Target disrespects Senior Citizens

I think everyone here is missing the point. When the government makes
rules and we follow them like sheep something is drastically wrong.
Will we eventually be made to show our ID's when we buy books, buy
gas purchase food. Does no one question why this is happening? What
is the purpose of a 90 year old showing an ID? Certainly someone in
their 30's could look 21 or younger that is true but someone who
fought in the Korean War, Vietnam War or WWII. Come one now. Lets
get serious. One by one we are giving up our rights and not even
questioning why this is happening.

For the store, they have the choice of customers being embarrassed or
facing huge fines and job loss for not carding everyone. It is very
simple to get a state ID, and something that someone without a license
is going to need anyway.

State issued ID, in my state it looks like a drivers license, expect
the color is different.

My mom, who will be 72 in September, has been carded for alcohol at
Walmart.

She does not ask store management why she was carded.
She does not give the cashier a hard time.
She is not embarrassed to show her ID.
She does not complain about it.
She does not feel that it is disrespectful to card senior citizens.

She just shows the cashier her ID.

She realizes that there is a reason why the store is asking for her
ID.

My mother never drove a day in her life. She has a state ID card that
is accepted everywhere. We got it for her when they started asking
for a government issued photo ID to fly.

Ageism goes both ways after all

If my mother who has never driven a day in her life can get herself
down to the local DMV/Licensing office to get a State ID, then anyone
who has given up their Drivers License can do it too. BTW, she's 78
years old.

So get a regular photo ID. They're cheaper than driver's licenses.
Many places can't even sell liquor unless they run the photo ID
through a special reader -- they can't even ring up the liquor without
doing that.

Just get a state issued I.D card. You should have one anyway if you
don't have a drivers license.

There are other things you might need a legal ID for.

I don't understand why you are writing this letter about Seniors being
embarrassed about no longer having a Dl, when a State Id serves the
same purpose?

Many seniors who no longer drive often still retain their licenses
anyway. Or they may obtain non-driver's ID cards.


I don't see why store employees need to be beaten up over this... not
if the customer in question is too "embarrassed" to obtain an ID
card.



The problem you're going to face here however is that the store is
well within their legal rights to ask for ID, regardless of age. You
can try to ask but they don't have to say anything back at all except
... "Please have your ID card handy when you purchase alcohol."

You are not giving up any sort of freedom by losing your license to
drive. It may make being independent more difficult, but relinquishing
your driving privileges is for the safety of everyone.

Regarding the ID policy, I have never heard of a store that requires a
drivers license to purchase alcohol. It is probably the most common
form of ID, but as others have mentioned, state ID cards exist and
look identical to a drivers license except they say Identification
Card. Other options exist too, such as a passport, etc.

Regarding having to show you ID at Target to show alcohol...

Target is not the only store that does this. I have read on the
internet stories regarding store clerks who did NOT ask a customer for
their ID no matter how old the customer was, & that store clerk was
fired. There are people who go to various stores to see whether or not
the store clerks are asking for everyones ID when they buy alcohol.
The store clerks who do not ask for ID are fired.

The store manager will reinforce the store clerks position because
he/she probably does not want the store to receive a fine. That could
happen. It is much better to err on the side of caution.

I understand that you do not like that policy, but it is something
that has to be followed by everyone.

So get an ID card. No mess no fuss

And its not just target many stores are going this route due to the
stricter government fines and penelties.

1. It's much, much easier to have a blanket policy--card
everybody--than it is to require "a young person just turning legal
age" to determine who needs to be carded and who doesn't.

I've learned to have my ID out at one grocery chain. That's their
policy, and no amount of arguing will get them to make an exception
for me.

2. Wisconsin, at least, provides for a state ID for those who do not
or cannot drive. This policy was in place before Voter ID became law,
and then was overruled, and now may or may not be constitutional.

3.Perhaps your seniors can do like "minors" do, and get someone to
carry out?? I cannot imagine any state or locality that will prosecute
me for purchasing alcohol to share with other adults.

4. Your seniors can also show respect for any store's policies, and be
prepared to show ID if asked. Nobody is being respected when a
customer argues with an employee who is following policy.

The California DMV offers an ID card to senior citizens that is valid
for 10 years.