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‘Yeah, Send It To Corporate’: Man Goes To P.F. Chang’s. Then The Manager Takes A Look At His Government ID

‘Yeah, Send It To Corporate’: Man Goes To P.F. Chang’s. Then The Manager Takes A Look At His Government ID

A customer tried to order an alcoholic beverage at Chinese restaurant chain P.F. Chang’s. When the manager declined his ID and refused service, the customer pulled out his camera.

In a video with over 494,000 views, TikToker Ricky (@rickyvalentinn) films a P.F. Chang’s manager behind the host stand. Ricky asks the manager for his name multiple times, and he declines to identify himself. He tags a location in Fairfax, Va.

“I don’t give out my name. I don’t know who you are,” the manager says.

Ricky tells the manager that he plans to send the video to corporate, and the manager encourages him to do so.

In on-screen text, Ricky explains the backstory behind the interaction. He writes, “Manager at P.F. Chang’s checked my ID and accused me of it being fake (I just wanted his name to file a complaint but he refused).

He notes that he left the restaurant and “decided to spend [his] money elsewhere.”

The caption reads, “From the moment he greeted me and my friend he gave off a rude and arrogant demeanor. First time going to P.F. Chang’s was not so welcoming.”

While it can be annoying if you know your ID is real and a restaurant refuses to serve you alcohol, private businesses are allowed to refuse service even if they think it’s fake. Plus, some businesses may have stricter rules about what kind of IDs they accept.

On a post on r/legaladvice, one annoyed restaurant goer discovered that the venue refuses all out-of-state IDs if under 27 years old. Other members of the subreddit explain why the bizarre rule is perfectly legal.

“The bar doesn’t have to accept any ID; even in-state ones. It’s kind of a dumb policy, and likely costs them a lot of business, but there’s nothing illegal about it. The bar has no duty to let you come in and do business with them,” one writes.