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[KaleidoscopeEyes]

On wednesday I arrived, got set up and fancied a pint so I though I'd try a hot and spicy from the cider bus, but my I.D was rejected, I used the same I.D at many other bars with no issues!

I have a Citizencard which is part of the government PASS scheme, it's ridiculous!

[LittlemissC]

I bought a pint of cider and paid with a Scottish £20 note, and the girl said " do you get much bother paying for things with this silly money?"

Er, no actually - it's sterling  

[ukslim]

Should've asked to see a manager. The PASS scheme advises you to report rejections, if you care enough.

[ukslim]

LittlemissC, on 28 June 2011 - 04:18 PM, said:

I bought a pint of cider and paid with a Scottish £20 note, and the girl said " do you get much bother paying for things with this silly money?"

Er, no actually - it's sterling  

But you *do* get bother spending Scottish money in the South. So the right answer is to say "yeah, sometimes". Getting het up about the "silly money" comment is just a lack of humour.

[Alcatraz]

I know someone who works in a well known Vodka bar chain who is told to accept nothing but Driving licence (pink) or passport.

The scheme isn't really working

[LittlemissC]

ukslim, on 28 June 2011 - 04:21 PM, said:

But you *do* get bother spending Scottish money in the South. So the right answer is to say "yeah, sometimes". Getting het up about the "silly money" comment is just a lack of humour.

er, the smiling rolling eyes reflected my laugh at it? Hardly got "het up" about it...

[ukslim]

LittlemissC, on 28 June 2011 - 04:40 PM, said:

er, the smiling rolling eyes reflected my laugh at it? Hardly got "het up" about it...

Fair play, misunderstood.

[sselma]

I don't think I've ever seen criticism of the Cider Bus before - this thread has come as a bit of a shock

[ian_sw]

At the bar to the left of the Other stage I got asked for ID by an older male member of staff dressed as a pirate, now this is all good and well but I'm 33yrs old and sadly look it with a bald head and thick stubble. I pointed this out to him however he was having none of it and declined to serve me, at first I thought it was a joke but I was informed that this would happen to me all across the site as everyone regardless of how old they look would be asked for ID as standard ..... I wasn't asked again oddly enough !!!!

[Alcatraz]

ian_sw, on 28 June 2011 - 04:51 PM, said:

At the bar to the left of the Other stage I got asked for ID by an older male member of staff dressed as a pirate, now this is all good and well but I'm 33yrs old and sadly look it with a bald head and thick stubble. I pointed this out to him however he was having none of it and declined to serve me, at first I thought it was a joke but I was informed that this would happen to me all across the site as everyone regardless of how old they look would be asked for ID as standard ..... I wasn't asked again oddly enough !!!!

Clearly this mans eyepatch was hindering his view of your good self!

[pie_and_a_pint]

I was at the Pennard Organic Vineyard stall on Saturday and the owner was getting a bollocking from the licencing officer from the Council. They'd sent out a load of test purchasers and apparently he'd served a 15 year old. Quite aside from that being entrapment, how many 15 year olds are genuinely going to want to buy organic raspberry wine, FFS...

But I guess that means everywhere got test purchased, hence the strict ID policies. Your Citizencard should have been accepted, though, as long as it had a PASS logo, and you should report their failure to accept it. That said, this makes interesting reading: http://www.bbc.co.uk...tizencard.shtml

[Spindles]

My son was ID'd at the cider bus and I was impressed by them, the guy was sort of apologetic and I was more than happy with how they were doing things.  They are watched like hawks and they have had it drummed into them that they could get caught out and not to take risks and clearly, from talking to the bar staff, it worked.

Bar staff everywhere I visited were doing a fine job this year, not a moment of complaint from me   Cheers to everyone serving.

[ukslim]

pie_and_a_pint, on 28 June 2011 - 04:56 PM, said:

I was at the Pennard Organic Vineyard stall on Saturday and the owner was getting a bollocking from the licencing officer from the Council. They'd sent out a load of test purchasers and apparently he'd served a 15 year old. Quite aside from that being entrapment, how many 15 year olds are genuinely going to want to buy organic raspberry wine, FFS...

Anyone selling alcohol should know that test customers were likely to be coming their way. Entrapment or not, it's standard practice with licensing authorities, and all the bars had been warned it would happen. Dunno whether the organic vineyard stall fell through the net by not being a bar.

When I was 15 and experimenting with alcohol, I'd have bought organic raspberry wine, if nobody else would serve me.

[Barry Fish]

Suppose the thing to remember is the staff can be personally prosecuted for selling to underage kids...  Henece why they are so cautious...

That said, its a bit naughty not to accept the card as its well known and not everyone can afford or has or wants to bring their driving license or passport

[Couchy]

First festival I have been to without being ID at some point. I was rocking an incredible moustache this year however.

Most of the time they know you are old enough to be served, I have even been told so, but its not worth them taking the risk if they are being watched by a bar manager or someone from the council for the 15 odd seconds it takes to check ID.