<p>Carding someone who is 55 is ridiculous, but I'm pretty sure they're supposed to card anyone who looks under 45 (yes, that is four-five).</p>
<p>This may have already been said, but even if you think that the drinking law is a stupid one, it doesn't make sense on the part of a university or a sorority/fraternity to condone it or ignore a representation of their group that does condone it. The university or frat will suffer the consequences of a bad, law-breaking reputation, could have members arrested, their operations shut down, pull-out of sponsors, etc. Can you imagine if a university said, "no drinking laws on campus!! it's unjust so do whatever you want!" Parents, the media, and the government would be outraged and that university would get seriously sanctioned in more ways than one. If you think it's stupid, think about it as if you were a PR rep for a university or a frat. Not too good looking, is it?</p>
<p>AUlostchick, It doesn't hurt to card, so why not? Heck, half the reason I carded people was I couldn't tell if they were under 30 or not, even when I got their license they definitely were not. I've always carded everyone, young and old. </p>
<p>Plus, a lot of people find it flattering. ;]</p>
<p>Sure, the universities pretend like they don't condone underage drinking on their campusees, but they do. I can drink often on campus, even out in the open, with virtually no chance of any reprissal.</p>
<p>Now if my music was excessively loud, I broke something, or I operated a motor vehicle, then yeah, they'd probably tack on underage drinking after they'd been called and found me.</p>
<p>^exactly how it is here. Drinking by itself won't get you in trouble. You can walk around campus drinking a beer and no one will notice (I've done it before). But once you do something else...you're caught.</p>
<p>And as far as carding goes...I card everyone I serve alcohol to. I've seen 20 year olds with grey hair. The person selling the alcohol has a legal responsibility to make sure that they are selling to people of age. Never used to be that way, but a buddy of mine I worked with got sued by some angry parent for this reason...so I'm not taking any chances.</p>
<p>I find it mildly humorous when I'm carded and the person carding me has to pause and count to figure out my age...particularly since my card has "21 on --date--" written on it in bright red letters.</p>