What is your Driver’s Licence worth?

Last weekend I was hanging out in 1-Utama for a bit, and since we didn’t bring our stroller along, we thought we’d rent a stroller from the mall.  After waiting for about 15 minutes in line, it was my turn, and the person-in-charge asked for my driver’s licence.  I handed it over to him, thinking that he would just jot down the number for reference.  But when I’d completed the form for the rental and passed it to him, he used a paper clip to attach my driver’s licence to the form!

Immediately I asked him if he was going to be keeping my licence.  The man said, “Yes.  Everybody also does the same thing.”  And he took out a whole stack of forms with driver licences attached.

I told him, “No, I’m sorry.  I’m not going to let you hold on to my driver’s licence.”

So finally, in place of handing over my driving identity aka licence, I paid a refundable deposit of RM50.

But it got me to thinking…why are there so many people out there who would not bat an eyelid and give out their driver’s licences to rent strollers?  Don’t they value their driver’s licences?  Yes, it’s not your MyKad, but still it’s an important document to have with you at all times.

I think my driver’s licence is worth far more than RM50 though, but apparently there are people out there who would rather keep their RM50 and risk losing their driver’s licences.

Speaking of which, there was a time when the security guard at an apartment we were visiting asked for my hubby’s licence too.  We asked the guard why, and he couldn’t answer.