough energy to kill four or five people, despite being a blunt force approach.

Actually, originally everything except the draft age was 21.  That got dropped because of the argument 'if they're old enough to die for their country...' and the alcohol age hasn't caught up.  And given the stupidity college students get into every year, I'd be temped to raise the alcohol age, not lower it!

I made the assumption you knew about Target's policy before siding with it. They don't just want to look at your ID, they scan it, and they tell they are required to scan it even those corporate says they can just enter the birthdate. What corporate doesn't tell you is the folks at the register don't actually know how to just enter the birthdate, they only know how to scan it. It wasn't my ID and his choice. I still think it's ridiculous, and I don't see any reason why they need to know your age, sex, weight, height, donor status, driving restrictions and endorsements, your address, photo and what year your record was created just to sell you a video game... all that information they can and probably do pull off that card (except maybe the photo).