Tesco and their alcohol policy!

before_hollywood

mwilletts wrote: »

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?

erm....the thread is about tesco expecting id from people that by their own admissions look 25 hence it is a challenge 25 policy on anything age restricted

Meepster

before_hollywood wrote: »

erm....the thread is about tesco expecting id from people that by their own admissions look 25 hence it is a challenge 25 policy on anything age restricted

Oh, so the challenge 25 policy has nothing to do with restricting the sale of alcohol to minors? It's just there to annoy people who don't carry ID when buying alcohol...

oldone_2

O.K here is a question. Does anyone know of a nineteen year old, who was able to show the required I.D., but was refused service because the I.D. showed they were under 25.
If so, since when did supermarkets decide on the law of the land.

DrScotsman

oldone wrote: »

O.K here is a question. Does anyone know of a nineteen year old, who was able to show the required I.D., but was refused service because the I.D. showed they were under 25.

I'm confused, is this an actual story? Not a very believable one, a supervisor would have seen this mistake and corrected it (unless the guy wasn't bothered to escalate this to a supervisor). Source please.

If so, since when did supermarkets decide on the law of the land.

Supermarkets can refuse to sell you cheese if they want to, stop pretending they're doing something illegal.

Tigsteroonie wrote: »

Do you (a) believe your customer or (b) accuse your customer of lying?

I think it's fairly safe to say that the people who know best in the head office weighed the cost of lost customers against the costs of fines and the cost of being banned to sell alcohol entirely, and they probably did it correctly.

lufcgirl

Is there an actual law that states you can't serve someone with ID if you have somebody without ID with them?

Because if there is, then why isn't it implemented everywhere other than just supermarkets? I'm sorry but it does annoy me. If I want to buy alcohol and I have ID I should have every right to regardless of if my OH, friend, brother, sister...whoever is with me at the time. It's me buying not them. None of the stores business because they are not the one selling to a minor.

And isn't it a case of guilty of passing to a minor, unless you can prove otherwise? Thought the saying was the other way around.

before_hollywood

mwilletts wrote: »

Oh, so the challenge 25 policy has nothing to do with restricting the sale of alcohol to minors? It's just there to annoy people who don't carry ID when buying alcohol...

if i looked 25 and was actually 16 i would be drowning my sorrows :rotfl:

Cromwell405a

It is illegal to supply alcohol to minors by proxy, ie if you sell to someone who then gives it to a minor (who isn't their child in their home etc.) they are breaking the law and hence risking their job. The ID is not the issue it is the risk (even though it was slight) that the person is underage which was the issue. If your OH had turned out to be a very old looking 17 year old, the sales assisstant could have been in a lot of trouble.

This idea you should have a right regardless of who is with you is rubbish. Stores and inidividuals have the right to protect their position and a duty in law to ensure alcohol is not passed to minors.

angie_baby

Im going to write to Mr T's and complain that i never get ID, never, i mean what are they saying, im a 24 year old that looks like an old minger!!!

I WANT to be ID!!! Mind you, they would then probily say no cause i have my 7 year old DS with me!!

Valli

mwilletts wrote: »

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

This is one of MANY scenarios used by Trading Standards actually ... they also set up test purchases regarding many other age restricted sales.

Krissy306

this just sucks