I was traveling with my daughter.
My daughter is 17 now, but at the time was 16. She had spent the summer with her aunt in another state, working. When she went there I had her older brother ride with her in her car, as I didn't want an inexperienced driver to be going for long stretches of highway on her own, then had him ride home with me. But coming back he wasn't available and neither was anyone else I could line up for that weekend, so I had her follow me closely so I could monitor her.

We got a few hours into the trip when she called me and told me she was getting really tired and sleepy, so I agreed that we could stop overnight. I found a very cheap motel along the interstate and we pulled in at about 7pm.

I signed us in at the registration desk, asking for one room with two beds. The woman behind the counter did so without comment, but was giving me a rather disapproving look as she did so. I was a bit puzzled by this, but really couldn't be bothered to wonder too much about it. As she rather frostily took our info and programmed a couple of key cards I was looking up at the board listing rates, and noticed something. "Hey, kids under 18 can stay for free?"

"Yes," she replied guardedly.

I turned to my daughter. "Show her your license, kid."

The woman looked over the license and instantly her manner thawed greatly and she became quite friendly as she adjusted the price of the room for me, saving about $20. I thanked her and we took our bags to our room, and my daughter got out her pajamas as I went out to get us some food and some beer for me, and when I returned she was snuggled into a bed watching TV.

It wasn't until later that it occurred to me that the woman at the desk had assumed that she wasn't my daughter and was probably on the verge of calling the police.
( Wanderer, Fri 10 Dec 2010, 2:37, 2 replies)

Most amusing!
I had a similar experience, when I was working as an underage prostitute.
(apeloverage committed the vile act of onanism on, Fri 10 Dec 2010, 3:45, closed)

you should have reported her
for unlawful price gouging of prostitues
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sat 11 Dec 2010, 19:17, closed)