Yes, at a ghetto market, which was situated in the nice neighborhood. The credit card company had upgraded the account- not because I was special, only because I paid my bill on time for a dozen years. People get too caught up in the hype of credit card upgrades, but at the end of the day, it means you will still owe somebody something, so what's so wonderful about that?
Anyway, I had used a standard issued credit card in the ghetto market before to buy Dannon Yogurt and Cheerios when I was too lazy to go to the bank. However, the store clerk demanded an ID before I could use the Gold Card. I protested for a second- a lousy $15 merits ID? You'd think I was up there buying 40s or about to sell Newport loosies or something on the street.
For all intensive purposes, I'd agree that using a Gold Card in a place that says "We accept the Louisiana Purchase Card" - i.e. food stamps could have come off looking slightly fraudulent. Princess Wanderlust just wanted to believe that her charming and articulate ways could transcend possible profiling, but alas, that was not about to go down in Chopper City.
If you ever want to see the place in question on film- check out the opening scene of "Last Holiday." Queen Latifah's character shopped there- and the owner's cute son made a cameo. For the record, he never ID'd me.
