Nextdoor post: 2 kids dress up as a man in a trench coat to scam beer in Daly City

Photo: Google Street View Two kids dressed as a man allegedly attempted to get a customer at...

Two kids disguised as a tall man in a trench coat attempted to get a customer at a convenience store to buy them beer, according to a post in a Nextdoor site for Pacifica and Daly City neighborhoods.

Marcus Ronaldi wrote he saw the boyish-looking fellow Thursday in the Loop Neighborhood Market near I-280 and Hickey Boulevard in Daly City. He said it was easy to tell that one of the youths was perched upon the other's shoulders.

When he left the store, Ronaldi said was followed out by the man, who asked Ronaldi to buy him beer. And why couldn't he buy it himself? Because he had left his ID at the "detective agency" where he worked, the man explained.

Pretty careless of you, Sam Spade.

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Unlike most detectives, this gumshoe was unusually forthcoming about the case he was working on.

Photo: Nextdoor A Nextdoor post alerted neighbors to a creative attempt at underage...

"He told me that he was investigating people claiming to be with the Illuminati," Ronaldi wrote in his post.

At that point, one might have expected a videographer to pop out from behind a trash bin or at least someone to yell "Early April Fool!" But Candid Camera was nowhere to be seen.

Ronaldi wrote that he told them that he did not have his ID either and would not be able help him (them) buy beer.

So whether it was an actual ploy to circumvent underage drinking laws or just a prank, the end result was the same — no six-pack.

We tried getting the two for one special at black panther. The manager was not having it. pic.twitter.com/Ktqsuh7s3m — Pillsbury (@stevelikescups) February 16, 2018

In February, two youths dressed as a tall man wearing a trench coat and fedora attempted to gain single-ticket admission to a screening of "Black Panther" at a local theater in Carson, Calif. The theater employee behind the ticket counter was not buying it.

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A Twitter user who goes by the handle Pillsbury and is friends with the youths took video of encounter, which was first reported by Laughing Squid.