Sainsbury's checking IDs

The_Miser

Blacksheep1979 wrote: »

No, they check people who look 25 or under - looking an age is subjective depending on who is doing the looking. So to the checkout girl you may have looked 25 (or less).
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Several times I got mistaken for 28 - 29 when I was actually 18.
I was in a pub many years back with about a dozen friends when it was raided by the police; they picked me - I was legal and one of the girls whose 18th birthday we were celebrating so that was OK! They didn't bother with the rest - all of them were underaged! It is totally subjective and if the police can't get it right ....
OTOH the cashier's job is at stake and the company might even try to recover the fine from her wages!

Mankysteve

Well they cant recover anything from the cashier wage but they can sack him/her and get fined and even jail time now. IF your anoyed at the goverment its misguided measures then write to your MP go to one of his surgeries Don't take it out of the people just operating the system. It just makes yourself look more suspicious and a bit of !!!.

oldone_2

DCFC79 wrote: »

well jeez i can see you would be delightful customer to ask for id if you were ever at my till, yes it may be annoying but theres no way round it, if you get asked for id and none on you then the sale is refused full stop

Perhaps you could explain why you think it is acceptable to ask a 30 year old for i.d when they want to purchase alcohol.
I can think of no rational or logical explanation for it. It is certainly not to prevent the sale to an underage drinker

My own view is that alcohol should only be sold in off-licences or pubs, where entering these premises is for one purpose only.

It will never happen of course, since the supermarket profit margin on alcohol is large; hence their fear of losing their licence, and putting the onus on poorly paid staff who are encouraged to not show any discretion or common sense.

The supermarkets over reaction is similar to garages suddenly asking for I.D. to prove you are old enough to drive, and hence purchase a car - done in the interests of preventing underage drivers.
It is all pure nonsense.

xmaslolly76

Iceland seem to have a rather outlandish policy on alchohol they ask everyone for id regardless of how old they look and refuse to sell if you cant produce any at least my two local ones do. I'm 33 i certainly dont look under 25 and i find the policy completley idiotic.

Nukumai

Mankysteve wrote: »

Well they cant recover anything from the cashier wage but they can sack him/her and get fined and even jail time now. IF your anoyed at the goverment its misguided measures then write to your MP go to one of his surgeries Don't take it out of the people just operating the system. It just makes yourself look more suspicious and a bit of !!!.

Try and apply some intellect. This has absolutely nothing to do with the government - the alcohol laws, themselves, are reasonable.

How hard is it to understand that the issue here is the ham-fisted way in which many supermarkets are imposing their own ridiculous policies on customers and staff; policies that are well in excess of what is reasonably required in order to comply with the law.

sarahg1969

Mankysteve wrote: »

Well they cant recover anything from the cashier wage but they can sack him/her and get fined and even jail time now. QUOTE]

Time in jail for selling alcohol to a 30 year-old, because you've not asked for ID? Really? :rolleyes:

voiceofreason

Mankysteve wrote: »

Well they cant recover anything from the cashier wage but they can sack him/her and get fined and even jail time now. IF your anoyed at the goverment its misguided measures then write to your MP go to one of his surgeries Don't take it out of the people just operating the system. It just makes yourself look more suspicious and a bit of !!!.

What utter bloody rubbish. Go take a good dump and clear your head, why don't you?

Mankysteve

sarahg1969 wrote: »

Mankysteve wrote: »

Well they cant recover anything from the cashier wage but they can sack him/her and get fined and even jail time now. QUOTE]

Time in jail for selling alcohol to a 30 year-old, because you've not asked for ID? Really? :rolleyes:

The point is that there being extra carefully especially with this think 25 rubbish so that they don't get caught out. Vote with you feet and go else where if your unhappy.

MissGolightly

DCFC79 wrote: »

is that allowed though,

why wouldn't it be? it is not like when they ask you for id you legally have to produce id to be served alcohol. if a checkout operator / manager can verify my age because they personally know me i don't see that there should be a problem.

sarahg1969

itselliebell wrote: »

why wouldn't it be? it is not like when they ask you for id you legally have to produce id to be served alcohol. if a checkout operator / manager can verify my age because they personally know me i don't see that there should be a problem.

When I was in Sainsburys a few months back, a checkout lady was serving one of her colleagues, and said to her that she knew she was 20, but she had to ask for her ID. What rot.