Virgin?

Yesterday after packing the last box, slapping on the last label, wrapping up seven files (one of which the school had never even entered into the system - nice!), and carting three vehicle loads of stuff to summer school I had my paper signed and turned in my key. My first year as a teacher is signed, sealed, and completed. I can not yet process that, so instead I decided to celebrate by taking my mom out to dinner as she is visiting from home. We went to a local bar-b-que restaurant that has good food and decent prices and I decided to have a drink because it had been quite the day, week, month, year. So I ordered a strawberry-pina colada and no questions were asked. My drink arrived and I was surprised by how incredibly sweet it was and how cheap they were with the alcohol because I could not taste any but decided that it was not necessarily bad tasting. Our food then arrived and I decided to not say anything because I had not eaten all day and just wanted to enjoy a good meal. I did notice that there were no effects from the drink and, well, I would be a cheap date in terms of drinks because while I have never been drunk I can tell that I have had a drink after just one. So the bill arrived and printed neatly on it was "Virgin strwbry colada". The manager who took our drink order assumed that I not only was underage but so underage that it was not even worth askng for my ID to check and plaed the order for a virgin drink. I did not know whether to laugh or to be offended. So I informed our waitress, who looked barely legal herself, and let the offended side explain the situation. My virgin drink was free but I received no apology. So now I look so young that they do not even think to card me? Nice! I made sure to save the receipt because it is a classic and once we were in the car the laughter exploded. I am almost 26 and I still do not pass for 21 yet - or apparently anything near 21. Ugh! And everyone who reassures me that I will love it when I am 60 - that so does not help anything! And when I am 60 and want senior citizen discounts I am sure it will piss me off to have to drag out my ID each time then too! :) Lord help me if I try to go somewhere truly forbidden, like a Casino or a night club! Sixteen year old highschool kids can get drinks with fake IDs easier than I can when I am honestly 5 years older than is required. So the moral of the story is just because the drinker is a virgin does not mean the drink must be a virgin as well.