And you know what? I never returned to those establishments because of it. ![]() This was infuriating to me – I was not breaking the law, I was not doing anything wrong, yet I was turned away on multiple occasions for no legitimate reason. I had this problem when I lived in CO but was from CA and had a vertical ID for a couple years after being 21. Look, I get where they’re coming from, but I think it is absolutely ludicrous that businesses won’t accept your PERFECTLY LEGAL FORM OF IDENTIFICATION. “It becomes a customer service nightmare for some people.” The bar is just trying to cover its ass, and it’s hard to turn people away. It might be frustrating, but Balliet assures us that you shouldn’t get pissed at your bartender. “There’s been a lot of different tactics, so how do you normalize that?” If you normalize that, it would make it a lot easier for servers,” he said. You wouldn’t get confused about what South Carolina does or what they do in Ohio. If we get the states to agree on a federal level to some degree, it would make vertical I.D.s go away and force people to check them properly. The only commonality is that they’re issuing them to minors. “There are literally 50 different states doing it 50 different ways. A lot of people - especially from out of state - get a little perturbed by that,” he said.īalliet though just wants to get rid of vertical I.D.s entirely or at least have them all expire at the same time. Balliet also emphasizes there’s another easier way. But you can carry around another legal form of identification that proves you’re of age such as a passport. will be accepted in Colorado? Well, you can’t. So how do you ensure that your vertical I.D. They could say no for a variety of reasons.” But a bartender is not obligated to serve you. or had an expired I.D., they wouldn’t be breaking the law by serving me a drink. When I walk in, maybe they have a policy that they card everybody, maybe they don’t. “Any state-issued I.D.s are acceptable forms it doesn’t matter whether they’re vertical or not. is a pretty big indicator that you’re in the danger zone,” Balliet said. You’re running a big risk there and a vertical I.D. at all or with an expired I.D.? Absolutely not. Should you be serving young-looking people with no I.D. on his or her person to be served or sold alcohol. If you know what’s real, you’ll always know what’s fake,” Balliet said.Īnd technically, in Colorado, Balliet says you don’t even need proper identification at all if you’re of age. “I teach about how they’re made and what the security features are to recognize I.D.s. It’s about individual proprietary policy,” Balliet said. Come back and see us with your new I.D.’ They’re not obligated to take every I.D. “Especially in Colorado where it’s only a 20-day window, it’s easier to just say ‘We’re not going to let our staff make a mistake for 20 days. expiration date window to make decisions about serving consumers with vertical I.D.s. In Balliet’s opinion, many businesses in the state rely on Colorado’s vertical I.D. It may still be valid, but that’s their prerogative and choice to say we’re not going to take it,” he said. “If they say they don’t take vertical I.D.s, that’s not illegal - that’s a policy. She can still be turned away by a bouncer. According to Balliet though, it doesn’t matter if Lauren’s vertical I.D. for up to eight years after her 21st birthday, but in Colorado, you only have 20 days to get a new one after your 21st birthday - despite when it was issued. So in other words, Lauren, who’s from Georgia, can use her vertical I.D. TIPS training is now mandatory in many states and is a program designed to teach those dealing with alcohol to recognize the complications that could arise and intervene when necessary.īalliet, who worked in the service industry for many years as a cook and bartender, said that his career as a TIPS instructor began when one of his employees failed a sting operation with the police when Boulder started strictly enforcing the TIPS training requirement. Jon Balliet is a Certified TIPS (Training for Intervention Procedures) Instructor in Colorado, which means it’s his job to ensure servers, bartenders and anyone else who is selling or serving alcohol is trained to prevent underage drinking, drunk driving and intoxication. yet, or someone with friends or family visiting from another state, the system might seem a little unfair, so we decided to ask someone why. Whether you’re a transplant who can’t change your I.D. ![]() to prove she is 21 years of age or older, it looks like you might be staying in. She assures you it’s not a fake, and you believe her, but there’s nothing you can do. Some places won’t even let her in the bar. No one will be serving your friend alcohol tonight. hasn’t expired, but it doesn’t seem to matter.
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