Comment by mistrial9

search term "green stamps" (edit)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S&H_Green_Stamps

my grandmother collected green stamps from the grocery store, which she saved for food discounts.. I don't think that there was any customer ID involved at all..

honestly, describing pervasive tracking of purchasing associated with govt ID as "normal" is .. its a sickness and parts of it are illegal now. It is not required or "normal" at all, from this view