18 to buy Superglue-What has the world come to?

[mike@af]

Just got back from Home Depot. I am a little pissed off needless to say. I go up to check out and the cashier tries to card me to buy a little thing of superglue gel. These laws are getting to strict. A few stupid drug users ruined for everyone. Now-a-days you have to be 18 to build a damn model.

Whats next? Cant buy sandpaper because I could potentially sand my skin off?

[ZoomZoomMX-5]

Dayum. It was like that in the 70's for plastic tube glue. Just go to another store.

Betcha were so po'ed you needed a cigarette and a beer just to calm down .

Oops...

[Veyron]

I went to Pep Boys to get a can of primer and I got carded because I look younger than 18.

[carnut04]

I went to Wal Mart a couple weeks ago and you have to be 18 to buy super glue there to.

[g00eY]

one time i was at Wal-Mart picking up some paint and my mom was in the store next door so i tried to buy the paint but the cashier wanted an ID. luckily there was a very nice lady behind me who offered to buy it for me and have me pay her back .

[ZoomZoomMX-5]

Originally Posted by Veyron

I went to Pep Boys to get a can of primer and I got carded because I look younger than 18.

All that gray in your beard must be from huffin' primer ya li'l punk

...is what the cashier was clearly thinking...

[Whumbachumba]

Man, I've never been carded for glue or sparys, sure I'm 18, but it's probably also because I write checks instead of charging/cash so they have to see my license anyways and don't bother to ask, or they just want the sells.

[pre98zetec]

You need to be 18 to buy toothpaste at our walmart.

[Amazon]

We don´t have those problems here in Scandinavia,( althoug many shops ask for ID if you wanna buy a ordinary lighter..) but if i were you, i´d buy the superglue at the LHS. If they harass you to show ID, i´d tell them that my future hobbyshopping will be at that other LHS..

[ImolaEK]

I feel your pain Mike. I have been stopped soo many times ! Thank god Auto Zone gets rid of their employees every week If not they would already know not to sell me stuff Best thing is when they ask you for ID and your shopping with your mother next to you...pricks.

The trick is, go for the women, specially the really young ones...try to flirt If all fails, act like you got the wrong thing and wait a while, then go to another lady Cashier and repeat the process It has worked for me since Feb/2005 Hey, your not going to get in trouble for getting someone's number, or are you

[97_sho]

try going to wal mart i tried to buy spray paint clear coat and two littel bottles of paint and couldn't then my dad tried to buy the same paint and couldn't cause the paint was still for me so he had to go back to the modeling section to get the same pait but in different containers and go back up to a different cash register and buy the paint

[blubaja]

Dam! The ID check came up on the register when I was getting the revell RSX kit at walmart. lol...I don't get it though. What does age matter with glue or paint or anything? You can be a bunked out cokehead or a graphitti artist at any age...Bah @ age limitaitions!

[calvin3]

That sucks!!!

Was the cashier even old enough to sell you the glue?!? I know with beer you use to have to be old enough to buy it for you to even sell it.

I would have bought ya the glue if you were in front of me.

[Macdaddy4738]

i wasnt allowed to buy a rated R Movie at walmart, im 17, the legal age to buy and see a rated R movie. Apparently walmart has rules for everything, which royally pissed me off. I had 4 DVDs and told the lady that I would get them elsewhere, where im actually respected and not looked down upon for my age, that sure pissed her off...

[blubaja]

I never realized how young you guys are. I mean, me being 20 only, you guys are still pretty young. Anyway, how do the model manufacturers expect to sell to a younger crowd if that crowd can't obtain their supplies legally?