IndiMay (cailet25) wrote, @ 2008-11-20 09:37:00

Current mood:

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Almost carded.
At the store on Tuesday, I went through the express line to purchase shampoo, cold medicine, Febreeze, and aluminum foil. The cashier said, "Whah whah whah whah?"

I said, "Pardon?"

She said, "Are you over eighteen?"

"Oh. Yes!"

Then I glanced at my items--which obviously did not include tobacco products, porn, guns, or ammo--to figure out why she'd asked. It must have been the cold medicine. Only grown-ups are supposed to buy it or something? Because when you've gone from seventeen to eighteen years of age you will magically no longer abuse over-the-counter medicine to produce hallucinogenic effects? (Which, by the way, I don't ever do. I ODed on cough syrup when I was around thirteen entirely by accident once. It was one of the worst nights EVER. When I use liquid cough syrup, I measure my doses carefully.)

I said to the cashier, "Do you need to see my I.D.?"

She shook her head, no.

Maybe by then she'd actually looked at me to see that I can't quite pass for seventeen anymore.

(But if I could, you know I'd be a "Dancing Queen, young and sweet, only seventeen!")

	bally 2008-11-20 14:36 (link)
	Think of it as a tribute to your youthful good looks. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	cyndisision 2008-11-20 16:21 (link)
	The night is young and the music's...hiiiiiigh :) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	cosmicavatar 2008-11-20 17:33 (link)
	Heehee! Nice. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mindforest 2008-11-20 21:42 (link)
	Hilarious! Did you giggle at the counter? I love when cashiers ask if I'm over 18, I say yes, and they believe me. While I actually am over 18, I'm young enough that it's questionable and they need to card. But no one ever does. It's beautiful. (Reply to this) (Thread)

boycrazygrl747 2008-11-21 09:43 (link)

i might be the world's biggest baby whereas if i MUST take cough medicine (which means i'm approaching death at a rapid pace), i need to take only the necessary amounts and chase it with two separate beverages and some sort of food to rid my mouth of the god-awful taste. i'm THAT disgusted by the taste. so it amazes me that people are willing to drink this stuff for FUN! where i run near my apartment, there is a rural road littered with empty cough medicine bottles. while running (aka, bored), i counted up to 17 on this one little road. disgusting, dangerous, and insane in my opinion. so, for me, i'm glad to hear that they're being somewhat cautious about who buys cough/cold medicine these days... plus, it never hurts to be mistaken for a dancing queen. :) (Reply to this) (Thread)