Multiple ID required for alcohol in ASDA!!!

LinasPilibaitisisbatman

durham_girl wrote: »

I think you've hit the nail on the head. Some people think sitting behind a checkout makes them God or something!

Or maybe they don't see why they should risk prosecution and dismissal because some ignorant customer knows it all:rolleyes:

Chuzzle

I'd like to add that this has happened a couple of times in our local Tesco shop. Parents have been refused alcohol when they have their teenage (under 15 yo) child with them. IT reached our local paper on both occasions!

nomoneytoday

If they refused to serve me I would leave the entire week's shopping on the till

graphicuk

nomoneytoday wrote: »

If they refused to serve me I would leave the entire week's shopping on the till

That had entered my mind, but, i was hungry and had to eat something in the car lol :rotfl:

BruceyBonus

nomoneytoday wrote: »

If they refused to serve me I would leave the entire week's shopping on the till

I did this in Tesco once when they refused to accept an internet voucher for something I had bought. It wasn't a massive amount of shopping, but it seemed to get them annoyed

Sponge

If someone was buying alcohol for a minor would they honestly go to the checkout with them?

This type of enforcement will effect lots of customers. People that routinely spend hundreds of pounds a month, i.e. families with teenagers. Does this mean that the parents of such families will no longer be able to buy a bottle of wine for their Sunday roast because they had their <18 kids with them?

Can you imagine the scene? Family has 2 trolleys overloaded with shopping. Checkout scans it all, then gets to the 2 bottles of wine at the end. Customer gets carded, but can't prove age of person with them. They walk out leaving all the shopping.

lizziem_2

Hi. Sorry to hijack the thread but where does this 'check 25' policy come from? Why 25? As far as I know if you are 18 you can legally drink in the UK. So where did the extra seven years come from? Sorry also if there is a really obvious answer to this which I haven't spotted.

MX5huggy

You are OK to buy if 18 or over, but shops now say if you "look" under 25 they will ask for ID this has gone up from 21 a couple of years ago and 18 before that.

Helix

maninthestreet wrote: »

Strangely, in my local Sainsbury store last night I bought some Alcohol-feee (0%) lager - the girl on the checkout had to check with the till supervisor that it was ok to sell it to me, as it was 'Alcohol'. I pointed to the '0% Alcohol' on the packaging, but authorisation was still required as it was 'Beer'.

The tills are set to give a Think 21 prompt for Alcohol Free lager for some reason and I don't think its a mistake as it would have been corrected by now. If the till asks us to apply think 21 then we have to do it even if we don't feel that product has an age restriction. Some supervisors may overule it though if they are called.

Helix

Sponge wrote: »

If someone was buying alcohol for a minor would they honestly go to the checkout with them?

This type of enforcement will effect lots of customers. People that routinely spend hundreds of pounds a month, i.e. families with teenagers. Does this mean that the parents of such families will no longer be able to buy a bottle of wine for their Sunday roast because they had their <18 kids with them?

Can you imagine the scene? Family has 2 trolleys overloaded with shopping. Checkout scans it all, then gets to the 2 bottles of wine at the end. Customer gets carded, but can't prove age of person with them. They walk out leaving all the shopping.

People always mis-understand this policy, like you are. Its not intended for families or mothers and daughters going shopping together to get IDd. Its for mainly for people around the same age buying alcohol together. To prevent say and 18 year old buying alcohol with an 16 year old. It should only really be applied when they believe both people purchasing the alcohol are under 21/25 and not likely to be young enough to be that persons child or in some cases when you can tell its really obvious what's going on. You do get some workers that will take it to extremes though. I would never ID someone if they were buying alcohol and had there Children with them.