Pharmacist: Yep this checks out, here's your pills.

Well, if you believe in tarot, then you should feel embarrassed

Double down. Tell them "the Arcana is the means by which all is revealed" and refuse to elaborate further.

As a bonus, if the pharmacist is a Persona player there's a good chance the phrase will trigger a traumatic flashback to a certain 14-phase final boss fight, giving you the chance to simply grab your pills and go.

That was an ID card, just not the right one.

I have a similar story, but I have to give a bit of background first:

I was on a LARP once, that played in a post apocalyptic world where the Russians had taken over the area. We were playing as a resistance cell, secretly undermining their rule. Propaganda leaflets, secret meetings, sabotage, assassinations, covert actions, attacks, ... Fun times.

Anyway, to enter the LARP you had to go through a Russian checkpoint. That was the first thing any character had to do. The 'guards' harassed you a bit, you had to go through insane bureaucracy, standing in line... It kind of set the tone for the whole event. Well, there was my friend, playing in the same resistance cell as me, going through the checkpoint.

The guard asks for his papers. My friend grabs something from his pocket and gives it to the guard. It wasn't his identification paper, it was a resistance propaganda leaflet we made for the event. He had taken it from the wrong pocket. He was executed soon after.

It wasn't that bad, of course. He changed clothes and returned as an other member of the resistance, but that was probably the quickest 'start to death' in any LARP.

I feel like somebody trans and gay wouldn't be into the Rider-Waite deck, which looks great but is the mayonnaise of tarot decks.

symbolizes new beginnings, boundless potential, innocence, and taking a leap of faith into the unknown

I'm going to interpret handing someone a fool tarot as handing them a memory wipe, like it says 'pretend we're meeting for the first time. Abracadabra!'

A little bit like Dr Who's psychic paper

This reminds me of the movie The Lookout. In it, at one point the protagonist is pulled over and asked for his driver's license. However, he's mentally disabled and, in that scene, very stressed out; instead he hands the officer a card indicating his disabled status rather than his license and is subsequently released without turning in identifying information, which turns out to be beneficial for him. 2007 was a different time.

Also, I'm not saying OP is disabled or anything, my brain just practices freeform association so the whole "handing over the wrong card" thing connected to a movie I haven't seen in almost twenty years.

"Here, I have a permit"

That's good tho, isn't it? I only know what's shown in media and media likes to say shit like "The Death card is good. It just means there will be dramatic change."

But then someone dies later on so... 🤷‍♂️

once during a payment i was preoccupied talking to my friends and i handed my public transit pass to the cashier instead of my credit card. took me a second to turn back to her, and she just said jokingly "this doesn't work here". i apologized but i had a laugh.

I didn't know Jacob Drawfee posted here. BONUS

As a long time Binding of Isaac player, I expected to hear you say that you instantly teleported back to the check-in counter.

Say your name is Klein Moretti while at it.