Tesco and their alcohol policy!

DrScotsman · 2 June 2009 at 3:59PM

lufcgirl wrote: »

Who says the buyer isn't going to go straight home and hand it to their 16 year old kid anyway?

Well we just established that that's legal if the kid is over 5, so I'm not sure I see your point

lufcgirl · 2 June 2009 at 4:02PM

So if I'm with OH, who happens to be over 5. I could walk out of the shop and give it to them, same as giving it to my 16 year old brother?

Your basically saying if I was to walk in with my 16 year old brother, I'd get served and could give it to him (even though the manager said he wouldn't at the time). However if I walked in with my 22 year old OH I couldn't get served, as there is a risk I'd be handing it over! So wheres the sense in that? Surely it's more of a risk to be serving me with a spotty teenage kid who looks 16 than a well presented looks older than their actual age person!

Jules22 · 2 June 2009 at 4:17PM

i thought it was legal to buy alchol at 18 in this country.

i know supermarkets have gone beyond the law but it doesnt make it legal.

most kids get their booze from the local corner shops anyway.

if i was refused i'd write to head office demanding re-training for all staff and for common sense to prevail again.

Meepster · 2 June 2009 at 4:23PM

lufcgirl wrote: »

So if I'm with OH, who happens to be over 5. I could walk out of the shop and give it to them, same as giving it to my 16 year old brother?

Your basically saying if I was to walk in with my 16 year old brother, I'd get served and could give it to him (even though the manager said he wouldn't at the time). However if I walked in with my 22 year old OH I couldn't get served, as there is a risk I'd be handing it over! So wheres the sense in that? Surely it's more of a risk to be serving me with a spotty teenage kid who looks 16 than a well presented looks older than their actual age person!

Erm...no, it has to be YOUR child, not your brother or sister, so that argument is irrelevant...

If it was your child, then YES, you can legally give it to them, although if you did it in the street I'm sure the police would have something to say about it...

Meepster · 2 June 2009 at 4:26PM

lufcgirl wrote: »

It should be all about the person your selling the alcohol to, not who is with you. What happens when you leave that shop is down to whoever it is who happens to purchase the alcohol.

Moraly - Yes, legally - No. If the shop has reason to believe you are going to give that alcohol to someone under age, they have a LEGAL requirement to refuse you...

Phoolgrrrl · 3 June 2009 at 2:26PM

Me and OH get ided all the time at Tesco, we r 23 and 28. Often it's buyin 'decent' wine.

Its the SA's job, they don't make the rules! Plus our local Tesco is now if you look unbder 25 you get ided, for cigs as well. From the SA point of view better to ask for id and follow policiy and law than risk a conviction/fine.

I ided someone for cigs once, they had none so I didn't serve them. They got thier mum to phone and complain (!) cuz they we 16 (was a while ago) but the manager said I had done the right thing.

The SA can get prosecuted, not the shop. Too much to loose.

oldone_2 · 3 June 2009 at 4:16PM

Time to put a stop to this nonsense and protest.
I suggest everyone who shops in supermarket should, when they get to the checkout, insist on showing some form of I.D, taking their time doing it, and irrespective of whether they have alcohol or not.
The slowing down of the cash through the tills should concentrate the minds of the supermarkets wonderfully.:D

lufcgirl · 3 June 2009 at 5:14PM

So to reiterate, I do not have a problem at all with people asking me for ID if I am buying the alcohol. I understand if I look younger than 25, which I am fortunate enough to, then it's their policy and ok.

What I don't like is that I can't walk into a supermarket with OH, or any friend/relative who looks under 25 and doesn't have ID and buy alcohol even though it's me who is paying.

Meepster · 4 June 2009 at 12:42AM

lufcgirl wrote: »

What I don't like is that I can't walk into a supermarket with OH, or any friend/relative who looks under 25 and doesn't have ID and buy alcohol even though it's me who is paying.

OK, put yourself in their shoes, you're sat on the checkout and a couple walk up to you, wanting to buy a case of cider, one has ID and one doesn't, you can't decide if the person without ID looks over 21 as per your shops instructions...

Do you a) sell them the cider
or b) refuse them the cider

It turns out that this is a test purchase set up by the police, as they have had reports of older people buying from there and giving to minors

If you chose a) You will get sacked for breaking your companies rules, so you now have no means of looking after yourself and your children. As the police are trying to set an example, they decide to arrest you and you get to spend a few hours at the police station. They advise you that they will be prosecuting you and to expect a day in court. You are then found guilty of supplying alcohol to a minor (by proxy) and are fined £1000.

Or if you chose b) your boss comes along, pats you on the back and said they are really pleased that you were so thorough...

Now imagine having to make this decision for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. Now wouldn't you be refusing ANYONE you weren't sure of?