So I’ve been having trouble with my driver’s license lately.
First time was when I tried to use it to confirm my identity for the Quizno’s 1,000,000 Free Subs promotion. (You had to fill out a website and print out a coupon with your name and info and it had the store owner check your ID.) I had heard about a bunch of places turning down the coupons, so I was prepared for some sort of shakedown there. The oner told me, “She’s not you,” while pointing at the picture. Ouch! It was from when I was growing out my hair, but damn. I pointed out the license clearly shows my sex as M. She grudgingly accepted that it was me, and then punched the code into the credit card machine to redeem it. The machine spit out a rejection. I’m fairly certain she just punched in the number wrong to avoid giving me a free sandwich. That’s OK, I’ve always hated Quizno’s and this just reaffirms my one-man boycott.
But yesterday, when I went to Zen with Lesley M, the bouncer stared at my ID for the longest time. He kept looking back and forth between the picture and my face. After a while, I had WTF face going, and he gave the license to the other bouncer, who also took a hard look. The second bouncer finally just asked me what the address on the license was. I actually blanked for a second because I don’t remember my Davis addresses anymore, and I didn’t remember which Davis address it was. Luckily, I guessed right that it was the address for Avalon, and the two of them let me in.
I suppose I should take this as a compliment, but in the short term, it is quite annoying to risk not getting into something with my own legit ID.
i’ve always wanted to get people to take a picture of themselves for a side-by-side comparison to their drivers license pictures. it is rare to see an actual good match.
True.