Refused booze in tesco again

worried_jim

Go to a corner shop, they sell anything to anyone. When you were 15 and wanted some cider to enhance your "park experience" it was Patel's mini mart and super booze every time. The perfect combination, White Lightening and a roundabout !
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cirrusmp

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liam8282

Ok I can understand why they are doing this, but I think it is all way over the top.

The legal age to buy alcohol is 18, so why this new rule of if you don't look 25 you need ID?

If you look 18 or look young, fair enough ask for ID. But why ask a 25 year old who has just done a weekly shop, to get their ID out for the odd bottle of wine?

Seems to me that they cause a bit of a fuss bringing in a new policy, take the moral high ground saying that they are doing it all for us, then in a few months it will all be forgotten about.

It won't stop youngsters getting there older mates to buy them booze, all they will do is get their older mate to go in (with their ID) while they wait outside. Just as they have done for years!

All it causes is problems for genuine people, such as the boyfriend mentioned above.

Someone I know went to Tescos for a birthday present, the woman was 24 and she had her 15 year old brother with her. The 24 year old wanted to buy a Jack Daniels gift set, had her own ID, but was refused because she had her brother with her.

pulliptears

cirrusmp wrote: »

I think Tesco's 25 policy is overzealous and unecessary

Unfortunately its not just Tesco, my local One Stop and Off Licence also work on the 25 rule. I'm 35 and (luckily) look younger, it is getting incredibly annoying given that I have been buying cigarettes and alcohol without challenge since 15

I commented in the other thread that I'm now faced with having to pay for a photo card driving licence to prove my age (I'm still on the original paper one ) and my passport photo looks nothing at all like me any more so proves nothing lol

Rikki

cirrusmp wrote: »

You may not be able to tell the difference between 25 and 26, but i'd say most people can see the difference between 18 and 25.

I think Tesco's 25 policy is overzealous and unecessary, .

Sainsburys are applying the same policy. If you look under 25 you have to have ID proof of your age.


I think there are being heavy handed. A lot of parents have no choice but to take their children with them when they go shopping.

We will soon see children being left by the supermarkets door as parent buy themselves a bottle of wine or a few cans of beers, just in case.

biscit

Is it so onerous to take a card out of your wallet?

cirrusmp

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fatou256

debtfreein4years wrote: »

I should have learned after last time :mad:. I took my neighbours daughter to the supermarket with me and I got refused wine because i might be buying it for a ten year old. I really dont like tesco anymore and wont be gracing them with my presence in future and am even more mad cause ive not got to change where i get my contacts from :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

vent over and yes i know it was silly of me to assume i could buy alcohol when i was shopping with a minor.

although i do undersrtand your frustration but i must add that i used to work in retail and i have see many mother buying booze for their kid as young as ten and when we refusedd ot serve them oh boy the abuse we received wwas unbelievable !

biscit

cirrusmp wrote: »

I don't think its the issue of taking the card out of the wallet, its all the other hassle and embarresment that comes with it that annoys people.

Edit to previous post: I intended to include all supermarkets when i made reference to Tescos policy, sorry.

No hassle, embarassment not the fault of the policy, but of the stroppy nature of the person having a problem with the policy.

LilacPixie

I was stopped from buying a bottle of wine with my weekly shop because I had my two children with me. They are 3 and 1. Apparently it is policy as I may be passing it on to them.

I am 28 and I always have my driving licence with me so the age wasn't a problem, the checkout person didn't think i was under age it was purely the fact I had my daughters in the trolly as well.