Carded

As my last semester of graduate school approaches I hurried around campus during the last few days to line up my finances.  One of my stops was Card Services to load Hobo Dough onto my student id card.  Basically this allows me to print because I don't own a printer and unfortunately teachers do this nasty thing of assigning assignments that are not optional.

So when I arrived I told the student behind the desk that I needed $50 on the card.  I handed him my student id card, which I am very proud of.  I had kept this card from day one of freshmen year… I looked like an energetic 18 year old.  However, the guy looked at the card and had a weird expression on his face.

SDSU man: "Um, we no long accept these cards."
Me: "Why?  I got it 6 years ago and it still works doesn't it?" - Buying a new one is like $20 bucks.  I wasn't going to give this kid $20 for a card that I just used that morning and still functioned.


SDSU man: "No, these cards are too old.  I can give you for free."
Me: "Okay!  Can you just use that picture that's already on there?  I look the same, DON"T I?!"
SDSU man: He studies the picture and than me.. "I should be able to…" - He starts searching in the computer. " Um, actually, it is no longer in the system because the picture is so old.  We'll have to take a picture."

Me: "Does it look like I'm 25?"  - Apparently I was having a quarter of the lifetime crisis in card services.
SDSU man: "Not a day over 20.  You can have a seat over there…"
Me: "How does my hair look?  I just rode my Scoot."
SDSU man: "You may want to pat it down on the side…."
Me: "Oh just take it… I'm only using it for 5 months."

So now I have a spanking brand new student id for 5 months and feel like a fool for taking this picture in the Market Place.