We didn't have to. We had a slick way to find out without tipping off the ID holder. It went something like this: As I'm asking the kid the details on his ID,

We didn't have to. We had a slick way to find out without tipping off the ID holder. It went something like this: As I'm asking the kid the details on his ID, I make a hand gesture to the waitress that works the rear bar near the door. She would then have the manager call the phone at the front desk where we were. As I was talking to the kid, I would show Bouncer #2 the city and as I was talking to the kid, Bouncer #2 would ask the manager the area code over the phone in a simple coded manner. The bouncer would give the city and state initials to the manager. So if it was Phoneix, AZ. He would say, "Yeah, its a PH, AZ." The manager would then confirm he had the right city and then relate the area code. After a few months, I had memorized a lot of the shorthand we had for cities so that it only took a few seconds to confirm. Considering most fakes come from the same states and cities, it wasn't a long list to learn. By the time I got down stalling, the other bouncer would then ask him the question, already knowing the answer.