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kitewithfish ([personal profile] kitewithfish) wrote2007-11-17 03:35 pm

dammit crazy foreign people, I'm fully grown!

I got asked for my ID at a grocery store today buying wine. In Vienna. Where the drinking age is 16.

SOMEONE THOUGHT I LOOKED 15 YEARS OLD.

I blame this on standing next to a really, really large man at the counter.

I'm going to go drink my wine and cry.

[identity profile] figureinthefog.livejournal.com 2007-11-20 02:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm 26, and I still get carded for cigarettes by people who swear I can't be 18.
I guess that's why people look at me funny when a 6 year old calls me mommy.

[identity profile] beanie-platypus.livejournal.com 2007-11-22 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
People are weird. I am still vaguely insulted, though further investigation has led to the belief that the age limit for the beverage I was purchasing was probably 18 (one can buy beer 5% and under at 16, and then things more potent are reserved for those over 18. Still you can get pretty damned drunk on beer.)