I went out today with a friend, to celebrate two things:
1. finishing my story on time
2. my friend's new job as a Postie
What got me, was being asked for ID. Now that's not necessarily a bad thing, but it's very odd indeed, considering I turned 35 this August just gone!
By my reckoning, I've been a fully-fledged adult now, for the past 18 years (god I feel old!), so why am I still being asked for ID? Probably because while I might be over the age of consent, I have yet to reach the HEIGHT of consent (apparently). Being a person of a smaller stature, with a young face - so I'm told, anyway - I often get mistaken for a child.
Mostly it's quite funny, but sometimes it can be quite annoying.
I'm not sure how to take today's little episode. Perhaps as it was meant - as a compliment :-)
1. finishing my story on time
2. my friend's new job as a Postie
What got me, was being asked for ID. Now that's not necessarily a bad thing, but it's very odd indeed, considering I turned 35 this August just gone!
By my reckoning, I've been a fully-fledged adult now, for the past 18 years (god I feel old!), so why am I still being asked for ID? Probably because while I might be over the age of consent, I have yet to reach the HEIGHT of consent (apparently). Being a person of a smaller stature, with a young face - so I'm told, anyway - I often get mistaken for a child.
Mostly it's quite funny, but sometimes it can be quite annoying.
I'm not sure how to take today's little episode. Perhaps as it was meant - as a compliment :-)
1 comment:
Awww you young 'un!!! It is nice at times when folks assume you are younger than your real age. I put it down to behaviuor and attitude. There's some very "old" twenty- somethings and equally some young fifty-plus people.
Seriously I was asked in store a while back for proof of age, when buying a cert 18 DVD. By someone who could only have been around 16 themselves!!!! Go figure.
So will your Postie friend be wearing shorts..? LOL
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