Should Have Gone With Another Leap

One of my first jobs is at a liquor store. I’m behind the counter and a young man comes up with a couple of bottles of booze. I ask for his ID and he shows it to me.

Me: “I’m sorry, but this ID is fake. I can’t let you have these.”

I put the bottles he was trying to buy behind the counter.

Customer: “What do you mean, you can’t let me have them? That’s my ID. It isn’t fake.”

Me: “It clearly is. Sorry, no booze for you.”

Customer: “How dare you—”

Me: “Shut up and get out of here before I call the cops.”

The young man scowls and storms off.

After my shift, I’m talking to my boss as I get ready to leave.

Me: “Yeah, the ID was just about perfect — best fake I’ve ever seen — and I would have believed it was real… except that I know you can’t be born on November 31st.”