Tesco and their alcohol policy!

lufcgirl

Cromwell405a wrote: »

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.

So in a nutshell, I can't walk into a supermarket with anyone from age 14 up to my age basically and buy alcohol if they have no ID? Load of rubbish. I'll send them to the magazine aisle next time

FairyElephant_2

lufcgirl wrote: »

So in a nutshell, I can't walk into a supermarket with anyone from age 14 up to my age basically and buy alcohol if they have no ID? Load of rubbish. I'll send them to the magazine aisle next time

Just what I was thinking! - How daft have things got?!?

Now you've got me thinking about it, I've been supermarket shopping with various of the DSK's (aged 14, 16 & 18) and often bought alcohol as part of my shopping, but never been queried about it. When my back was bad I took them to help with the loading/unloading, so bascially all I was doing was paying the bill!
My DH often used to pick up the 'pizzas & wine/cider' (we're not drinking at the moment!) from the supermarket with his kids on a Friday evening when he'd picked them up to stay the weekend, and I'm sure I'd have heard all about it if he'd ever had a problem!
I suspect this is not a widespread policy - maybe it's just in areas where there has been some trouble?

lufcgirl

FairyElephant wrote: »

Just what I was thinking! - How daft have things got?!?

Now you've got me thinking about it, I've been supermarket shopping with various of the DSK's (aged 14, 16 & 18) and often bought alcohol as part of my shopping, but never been queried about it. When my back was bad I took them to help with the loading/unloading, so bascially all I was doing was paying the bill!
My DH often used to pick up the 'pizzas & wine/cider' (we're not drinking at the moment!) from the supermarket with his kids on a Friday evening when he'd picked them up to stay the weekend, and I'm sure I'd have heard all about it if he'd ever had a problem!
I suspect this is not a widespread policy - maybe it's just in areas where there has been some trouble?

Maybe, although I never expected Durham to be known for a place of widespread teenage drinking. When I was in there the queue was made up of Uni kids...and I never saw one of those get ID'd, that made me all the more furious!

sarebear_2

lufcgirl wrote: »

So in a nutshell, I can't walk into a supermarket with anyone from age 14 up to my age basically and buy alcohol if they have no ID? Load of rubbish. I'll send them to the magazine aisle next time

hate to say this but we have to refuse sale now if you are seen with someone in the alcohol aisle who looks under 25 even if they dont wait at the till with you to pay . one of the girls at work had to refuse a sale last night as a women was with her son buying lager but he took the card out of his wallet. she said it was for her but the sale was refused as he had gone to pay on his card. she then said she would pay herself on her card , but sale still refused as the sale had already been refused.
it drives us mad aswell as i hate having to ask for id now it is think 25 . as long as the id says you are 18 or over you can have stuff. but no id and no sale now i am afraid.

Cromwell405a

lufcgirl wrote: »

So in a nutshell, I can't walk into a supermarket with anyone from age 14 up to my age basically and buy alcohol if they have no ID? Load of rubbish. I'll send them to the magazine aisle next time

No, in a nutshell, if you are with someone who looks under 25, so feasibly could be under 18, the sales assisstant may well want to see ID in order to safeguard their job and avoid a fine. Each individual supermarket will make their own policy and has the right to refuse to serve anyone. The law does not allow ignorance as a reason for selling to minors (either direct or by proxy) hence companies and people covering their backs with stringent proof of age policies.

jb66

I feel sorry for the checkout operators, they are the ones constantly tested by Tesco and the Police with "dummy" purchases to see if they ask for ID. Then when they ask for ID they get a load of abuse from a stupid 23 YO without ID.

Bring your ID, Problem solved

lufcgirl

ID was brought, if you'd read the thread. However I don't expect my OH to have to bring a passport (which if lost meant they couldn't even get back home) for something they weren't buying and had never had a problem with buying with before in branches both here and in Northern Ireland. They did have a teaching council ID card in their wallet, issued to teachers in Ireland and that wasn't satisfactory either.

I find the policy appalling, regardless. If it's that big a deal to the goverment it should be implemented everywhere not just in supermarkets. Oh, and my local Co-Op doesn't do it either.

jb66

Maybe you should visit

http://www.pass-scheme.org.uk/

if your friend cant be trusted to look after his passport when you go to the shops. ;p

This is the only ID apart from Drivers Licence and Passport that is accepted.

lufcgirl

And an Irish person can get one?

It's not a case of 'being trusted'. It's a case of why the hell should they have to take it out when they're not buying anything. And if I had any chance personally, that my bag could be stolen, or lets not forget a passport doesn't fit in many pockets could be lost and then I couldn't get home, you wouldn't have a chance in hell of me taking it with me.

jb66

Im very offended that you called the checkout operator a "busybody behind the counter"

It seems your gripe is with the law, so why should the till operator have to listen to your rant?