DMV reconsidered

I'm still not going to say anything bad about my experience at the DMV, however, I didn't realize some of the downstream implications.

Specifically, the temporary ID they gave me is laughably fake. It's a slip of paper that comes off a bad black and white inkjet printer. Huan laughed out loud when he saw it. I figured that lots of people get temporary licenses, so everyone would recognize them.

Wrong.

At the casino a ordered a diet coke, and for some reason the waitress decided that required her to card me. Really? I thought. I'm definitely over 21, and I'm definitely not ordering a drink with booze. Nope, she still required the ID. So I showed her my temp.

Waitress: Sorry, I can't take this.
Me: But it's state issued. It's the only thing I have.
Waitress: Sorry, it's not plastic.
Me: But I'm only ordering Diet Coke.
Waitress: I might need to ask you to leave.
Me: [dumbstruck]
Me: Well, I have my old DC license that they used a hole punch on to invalidate it.
Waitress: Oh, okay [examines the invalidated DC license]. That's cool. I'll bring you your drink.

I tell this story to Huan and we have several immediate concerns. First, we were going to meet some people for a drink, and it now seemed unlikely that I could get into a bar, much less order a drink. Second, I was driving home from the casino, and we both felt it unlikely that a police officer would accept my fake license if I were pulled over (especially since I had trimmed it down to fit inside my wallet).

Luckily I wasn't pulled over, and the bar didn't card me. But I've got to get through another week, so we'll see how it works. I'll also figure out if there is a way to communicate just how fake this thing looks via the Interwebs.