Submitted by Atav757 t3_z1gvp0 in massachusetts
Kind of still shocked that this happened... but this evening 2 friends and I went to a chain restaurant / bar in Revere for some food and margaritas. After the server asked us for ID, we all gave them, and the server looked at me and said "This is fake." I kind of laughed because I thought she was being funny. I'm 30 years old and my friends are 29 and 32. She was 100% serious and said she could take it to the bar and cut it in half. I really didn't know what to say other than: "Uhhh, it's not fake." She said her reasoning was that the URL on the upper left corner of the back of my ID said: "www.massrmv.com" as opposed to "www.massrmv.gov" (which all of the other IDs at the table did say), and also that the font and colors were 'just a bit different'.
I can totally respect the fact that a restaurant can refuse alcohol sale to anyone for suspicion, and I said okay I'll just have a water. My problem was that she immediately said she would destroy it. When she came back, I showed her a pdf from the mass RMV showing that some licences issued before 2019 still show the old massrmv.com URL, and she still didn't believe it. She said that the main bartender trained her to look for this specifically. We also suggested to her to never destroy a suspected false ID without having it verified first, as this can have some consequences. Again, I was okay with not having a drink, but totally hated being accused of a felony, and having my official ID be destroyed for no reason. After some time she said she'd "let it slide" (which... how do you let a 100% legit ID slide?) She served me and said next time bring a passport.
Has anyone run into someone accusing them of having a fake ID? Or has anyone actually had it be destroyed? There's no way that destroying property of the MASS DOT is legal as a liquor license holder. Should I have done something different? It all was sort of played off and ended up being an okay night, but I'm still kind of peeved. I'm glad in the end everyone was respectful, but it seemed very unnecessary.
EDIT: It's Margarita's In Revere. I'm calling tomorrow to speak with the GM to let them know it happened, and that it's very bad practice.