I shopped at a local Target store yesterday and one of my purchases was a bottle of Yellow Tail Cab-Shiraz. When the cashier asked for my driver’s license when she rang up the bottle of wine, I laughed but I pulled it out and showed her that I’m indeed over 21. What happened next baffled me. She took my ID and scanned it with the same wand that she scanned the barcodes on the items I purchased. I was in shock—– I’ve never seen that happen before nor have I ever had that experience prior to yesterday. It was so fast, and as I walked out to my car I was thinking, “WTF?! Why did she do that.” I was furious with myself that I let her sideswipe my ID.
Readers, have you experienced such a thing in the checkout line at a store you frequent? Have you heard of such a thing? What purpose does it serve except to dump all my info into another conglomerate database?
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I have not had this happen. How were you paying for your purchases?
I wonder if that made a difference?
If you didn’t expect this, or even know about it, I am not sure you could have prevented it.
But like you I wonder just what they are doing with your info?
I read about this on TCF which was fortunate because I was then quick to recognize when it was about to happen to me. I snatched it back from the cashier and told her she did not have permission to record my personal information- only to check that I was of legal drinking age which she already verified. I had time because she wasn’t scanning it but instead keying my DL number into the register. I now make a point of holding my ID myself in a way that can been read without the cashier having to touch it.
Thanks for sharing your experience, Kirsten. I’m to going to let a checker handle my license again.
Morrigan, I hadn’t paid for my purchses yet, it was during the check out.
[...] making a purchase? It’s never happened to me but lewlew at yak attack just had it happen while buying booze. What purpose does it serve except to dump all my info into another conglomerate [...]
To verify your age without having to read it manually, and to have proof for liability or legal reasons (proving that they card, if the state accuses them of skirting that law) that they actually checked ID.
No need for sneaky anything, and no nefarious motives. (For that matter, no nefarious import I can think of.)