<p>I’m 17 and I have to say that I’m still baffled about how others my age manage to drink!</p>
<p>I don’t know… I hear passing stories all the time in my school where students say something about “getting wasted” in the weekend, and I can never figure out HOW in the world they managed to even procure alcohol. </p>
<p>I mean, I acknowledge the fake-ID, stealing and other various methods used, but for some reason I can’t wrap my head around my peers actually doing it?</p>
<p>I think I may sound naive, but I’ve always thought they always check i.d since it’s the LAW, and also…how does one go about making a fake I.D anyways???</p>
<p>It’s stupid, since my brother himself got alcohol somehow before he turned 18 (the drinking age in the country I lived in previously), and he always told me stories, but I could never wrap my head around how he got it!</p>
<p>He told me that some stores don’t check I.D and stuff…but again the law-abiding mentality in me is always saying: “but they HAVE to since it’s the LAW.” </p>
<p>I guess I may be a little naive, but I just can’t wrap my head around it!</p>
<p>High school:
Steal from parents, make friends who are over 21, pull a “hey mister…” and when you get some, get A LOT because who knows when you’ll get it again.</p>
<p>College:
Friends. Boys. Sororities/Fraternities. Family parties.</p>
<p>Easy. I’m in the market for a solid fake solely because I’m getting bored with house parties and want to hit the bar/restaurant/club scene without having to worry about getting rejected. Being 19 or 20 is USELESS.</p>
<p>Procuring alcohol wasn’t really a problem for me or my friends while we were in high school. When we were young and naive we would go up to gas stations and ask random people, but got caught doing that once and nearly robbed several other times so we had to axe that idea. Basically the best way is to know someone who is 21, pay them beforehand, and then meet them somewhere far away from the site of purchase in order to pick up the alcohol. There is no sense using a fake to buy alcohol beause it can get you and the store clerk who sells to you in a lot of trouble. It is all about knowing people-and you gotta protect the people you know. No reason for someone else to go down for doing you a favor.</p>
<p>kristin- Read some of my old posts before you get a fake. WildChild got busted in NJ and has a tough probation and a $5K legal bill to show for it. He wasn’t even the one using his fake! It was a good one, too. Also, in some college towns they are VERY strict about fakes. </p>
<p>Another warning about underage drinking- a Penn student was grabbed by two plain clothes STATE policemen while walking down a sidewalk just off the Penn campus Saturday night, handcuffed and accused of underage drinking. The male was, in fact, not underage, so the police released him and gave his girlfriend a citation. This was a Penn police area and the state police were just making random “grabs”.</p>