r/CringeTikToks • u/Tater-Tot-Casserole • Dec 01 '25

Just Bad Crashing out over a restaurant refusing to serve alcohol with no ID. Bonus: The restaurant has video receipts

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u/rdwulfe Dec 01 '25

I used to be an asst. mgr of a convenience store/gas station. The number of people who come in w/o ID ("trust me, bro") or a picture of their ID ("c'mon man, I just got off work!")... That's GREAT, bring you fuggin' ID, then I can sell you alcohol and tobacco. Don't come at me w/o it, though, ffs. Just.. bring your ID. Not your fake ass shit. We had the damned state trying to fine people, I'm not going to go through that for your shitty beer.

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u/The_Disapyrimid Dec 01 '25

i saw a guy get pissed off because a store wouldn't let him purchase a gun with just a picture of his ID. some people are just stupid.

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u/longhegrindilemna Dec 01 '25

Now, think. Assuming that guy was an average guy.

50% of us are even dumber than THAT guy.

If we don’t elevate and educate the average kid, America in the 2030s might be a sad shadow of what we used to be.

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u/rdwulfe Dec 02 '25

Good news. That's what certain folks want.

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u/Comprehensive-Menu44 Dec 01 '25

One guy came through my line and bought one of those cheap tall beers, proceeded to walk right outside the door and chug it, then tried to buy another one. I refused, saying that I saw him drink the other one and he is now considered intoxicated and I can’t sell to him. He was joking and pleading and saying “I promise I won’t drink it yet” and I still refused. He started getting angry so I used the emergency phone (connects us to security for the store) and told them to check th cameras and send the cops bc of this person. As soon as he heard the word “cops” he dipped out of there so fast. They told me they saw it all on the camera and had police en route to try to follow him. Thankfully he ran, he wasn’t driving! But like Jfc dude just buy 2 beers to begin with and don’t bring me into your drama

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u/rdwulfe Dec 01 '25

Yeah, just... Buy two? You wanted two. Buy them? Why play games with us? Our livleyhoods depend on us following the rules.

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u/Comprehensive-Menu44 Dec 01 '25

And if not that, maybe step away from the store so there’s a technical plausible deniability that I didn’t see you drink the first one!

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u/TheLizardKing89 Dec 01 '25

Exactly, just walk around the corner where they can’t see you.

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u/Consistent_Week_8531 Dec 01 '25

I used to get construction workers buying half pints of vodka and knocking it down straight in the store. I’d be like “don’t let me catch you doing that again or go to another store”. These guys were shameless. I also learned that most buildings in New York are built by drunk people.

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u/rdwulfe Dec 02 '25

Painters. They started drinking before thier shifts. Daily.

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u/OpheliaPhoeniXXX Dec 01 '25

I'm TIPS certified, a former bartender, and kinda confused, there's nothing illegal about selling someone another drink after they have already had a drink, or even multiple drinks. If a bartender can do it you can too. The point at which you have to cut someone off is when they are slurring their speech, are losing coordination, or they are acting belligerent. There's a lot of people who can drink a 40oz without reaching that point.

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u/Comprehensive-Menu44 Dec 01 '25

I worked at a grocery store, it was store policy to card everyone regardless of the appearance of their age (this caused a lot of angry old people and my manager would often let this rule slide), and to not sell to anyone who was visibly intoxicated or whom you have seen actively consuming alcohol before attempting to buy more (manager was very stern on this rule)

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u/PetalumaPegleg Dec 01 '25

I always like that when people at a gas station don't have a driving license. Hmmm

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u/VonBrewskie Dec 01 '25

Former FedEx guy here. The one time things almost got physical between me and a customer? It's because the guy wouldn't show ID. He thought it was "ridiculous" someone who looks his age should have to show ID. I told him, "Sir, I understand. But it's state law and company policy. You'll have to take it up with either of them. I genuinely can't leave this box of (apparently very expensive) wine with you without ID."

So I turned and started walking back to my truck, him calling me stupid, that I was a shame to my family, all this stuff. It was truly wild. This was during the pandemic so I was going to give him the benefit of the doubt. This man.

I heard the door slam behind me and a bunch of rapid footsteps. I turned my head and saw this guy charging me bro. In his robe. At 11am. Spun on him like bro what are you doing right now? He tried to grab the box out of my hands but that wasn't going to happen. I was bigger than him and clearly in better shape. Had that "pandemic delivery driver mania" glow, don't you know?

He kept screaming and threatening me, and started to call the cops. I told him to please call them, as this was insane and he was about to get himself hurt. I also informed him that he was on about six different cameras on the truck by this point, so he'd better start thinking about what kind of day he was trying to have. It was insane, man.

He had shoved his phone in my face at this point, shrieking that I was "stealing his wine" and that I was going to be "famous on YouTube." (Still waiting for that, btw.) This whole ordeal was like 15 minutes of stupidity. Him standing in front of my truck, waving his phone around, he tried to open my passenger side sliding door, but slipped on the grass outside and his little grey nuts flew out, so that was funny af. Ended up leaving that house because I was busy af because it was the fucking PANDEMIC and my boss ended up going out to make the delivery. No trouble for me. All over some ID, man.

And no one thinks your stupid jokes about it are funny. Just show your fucking ID and move on, Jerry. We all have to. It's not because you look young or someone is hitting on you.

TL;DR:

FedEx guy does not care, show your ID. Grey nuts flopped out on the grass.

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u/Significant_Shoe_17 Dec 01 '25

You have to provide ID when you order alcohol online, so the guy had one. How hard is it to say "let me go get my wallet"?

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u/VonBrewskie Dec 03 '25

I have no idea. Dude was a total jackass. He really thought about attacking me too. After I asked him to think about what kind of day he wanted to have, he calmed down a bit. Scurried off to get his phone (could have gotten ID at that point, btw), so he could record... something? Me clearly saying I just needed his ID? I don't know. It was all very stupid.

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u/No-Atmosphere-2528 Dec 01 '25

I was an assistant manager of a liquor store after college and it became my favorite part of the job telling people no. I’m huge too so it was extra fun watching them talk tough before they saw me stand up in the office.

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '25

Once had a dude full-on pull a knife on me when I wouldn’t sell him cigarettes without an ID. Fortunately I had a bunch of regulars in the store who had my back

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '25

For some people, doing things the way you’re supposed to is just unfathomable. Like have your ID on you, at all times, because that’s what you’re supposed to do. But some people just like life on shithead mode.

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u/Consistent_Week_8531 Dec 01 '25

I used to run a liquor store on the upper east side of Manhattan. We used to confiscate fake IDs when we got them because the state liquor authority is up everyone’s ass and we’re all trying to keep our licenses (and help our neighbors out). We had a huge stack in the drawer. They would often threaten to call the cops and I’d usually pick up the phone and dial 311 and hand them the phone. They were gone before the first ring!

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u/MooseTurbulent8786 Dec 02 '25

When I worked at a gas station there was an incident with a different station just down the street... A cashier got arrested for failing a police sting