Age is in the eye of the beholder

Apparently I now look over thirty.

Last night Clodagh, I and a couple of friends went for a drink in the bar of a local restaurant (hooray for airconditioning!).  As we were ordering Clodagh and one of the others both got IDed.  As the waitress was apologizing she came out with this: "I'm really sorry, I have to ID people who look under thirty.  I need to see your ID and your ID (pointing to the two of them)."  No, I wasn't one of the people pointed to.  I've been places without getting IDed before, but this was the first time I've been called out as looking over thirty.

This is even a bit funnier because when I have a fresh haircut I tend to (think I) look really young - a couple of years ago I got IDed going into a club in Dublin.  Where the age to get in is eighteen.  Yes, I got IDed going into a bar in a country with a drinking age of eighteen.  Either I've gone downhill fast, or it's really whatever people want to see.

Published Tuesday, July 25, 2006 11:25 AM by greg

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# re: Age is in the eye of the beholder

I apparently am also 30, given that they didn't ID me either. Rampant sexism at Azteca! They only ID girls, or so it seemed.

Tuesday, July 25, 2006 11:47 AM by Aaron