71-year-old taken aback when she gets carded

Published: Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2005 8:33 p.m. MST
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Betty Ann Fischer has been old enough to buy liquor for more than 50 years. So the 71-year-old was a little surprised when a grocery store clerk asked her for ID before selling her a bottle of wine.

The identification checks at all Pick 'n Save and Copps food stores in Wisconsin are part of a new policy by Roundy's Inc. requiring cashiers to check the age of everyone buying cigarettes or alcohol — regardless of whether they look 21 or 91.

"The first time it was a sweet young man, and I laughed because I thought he was trying to pay me a sweet compliment. But then he said, 'No, I'm serious,' " Fischer said.

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