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At my age? I was just asked for my birth date (note: not just the year) so that I could purchase THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS at Target. Sent them a polite nastygram to their Feedback address when I got back to my desk, too, believe me. None of their business how much older than 17 I am, and I have no desire to have my birthdate attached to my purchasing records or my Visa card number in their files.
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Date: 2004-04-07 12:11 pm (UTC)Bread & CircusWhole Foods does, and cards me every time I buy a bottle of wine there. I agree that I wouldn't want Target keeping track of that, but on the other hand, I'd be very surprised if they didn't already have access to the info, unless you paid in cash.no subject
Date: 2004-04-07 12:28 pm (UTC)I'm sure they do, through the credit reporting system, but I want it to be at least obscured a little bit, instead of keyed right in by the clerk.
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Date: 2004-04-07 12:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-04-07 12:52 pm (UTC)They didn't need that information. Period.
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Date: 2004-04-07 12:54 pm (UTC)We watched it last night, as we missed it in the theaters thanks to Z. Quite satisfying!
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Date: 2004-04-07 12:56 pm (UTC)Which Strawberries? I've been bereft since Newbury Comics closed their Woburn location.
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Date: 2004-04-07 01:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-04-07 05:00 pm (UTC)Anyway, nowadays I use something similarly easy to remember (in case, against my protest, they ask for it as identification). If they're going to ask stupid questions, I'm going to give them stupid answers...
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Date: 2004-04-07 06:05 pm (UTC)As for your age--how old was the clerk? I know that I had absolutely no clue about judging people's age until I was, I dunno, somewhere between 20 and 25. (I remember one friend who was 28 when I met her; I guessed 19.) You don't really look your age, and a young person taking a quick glance might have underestimated.
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Date: 2004-04-07 11:54 pm (UTC)There is an override, and normally on a movie I would have used it. Cigarettes and such were trickier as we were frequently the target of "stings". The cashier may have been new, or a very by-the-book sort of person. Or perhaps Target's POS doesn't have an override.