Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Is it legal to lie about your age at a BUFFET to get a better deal?

Is it legal for a person to ask for ID for a younger child? What are the legalalities of this?
Answer:
Any place that has a posted age limit can ask for and/or require ID to be shown as proof of age. Lying is considered to be fraud, and measures can be taken to deal with it accordingly. Such action might be to ban you from ever entering that establishment again.

Additional: Sorry, but mine is the right answer even if it isn't the answer you want. And since children are given IDs at an early age by the schools they attend, then it is unlikely they won't have one to produce when asked.

It doesn't matter what you say your intentions are, when it comes right down to it you are attempting to cheat and steal from a business.
Yes its fine, buffets are not places of legal integrity.
well the age qualifications are there for a reason, but how cheap are you just pay the extra couple $$. geesh
its called fraud
Yes it is legal. If there is a discount for a certain age, the buffet owner had the right to verify a certain person's age matches the discount condition
Check your state or ask around alittle. But if someone refuses to serve you and your right on whats going on. Call the cops and make a complaint. Alot of these places can not discriminate against you cause its open to the public.
If the little bit of money that you will save is that important to you, I would not be eating out with 17 children.
I don't see what the big deal is. I can remember when I was a kid, and my parents would take us kids to the zoo or some place like that....they'd often tell me that I was a year younger than I actually was, so I could get in at the cheaper price.

I don't think that little white lies like these actually hurt anybody. No harm no foul.
There is an implied contract when you state that your child is a certain age to obtain a lower price. Though it is unlikely, the restaurant could sue you for breach of contract if you lie.

I have never heard of a restaurant going to these lengths however.
The owner/ manager can ask for an ID and refuse the honor the lower price if the parent cannot provide proof.

Most places will not really enforce this unless it is obvious the child is older and frankly they usually look older and you are probably not fooling anyone.

You might want to consider the ethical part of this and what you are teaching your kids about honesty, obeying rules, integrity, being a good citizen, etc.

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