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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPoll: How many times have you had to show an ID to enter a restaurant ?
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com
Blanche: "There's a lot of things we can be doing, like voter ID. Every time you walk into a restaurant you have to show ID. How about you have to show your idea to vote? That's not anything that's crazy." { FREUDIAN SLIP! FREUDIAN SLIP! }
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221215971
I've never shown ID to get into a Faculty Lounge or Dining Room. As a new student, I ordered a meal in a Faculty dining area without even knowing it. I guess I just looked mature for my age (snarf)*.
Thanks to Miles Archer for the link
*If you'd seen me at that age, you'd understand. Let's just say that puberty came late, slow, and damnably subtly for me.
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| Never, never, ever | |
144 (91%) |
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0 (0%) |
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| Once in my entire life | |
3 (2%) |
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| More than once (no need to be more specific) | |
6 (4%) |
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| WHAT the HELL have you been smoking ? | |
6 (4%) |
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Walleye
(45,339 posts)Only wish someone would actually call them on it in real time. Maybe a reporter should try going into a restaurant and, you know, reporting
Blue Full Moon
(3,632 posts)Is this some sort of garbage they are thinking of putting in place?
eppur_se_muova
(42,400 posts)Attilatheblond
(9,184 posts)eppur_se_muova
(42,400 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(137,094 posts)Never the dining room part of the restaurant.
mwmisses4289
(4,625 posts)The only other times were when I was at the bar or ordering drinks (back when I drank alcohol).
jimmy the one
(2,837 posts)Only on Veterans Day do I need show ID to get the freebies. Applebees, Red Robin, TGIF, bloomin onion or what is it, Olive Garden, well it is understandable why ID is needed and I do not object whatsoever, it is within reason.
Other than that, no I have not to my recollection shown ID.
You say Freudian slip re ID vs idea, looks like an incorrect 'auto correct' to me, ha.
Ms. Toad
(38,793 posts)rzemanfl
(31,457 posts)looking for a way to 86 the fucker.
niyad
(133,799 posts)rzemanfl
(31,457 posts)niyad
(133,799 posts)aeromanKC
(3,958 posts)Jerry2144
(3,309 posts)niyad
(133,799 posts)They called her "Honey Pie in New Orleans,
The hottest of the bunch.
But on the old expense account,
She was gas, cigars, and lunch.
twodogsbarking
(19,255 posts)SergeStorms
(20,791 posts)When republiCANT'S are in office it's Ramen noodles and cheap-ass tuna fish in my nice, comfy refrigerator box. 😉
Jerry2144
(3,309 posts)Some casinos (such as Circa) check your ID to ensure older than 21 to even get in to go to the restaurant. They scan your ID and they also scan your ID to get you free parking for locals.
ForgedCrank
(3,120 posts)I order alcohol, the ID is mandatory regardless that there is no way anyone could ever mistake me for being too young. I'm not 100 percent positive, but I'm pretty sure it's a law in my state. I don't often order alcohol though, so it's only on occasion.
Wonder Why
(7,215 posts)go along with my steak!
haele
(15,566 posts)But a normal restaurant - even a high end one?
No.
And though I've eaten at Hooters (once - did not have to show ID) I've never eaten at a strip club, and from what I understand, they check IDs there.
niyad
(133,799 posts)but NEVER to simply go to a restaurant. Just like I have NEVER had to show ID to simply
buy groceries. I have had to show it on occasion to buy wine in the grocery store, per a state law about alcohol and tobacco.
(* Which always cracks me up. As I show my ID, I point out, with a smile, that I am at least three, and possibly four or five (depending on the bar), times older than their oldest single malt.
MustLoveBeagles
(17,120 posts)I have been carded entering bars until my late thirties.
Bettie
(19,835 posts)at the dining hall.
Never in a restaurant.
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(14,869 posts)RandySF
(85,837 posts)usonian
(26,461 posts)

Retrograde
(11,447 posts)although they did serve food, sort of. I was 65 at the time - they carded everyone who walked in, no exceptions. Good selection of local beers, though.
Initech
(109,180 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(181,653 posts)His claim that people need to show ID every time you walk into a restaurant was foolish, but its part of an effort to impress his audience of one.
Link to tweet
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/blanches-ag-audition-gets-weirder-with-comment-about-mandatory-ids-at-restaurants
Blanche: "There's a lot of things we can be doing, like voter ID. Every time you walk into a restaurant you have to show ID. How about you have to show your idea to vote? That's not anything that's crazy."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-05-03T14:36:31.270Z
...So, a few things.
First, treating the gutting of the Voting Rights Act as an inconvenience to be overlooked is ridiculous.
Second, Ive been to plenty of restaurants, and Ive never even heard of one that requires patrons to show identification at the door.
Third, the right to dine out is in no way comparable to the right to vote, as the acting attorney general really ought to understand.
But as important as these elements are, theyre not unfolding in a vacuum. Blanche is in the midst of an unannounced audition, which hes trying nail through a series of unsubtle moves that include indicting people the president doesnt like, advocating firing squads as a method of federal execution, releasing absurd reports critical of the Biden administration while gratuitously slamming Joe Biden himself, and intervening in support of Trumps ballroom crusade.
So while the Republican lawyers ID at restaurants line was laughable, it wasnt intended to persuade the public; it was intended to impress the president watching to see whether Blanche would embarrass himself in support of Trumps agenda.
By all appearances, its working as intended. During an event with supporters on Friday afternoon, the president referred to Democratic officials in Minnesota, prompting someone in the crowd to shout, Lock them up! Trump added moments later, Well, stranger things have happened, Ill tell you. By the way, our attorney general is doing a very good job, isnt he? Todd Blanche has done a very good job.
Blanche is auditing to become trump's real AG or Blanche may get to stay as acting AG for the maximum time. Blanche is also working to make sure that he is disbarred just like Rudy, Eastman and 20+ other trump attorneys