Somerfield managers attitude

jockettuk

my other half works for london underground as a train driver. If he went into a shop serving alcohol ( not buying it ) in his uniform and he was found out it would be instint dismissal. They are all told that they cant go into any shop that sells alcohol in uniform. Dont know if its meant to promote the company or not etc but its been known that people have lost there jobs because of it..

as for the original post, i find that it wasnt the fact that he refused to serve her but the way he went abt it. if the manager had been a bit discreet and mentioned the store rules then you could say fair enough and thanks not be embarresed and humilated.

hollydays

The law covering this is presumably designed to avoid corruption.In England it says something like "it is unlawful for a police officer to be on licensed premesis,unless in the lawful execution of his duty"(with a few small exceptions,)so yes,follow this to the letter of the law and the pc buying his butties in Asda could be breaking the law.Silly aint it?

ZootHornRollo

hollydays wrote:

Disagree.Its frightening for a member of your staff to have to refuse someone,particularly if they are local to the area.How can you say thats less hassle.applaud your responsibility in other ares.Not all stores fill these books in,and the majority of staff i have known would not have known about the existance of such a book.

If you re-read my post - it says that it IS more hassle to refuse. That was my point.

Another respondent also thought that it only referred to alchohol (that I can understand) ??? So come on what is the definitive answer here

As far as i have have always been told it is illegal to serve alcohol to a uniformed police officer, never been told they are not allowed in the shop. i think its purely so that you don't get drunk plods on the beat.

chrislee765

I work in somerfield. We arnt alloud to serve on-duty police officers alcohol, thats the only regulation that im aware of (we often have police officers in buying lunch).

About the manager... ive seen many managers in my store. Somerfield doesnt pay the best for being a manager... so they dont exactly get the top 'customer service' orientated people. I would not refuse alcohol to someone whose drinking, but i would to someone who is drunk. (and im sure you werent drunk on 2 pints)