Didn't you know? If you're brown, you're not from here! Obviously.

On a side note, can't you renew your license online? You can in Texas... though I don't know how much it is. (I hate dealing with the DMV too. As if I need more people making rude comments about my gender and name.)

what a classicly awful line. "go back where you came from." where, just down the street?

though it's true, employees are strictly trained to not accept expired licenses, and the OLCC has been going into stores as customers & fining workers who mess up. I'd say he wasn't being a jerk until he started talking.

Jaja, really that was unnecessary. Maybe you should go back to where you come from ... so they can tell you you're not from around those parts or something. :: shakes head:: i swear, people can be so ignorant at times.

true enough, liz, i know the law. but i am no blind adherent. i've never been one to approve of laws that turn sentient humans into zombies. all reason would dictate a sale in that case. and to me, his "reveal" showed me that his law-lovingness was but a front for his own personal set of rules.

Maybe he's jealous because he thinks you come from a land of eternal youth, whereas he hails from the Republic of Wanker, those aren't piercings, he only got promoted from notice board yesterday. Still I'm sure he won't be there long, his metal band are sure to take off anyday now, anyday

hilarious.

But did you get beer elsewhere? Or are you blogging while thirsty?

In my best Ren impersonation, I smack the guy behind the counter and then say:"YOU EEEEDIOT!"

BTW, what does you ID expiring have anything to do with your age?

fridge now stocked with CoronAnheuser ;)

Result!

grrrr!

Where you came from?! Obviously, you are from a far off land where IDs don't expire like dairy products!

and his style seems even more outdated than your brother's license. HE should be writen a ticket! This is why we need to learn to make that pulque.

I will invent the Pulque Water Pistol.

Well, I'd send you back to that DMV with a printing problem, too, if I saw you in my store! Damned overaged hooligans trying to take all the moonshine! Only legit alcoholics can buy here!

I know I'm being terribly superficial and all, but judging by the kid's piercings, etc., I bet he sees himself as an independent, alternative type. Alas, clerks at the Quiky-Mart aren't paid to think -- inside or outside the box. I donno about Oregon (which always sounded relatively civilized), but I've worked in states where the clerk HAS to check your ID, and can get fired or even fined by the state for not checking. But stupid clerks can make stupid bureaucratic rules exponetially dumber.

I just hope your brother didn't expire along with his card!

life is...all over the place. one way to you, one way to me. yet true to both. not bound and fast. different depths visible at different moments. i agree with you. and with others. at the same time, i was there, he spat "then go back to where you came from" and i was stupified. it made no sense. i could not figure it out. and then, in a few minutes, i wanted to smash his face in. and thought about doing it.

now, well, i'm hungry. so i have to eat.

my brother somehow outlived his I.D. hunh.

I always loved the word "moonshine." how beautiful is that?

We are just heading downward in spiral of hate. It obvious he is trying to protect the Homeland against the moral decadence brought on by the Other who will end up drinking and driving and hitting a gringo or gringa. Ironically, it is the Muffy and Buffy of the world who would never in a million years let their Pairs Hiltons date a "pierced scum" like him because in the their perfect world view, he is no better than the people he tried to protect the Homeland from.

Rafa, your Ren the Anti-Racist impersonation cracked me up.

--

XP, you are right, 'mano. You nailed that one.

"Muffy and Buffy"! jajajajajaja!!!

Huh.

So apparently you live in international waters now.

I donno about Oregon (which always sounded relatively civilized), but I've worked in states where the clerk HAS to check your ID, and can get fired or even fined by the state for not checking.

Well there's HAS to check, and then there's HAS to check, but even then you just point out that it's more than your job's worth if you're magically somehow unable to just say "yup, those are definately IDs, here you go", you don't take pleasure in denying them (on a really stupid technicality no less) and add cliche bullshit ontop of it all!

Bah! Worst. Overly peirced. Store Clerk. EVR!

Nez:

An aside: WTF is it with the comments thing. I am constantly being told to furnish my name and e-mail. Not that my comments are that important but I hate to have to do them twice. Is it something that's happening on my end? Sorry for the rant.

One of the reasons I don't go to Wal-mart very often or to Sam's (dropped my membership a long time ago) is the way they treat their help. "Coaches" and "Team Leaders" are usually just the people who are most willing to rat out their fellow workers. Of course the Waltons, sitting on their billions are rabidly anti-union and opponents of all social legislation that threatens their revenue stream.

Not that the sort of thing you posted about is limited to the lowest rungs of the corporate ladder. I've seen mid-level executives that (as long as they were confident of not being caught) would engage in the same sort of behavior. I would have seen top level executives doing so, had I been able to spend time around them.

democommie, i hate that, too. that should not be happening. in fact, i so empathize, that i spent the good part of a day fixing that cookie problem months ago (it's posted somewhere), and unless your comment form has the "Olvidar" radio button checked, your info should be remembered. browser setting? i don't know. is anyone else here having this problem?

