More police state

[msmemory_archive]

I was required to show photo ID as well as my membership card in order to get two maps at AAA. They claim they're having an identity-theft problem (but they don't seem willing to issue photo membership cards the way Costco does).

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[goldsquare.livejournal.com]

By "identity theft" they mean "your friend might have lent you his or her card so you can get a free map - and that is bad for business".

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

I know what they mean. It comes across as "We presume you aren't actually entitled to use that card until you prove otherwise."

Well, henceforth I'm going to use their online ordering site for maps, thus reducing the demand for actual humans in AAA offices. So there!

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

Yeah, this looked a lot more like "service theft" than "identity theft" that they were preventing. Just like my credit card blocking my account when I buy gas in odd spots -- bad for them, not for me, if someone steals my card and buys $3.80 worth of gas!

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

My first reaction was "$3.80"? You can't get anywhere for that! Then I remembered your vehicle is not a car :)