I was with Andy and Pat and we drove to Jenny's house to pick her up. Before we left I received my first "please drink and drive responsibly" talk from Jenny's mom. I assured her that I was the designated driver and I would only being having one drink, so we should be fine. So after we were done talking to her parents, we left Jenn's house and drove to downtown Naperville. We decided to go to this place called Quigley's Irish pub- it was a pretty sweet place. Jenny and I were all excited and taking pictures with our ID's while also trying to figure out which drink we should order. Pat suggested that I get a Malibu Cranberry cause it was his cousin's (who was once a bar tender) favorite drink, so I decided that I would get it. The waitress came up and I was the first to order...
"I would like a Malibu Cranberry please" the waitress responded by saying "OK, can I see some ID?" I very willingly and happily gave it her since it was the first time I have been asked that question and she took it and looked at... she studied it for about a minute or so and I began to get a little nervous but I quickly assured myself that I was 21 so there should be no problem with my ID.. I was wrong.
The waitress looked up from my ID and said, "I'm sorry but this is not a valid ID" and handed me back my license. Confused and a little bit upset I asked, "What? Why?" she explained that a law was recently passed saying that once two weeks has gone by after a person has turned 21 and they still have yet to renew their license, it is no longer a valid ID. I couldn't believe it and responded by saying, "but it doesn't expire until July.. that doesn't make any sense" and she explained that I could have an older sister who just turned 21 and got a new license and then gave me her old one since it didn't expire for two more months... so it kind of makes sense but I still thought they could at least just ask for another type of identification like a school ID or credit card to make sure that I was the person listed on the ID, but I knew there was no sake in arguing with her so I just said to myself, "well I guess I won't be getting a drink tonight but at least I can sit here and enjoy time with my friends while they have their drinks" ... wrong again.
The waitress then informed me that this pub was "21 and older only" after 9:00 and since it was 9:30 and I was without a "valid" ID she was going to have to ask me to leave!! I couldn't believe it!! I actually just got kicked out of an Irish pub!!!
of course that would happen to me the first time I go out to get drinks..
however she suggested we go to the next township and try to get drinks there cause they probably would be less strict about the new rule, so we did & we went to this sketchy sports bar/pub place and successfully ordered drinks there instead :) we still had a good time tho & I finally was able to enjoy my Malibu Cranberry...
& I went and got my license renewed this morning :)
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Oh man, this WOULD only happen to you! Haha! I'm sorry that happened, but at least it worked out. AND you have another wonderful story to add to your list :)
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