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My daughter and her friends were asked for ID to buy a marker pen needed for college. I assume it was in case they wanted to sniff it! ?
She was also unable to buy a lottery ticket ( she`s 18) because she didn`t look over 25 and had no ID with her. The assistant did let me buy one.... and then hand it over !

Hi all,

They havent brought this in over here.......yet!!

They will lose a mint over Chrsitmas if they continue with this crazy interpretation of the law. The law only requires due diligence. I am not sure of the exact circumstances but can you not drink wine with a meal whilst out in restaurants once you are 16??

Anyway, off to Te*co now for a few bottles of wine and a Bob the Builder toy, the wine for the 3yo cos I love Bob!!!

love Theresa

That`s a bit too near the bone -isn`t it?
Ros xx

One of my friends went into said supermarket a few weeks ago, bought herself some sanitary towells, and was served by a young man.

"Time of the month is it?"

Well, I won't say what she said back to him!! She put in a formal complaint, and he got a written warning for it!

The policy sounds a bit over the top, but it is all part of the governments crackdown on the sale of alcohol to minors, of by adults for the consumption by minors.

Read this article

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1955793/Tesco-ban-on-alcohol-sales-to-parents.html

If I were you CMD I would contact Watchdog (google for addy)

Yes we had the same problem at Waitr*** ...I went with my two sons ..one 19 and one 16 and me ....to old to say and was told I couldnt buy the Beer we wanted for Christmas .....

I asked for the manager and he said thats how it is ,,..........Like you I asked why then is booooooozzzee sold to paople with children in pushchairs !! he couldnt answer .....


So I buy my drink at a Supermarket now and when I get to the till I send the kids to the door and then I make them get me some one to help me pack !!!

same thing happened to my hubby when he had our daughter with him....annoying thing is two days previous a young girl asked him in the same shop to buy alcohol for her....he refused and told the people in the shop,


Karen x

As regards showing a warrant card. Before chip and pin I served someone whose signature was different on the card to the receipt I refused the card he flashed a warrant card at me and said 'i'm a policeman' so what the signature was still different.

Sue

My Mum was in the same supermarket with my son who looks under 16. She asked him to get a lottery ticket and the assistant wouldn't sell it, which was right. However when my Mum went to buy it herself the assistant wouldn't sell to her, in case she was buying for him! This is a bit too silly. Obviously she had to go elsewhere for it.

It sounds as if it has been drummed into the shop workers at Tesco's about selling alcahol to people who are buying for minors. Seems they are a bit over the top. I work in retail & if I sell to someone under age or knowingly to someone who is buying for underage it is me & not the store who gets fined. It is very difficult sometimes & we get customers who have no I.D. & get stroppy.Last year I had a little lad who wanted to buy some party poppers, on tills these days it comes up as age restricted so I could'nt sell them to him, I know it sounds stupid but the customer behind him said, go on sell them to him. My reply was I was'nt allowed, he then replied that he would buy them for him. I still had to refuse & he got quite stroppy with me. All kinds of things are age restricted now. We all want to keep our jobs and don't want to be landed with a hefty fine. We also have to fill in a book every time we refuse a customer. If you are lucky enough to be of age & not look it then please carry I.D. It makes life alot easier for us in the shops & you.
Hilary.

There was a similar incident reported on our local tv and in the paper, the chap had his small child with him so they refused him.

I think the problem is the shop assistant gets the fine for selling alcohol to minors , so they are being over zealous

Don't depend on getting a decent answer from him - I too wrote to him direct re the behaviour of one of his managers - reply said manager was popular with customers!! The day I saw him he was like a screaming dervish! In other words I was telling porky pies! I wasn't

Oh fanks.....WiNtErWiTcH
I will relay this to my sproggs......
tommorrow.
cmdx

IT seems like the only ones actually getting the booze are the underage ones. Saw an 'exchange' outside an off license the other day. The youths were hanging round and asking young men to go get them beer. One guy come out with a bag of musta been a dozen cans. Walked a ways up the street with the youths that had been waiting before handing it over. youth walked back down the street with it, he didn't look a day over 14.

The second lot while we were on our way back to our car (we'd been to the chinese) weren't as discrete and when a guy said no they called him all kinds of foul language. Turned out he did right to refuse as the woman who worked in the offy was in the doorway having a crafty cig.

My point is...how can a retailer be held responsible over what happens to the alcohol once it is bought by a legal adult? They can't, it's unrealistic. But, that said, they are able to refuse to sell you anything they want whether age restricted or not.

Although, all it takes is a bit of common sense. I do agree that it's all got a bit stupid now though.

My point is......
1, I can understand being asked.....thats their job..but once they were shown evidence...that my son-in-law was well over 21.....and he was buying the groceries...then I cannot see a problem......

2, Does this mean that Anyone who has minors with them....cannot buy alcohol.....even if they are toddlers?

cmd

Tescos regarded Pritt Stick as an item which could be used for solvent abuse...lol

Sue

hello everyone. it happened to my nephewwho is 30 and a father of two! its all a load of twaddle anyway. the kids today godbless them all can get wot they want anyway. society is so bad these days, bring back the innocence of being a child and learning to play with their immagination. nite. x

Dermot....
If you read the post properly.....you will see that my son -in-law........knows the law........
A POLICEMAN.....

This was a touch to far....