Denied- Trying To Buy Beer At The Grocery Store In New Zealand

As I was picking up a few important items at the grocery store I found myself in the beer isle. The beer is really different and expensive in New Zealand. They don’t really have microbrews here so it’s hard to choose which macrobrew I realize how spoiled I am in the Pacific Northwest, USA with microbrews even available at Starbucks now! Anyway, I found a few IPA’s in the liter size that looked interesting. They were a little big but what the heck. Who cares that they were $12 each. I added two to my cart and headed for the checkout line. As the cashier was ringing me up she asked if I had any ID? I said, no, sorry I lost my wallet. She looked a little befuddled and looked at the woman bagging the groceries who asked me again if I had any ID? Nope, I lost my wallet so I don’t have any ID, I said again. Then I asked how old you had to be to buy beer in New Zealand anyway? They said 18. I giggled and asked, “don’t I look 18?” The cashier said yeah you look 18 but you have to look 25 to buy beer and pointed to the sign above. Don’t I look 25? They looked at each other and looked at me and said, maybe but we can’t be sure. Oh okay, I giggled and said no problem. I told them I was flattered since I’m on my way to 37 in March. Life is good.