Poor Pony! He's got a 4-day weekend ahead of him. He stopped by the local Country Mart that's across the street from the main post office. To lay in some fortifications for his time off. He was SHOCKED to look at the receipt:
"I've been attacked at Country Mart! *61*"
"Heh, heh! You certainly have! I think they just pick an age to use all day, so they don't have to think."
I'm pretty sure The Pony will forget about this indignity soon enough...
Sounds like some party! Oh when one has toi carry their own water. Right?
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure whether The Pony was having any guests! I think he was just laying in supplies of "staples" for his long weekend! Just the two necessary food groups...
DeleteI think they should just have "age verified" without any numbers. We never had that printed on any of our receipts. Not for alcohol or cigarettes.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it just slows down the check-out process. Casey's has to do it for their lottery ticket sales! They used to ask my age (as if there was any question that I was over 18, heh, heh) but then just started punching in a number.
DeleteIt would be worse if he were actually a bit younger and had someone guess his age as 61. That would burn me up if I were actually still in my 50s.
ReplyDeleteThe Pony is 25! He couldn't be much younger and still buy alcohol! So of course he was insulted by the 61. There was a clerk at Country Mart who used to put my age as 35. That's where I came up with the theory that they just pick an age to use all day, so they don't have to guess.
DeleteNo way they really thought he was 61! Just too lazy to ask to see his ID where they could have determined his age accurately. Oh, that's it, they don't "do" math!!
ReplyDeleteI've never heard them actually ASK for ID there. But this store is strict about the checker being 21 to ring up alcohol. The other location... not so much. I can't imagine how long the line would be tied up if they tried to do mental math. They'd probably just post a note on the register with the birthdate needed to be legal.
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