RCR

I'd like to throw my two penneth in here,

Whilst on holiday in San Diego for new years last year. I was actually surprised by the general attitude that I was faced with when i walked into a restaurant with my parents, who both asked for drinks, and i had the audacity to ask for a beer. But shock horror, i was only 19.

I drink sensibly, and in moderation. But it is genuinely insulting how waitresses/waiters would ask me to leave the bar area of a restaurant, or ask me for I.D, whilst i was not even drinking!

Funnily enough i got talking to a nice girl from New York, who had just turned 21. I asked her if she couldnt get alcohol when she was not 21, what did she do instead?

"Drugs"

Could i digress, and ask, what is the penalty for someone from the uk if they are caught intoxicated in the U.S? I ask because i am going to New York next month, and im def. going to be drinking.

Thanks,