re: #219 ggt
With the camera surveillance system and credit card receipts it is pretty easy to identify regular customers.
You could also ask 9/10 of the staff the person’s name and where they live and get a correct answer.
Come on, you know what I said first time. Simplicity and compromise. The checkout person swears they verified ID, and perhaps a camera can verify that if there is an arrest outside the store and let them off the hook, and there are sometimes stings for this.
The only beef I have is that in some places the only accepted ID is a driving license (I suppose they would take a passport).