65-year-old gets carded in supermarket

News Type: Event — Seeded on Fri Sep 7, 2007 9:10 AM EDT

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...A 65-year-old woman who went into a Farmington supermarket to buy wine was turned away because she didn't have an ID with her. But Barbara Skapa of Mount Vernon says that won't happen again.

"I'll be bringing my driver's license with me from now on," Skapa said.

She normally carries her license. But with her leg in a cast, Skapa was being driven by a friend when she went into the Hannaford Bros. market last week in and picked up several items, including a few bottles of wine.

The cashier told her it was policy to check for identification, said Skapa, who believes "no one would mistake me for 30 or even 40." Skapa asked if her friend could buy the wine for her, but that was disallowed too because it's considered "third-party" purchasing. Skapa asked to see the manager.

A spokeswoman for the supermarket chain, Rebecca Howes, said Hannaford's new policy is to check IDs of anyone who looks under 45 and wants to buy alcohol. The previous policy was to check for proof of age of those who look younger than 30....

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newsguru

Now they are just being ridiculous. I'm sure there are some 20 and unders who could pass for 30, 40 or 50, but a 65 year old. Common sense ain't quite so common.

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#1 - Fri Sep 7, 2007 9:22 AM EDT

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lhornung

It says she asked to see the manager, but it doesn't say if the manager let her buy the alcohol. Yes, this is effing stupid.

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#2 - Fri Sep 7, 2007 10:23 AM EDT

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