Why do alot of places refuse to accept my military license as a valid form of identification?

Question

dam shame, im 35 , ,cant buy a pack of cigarettes from not only these back woods stores but even the ones in city limits

Answer 1

Unfortunately, a lot of people don't even know what they are supposed to look like, so they have no way of telling if it is authentic or not.

While I was at University, whenever I went to the US or Asia on holiday, no one would accept my (British) Student ID simply because they had no way of verifying that it was a real form of Identification.

Answer 2

i noe what u mean it happened to me! but y cant u used ur military id instead? i mean u said it right der....valid form of id! it is not a valid form of id! it just tells you what vehicle ur qualified to drive in the military moron! overpaid private!

Answer 3

We have a gas station about 2 miles from the gate to the base I work at that wont take military ID cards.  They had too many employees get in trouble for selling cigarettes to minors that were using military ID cards.  The stores get fines for selling to minors, so to stop it they stopped taking them.  A lot of stores have index cards that show all examples of all fifty states ID/Drivers licenses, wish they could do the same with military IDs.

Answer 4

that should not happen, talk to the manager

(of course, you should also give up smoking, but that's beside the point)

Answer 5

Your military license have your picture on it?

Answer 6

with the exception of places located near military bases the average store worker has no clue if they are fake or not.