Okay, that’s just annoying.

So, we are at the ticket counter and this airline worker asks for our IDs. So my parents fork over their IDs and when I move in to hand her mine she looks surprised and says “Oh! Okay!”.

Yeah, believe it or not I AM old enough to drive. In fact, I’m a legal adult. 20 years old. That’s TWO decades. I went to the 1996 Olympics! Now, let’s not jump to conclusions. I know I don’t exactly look 20 years old, but for this woman to assume that I am not even old enough to drive…that’s just downright embarrassing.

Well, we can’t just blame this all on how I look and how I dress. For starters, this woman was an /idiot/. And that’s an understatement. As my dad put it, “Do you work for AirTran or did they pick you up off the street corner this morning with the other mexicans?” To be honest, it’s hard to tell. She wasn’t exactly the sharpest tool in the shed.

But ignoring that fact, in order to be taken seriously, it’s important to not look like a child. Which is something that is difficult to accomplish with a round face. So, my gay dad is giving me pointers on how to look older. Maybe it won’t allow me to be taken seriously but at least I can count on strangers assuming I’m in possession of a driver’s license.

I guess that’s up to society.