I didn't state it's a right to have it that way, but I do feel it's a violation of my privacy to have to produce an id to buy a consumer product in a store.
You really are a nanny-stater, supporting this kind of crap over some imaginary threat.
I recall back when the muzzies were buying 100's of these phones legally, you wanted wanted them jailed. They did nothing wrong, and it was proven, but you continue your rant. Not shocked.
I'd rather maintain all my rights and freedoms and run a little risk, than to have every American stripped of civil rights for some imaginary threat.
imaginary threat? were you around on 9-11?
if its not a right, then it can be regulated by law.
do you have a bank account? does the identification you had to produce violate your so-called "right to privacy"?
IHOP Changes Policy of Asking for IDsQUINCY, Mass. - John Russo has been a victim of identity theft. So when he was asked to fork over a photo ID just to be seated at an IHOP pancake restaurant, he flipped. "'You want my license? I'm going for pancakes, I'm not buying the Hope diamond,' and they refused to seat us," Russo said, recounting his experience this week at the Quincy IHOP.
The restaurant now has agreed to reverse the policy of requiring customers to turn over their driver's licenses before they can order - a rule that was enacted to discourage "dine and dash" thefts.
WCVB-TV in Boston reported the Quincy restaurant's policy had been enacted without corporate approval.
IHOP Corp., based in Glendale, Calif., released a statement Monday night to WCVB that said an employee felt the policy could eliminate the problem of people leaving without paying.
"This was done without the knowledge or approval of management. ... We apologize to any guest who was inconvenienced," the statement said.
Russo said a security guard at the restaurant had "at least 40" licenses in hand when he arrived to eat.