Friday and Saturday nights are prime time for reunions among long lost friends.Bouncers frequently see groups of young people traveling together from all over the country -- and sometimes the world. Each weekend sees friends from Arizona, Ohio, Utah and Kansas reuniting in New York City to go to a local bar ... or underage kids from New Jersey sporting their fake IDs.
Before hitting the magic age of twenty-one many teenagers purchase a fake ID, a ticket into some of the more sophisticated bars and clubs.Before underage hopefuls get in line outside the bar, a chorus of, "Do you have your ID?" and "Is everything memorized?" are heard.It is amazing how you can become a completely new person in a matter of seconds.You walk to the bar as Dan Stone from Connecticut and by the time you reach the door you are Ben Ritter from Nevada.Simply changing your name and age however, does not guarantee admittance.
The process for avoiding rejection begins at the bar's entrance. Several factors come into play when greeting the guard at the door.Your confidence level and height are the biggest giveaways to the trained eye.Most of the time, kids are turned down because they do not accurately represent the information on the card.
Chris, one of the workers at Eddie's Gourmet Wine and Spirits, knows firsthand. "One time a guy came in who was merely 5'10" ... [it] claimed on his ID, he was 6
