That’s not harassment, that’s the law. You probably provide more harassment when asked than someone asking you. But also you seem like the type of person looking to complain. “Guess I won’t be trying this place” without even knowing if they card. As some random who stumbled across your comment, check yourself – don’t spend your last years as a negative Nancy. Show them your ID and have some fun!

I am unaware of this businesses intended practice for carding.

Generally speaking, businesses in Utah are taking the approach you mention out of an abundance of caution. The state delivers very harsh penalties for violation of liquor law. With that in mind, many business owners operate a system of ID’ing every last customer, regardless of age. This results in the process being cast-iron, and repeaytedly drilled into each staff member. No ID, no service.

Several times manually and at least once using programmatic tooling. Sadly, they still creep in from time to time.