Refused booze in tesco again

Chimpofdoom

lol I got ID'd last week for buying a euro millions lucky dip..

25 years old.. 6ft odd, beard etc..

Someone should've gone to specsavers!

maninthestreet

GillsMan7 wrote: »

I went to a Ralph's supermarket in La Jolla, California. I realise that American's are more fastidious about checking ID than their British counterparts, so I took my passport and driving license. I got refused. On the basis that they did not contain a physical description (I explained that the photograph works better than a line saying "blue eyes, brown hair", etc. No joy.

Interesting - U.S Immigration were satisfied with your passort, as they let you enter the coutry, but it's not good enough to buy alcohol.

Fiddlestick

maninthestreet wrote: »

Interesting - U.S Immigration were satisfied with your passort, as they let you enter the coutry, but it's not good enough to buy alcohol.

US Immigration are not selling the alcohol, the local store clerk is and it's their job on the line.

GillsMan7

Fiddlestick wrote: »

US Immigration are not selling the alcohol, the local store clerk is and it's their job on the line.

Yes, but...IT'S A PASSPORT. I couldn't get anything better than a passport. It's literally the best ID I can produce.

foundationsmcr

GillsMan7 wrote: »

Yes, but...IT'S A PASSPORT. I couldn't get anything better than a passport. It's literally the best ID I can produce.

:rotfl:

Maybe you should have written on one of the pages with the description they were so keen for you to provide, using a biro purchased in their store. lol

Chimpofdoom

You tend to find regardless of your age in the US, you will be ID'd for buying alcohol.

I was in Texas a few years back, an elderly gent (70's) in front of me handed his driving licence over and then his sale went through.

A colleague of mind had advised me to take my driving licence/passport anywhere in case I'm purchasing alcohol and right enough.. everytime I bought alcohol I was asked for ID.

Similar story in Florida and New York.

Mankysteve

kriss_boy wrote: »

Ask to see the manager.

The same happened to me with my girlfriend. We are 25 and 26 but I didnt have ID, my girlfriend did and she was paying.

Ask to speak to the manager because surely the checkout staff are misunderstanding the policy.

Mangers are not allowed to over rule checkout staff on ID checking.

Bamber19

Mankysteve wrote: »

Mangers are not allowed to over rule checkout staff on ID checking.

Of course they are, they can sell it to them themselves.

I always have ID so it's not an issue for me (unless I'm with someone without one) and I agree people who look younger should be ID's, however ID'ing someone who is with someone else is taking it too far. The reality is that firstly, no matter what age someone looks you're never going to be prosecuted for selling to an over 18, secondly if you do sell to someone underage the chances of anything other than age restriction training happening are very low (but i agree it's not worth the risk if you're the 1 in 1000 that anything actually happens to) and finally, no-one is ever going to be prosecuted for selling alcohol to an individual who is 40 and has ID but happens to be with their child or a young relative, it's beyond what is reasonably forseeable for a checkout operator to assume a 40 year old buying a botte of wine is actually buying on behalf of their child, otherwise why is any alcohol being sold at all as presumably everyone who buys has some contact with minors, maybe they're going to pass it on. It's over zealous nonsense that was probably about on the money when it was challenge 21, but like all policies it gets changed and now has become some sort of moral judgement on everyone who buys alcohol as a supplier to minors.

nickmack wrote: »

http://www.heraldseries.co.uk/news/hsdidcotnews/4682813.Supermarket_booze_ban_irks_Didcot_couple/

Edit: More importantly, what is Terry's secret?

Helix

Bamber19 wrote: »

Of course they are, they can sell it to them themselves.

Legally they can but most stores have a policy that managers won't over-rule a checkout operators judgement even if they feel it is wrong.

Freddie_Snowbits

Just a reminder, there is no requirment in the UK to carry any form of identification. And best it stays that way. I even hide my work tags when outside the firm.