There's nothing like the "go back where you came from if you don't like it." sentiment, nothing reminds me more that at the end of the day people with foreign sounding names are stepchildren at the table. Apparently we should be grateful for everything we get, even if what we get is crappy treatment.

my mind still boggles at a logic that can birth such an "if-then" formula. how very weird. i was sort of stupified, as i said. aside from the non-sense of the statement, i'm not really used to hearing such things. things are heating up, tho. as XP implies rightly, and as incidents around the country (and lately very much in OREGON) show us.

Yeah, it's the law and all, but obviously this kid took more pleasure in dissing Nez and his bro than in upholding the law. I guarantee this dude is cutting corners for his alterna-friends.

My first inclination in a situation like this would be to raise hell, but that would do no good, of course. The management is going to be as invested in upholding these stupid laws (funny how the law suddenly needs to be strictly enforced when brown folk are involved) as that kid is in upholding his stupid prejudice. The kid would probably get employee of the month or something for being such a good little tool.

Right, the kid's a-hole comment is still out there. We can't blame the law for that.

and i know this post could read a few ways. i didnt take tons of time to try and really sell it, but trust me: it was clear from the moment i approached the counter that this person was anticipating shutting us down.

i'd check your id too. ;)
i understand how the law works, it's pretty much the same here in MI, although i'd still sell beer to someone even if their id was expired...as long as it was actually them.

i flew to california the day after my 21st b'day and i didn't bother renewing my license before i went. big mistake. it was a horrible experience.
my id was expired by one day & i was treated like i was plotting to take down the entire airport. they even had to take photos with my cameras to prove they were actually cameras and not explosives set to detonate with a shutter click.
i can't imagine how much worse the treatment could have been if i wasn't a white female.
i drove the next few times i went to california.

this country has lost its fucking (collective) mind.

Would it be satisfying at all to file a complaint? I mean, I see the clerk's comment as clearly racist and he should be checked for talking to customers like that. I've been in a mad complaint-filing mode lately targeting everyone from cell phone rebate companies to the fire department. It's more for my own satisfaction that I spoke out than anything else. What the hell...I'm even willing to do it for you. -Kate

i have to say it keeps turning over in my mind. i'm not sure what to do with it. because i'm a bit angry about him having the nerve to tell me that. and when things make me angry like that, sometimes its best for me to keep away. because my first impulse might not be to file anything.

yet it's a local store. and i will have to go back. i've been wondering how i'll handle it.

i'm not sure what would happen by "filing" something. i've not often been satisfied by using official channels.

i keep telling myself that soon i will be less offended by it and be able to let it go. i'm sure others have much more practice with this kind of thing than me. i keep thinking "he didnt really say that did he? surely he meant something else."

An ignorant jerk, Nez. Complain in writing to the corporation, the act was in fact a possible rights violation, I am sure that would make the brass very nervous.
About your comments setup: very easy to use. So easy, that you have a hard time getting me to shut up.
The whole site is graphically and technically excellent, and we didn't even get to the important stuff yet.
Whenever I make my new business site, I'll be contacting you. I particularly like the type point changeability. My eyes are shot.

have you every played video games? i love video games. yet, i never liked the game Final Fantasy, as much as my friends raved it up. i call it "math-fighting." what i mean by that is that every time there is an encounter in this game, you call up screens and punch in numbers and then you sit back and watch what you have just programmed your character to do. it feels too removed for me. i go more for games like Zelda, or Mortal Combat, where you swing your fists or sword directly. push a button, and your hand comes out. move the joystick and your character lunges. tap out combos and throw a flurry of kicks. it just feels more satisfying to me.

anyway, regarding the bigmouth, i took care of this 7-11 problem today, about three hours ago. happy to say it has been resolved to my satisfaction.

thanks for everyone's concern. :)

What happened? How did you go about it? I'm glad you found a proper resolution. What an idiot. It would take me a while to stop fuming as well. As much as I'm immersed in news and current events on racist garbage going on, I'm still taken aback by shit like that.

hahaha...what an asshole!

Though, maybe unbeknownst to us, New York has a serious beef with Oregon? East coast vs. West coast thing? LOL.

Nah, he was probably just an asshole.

jeje...you know, i tried to think of some other way of him meaning it. but i think your final conclusion, sadly, is the right one.

new york hardly knows oregon exists. i'm not kidding.

oh, and this happened in oregon. i came here from nyc, so that's why i mentioned losing my NY I.D. and getting an oregon one. i'm not sure if that was clear.

Yes, what was the resolution? Please tell. Complaint? Karate chop? Slurpee to the face and donut-slap combo?

i'm sorry, K. i didnt mean to leave you hanging or create a big mystery.

it wasn't anything so dramatic as a karate chop, really. an eye to eye sort of thing. i dont need to hurt someone physically for saying some dumb shit, although i might feel like it. i just need to be able to stand to them and hold my ground. anyway, thinking back, i did give him attitude after he got stupid with me. so it was really one thing leading to another, and nobody checked themselves.

but he was still a dumbass about it, and i still had to go back to be clear about things.