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Co-OP and the tale of age verification
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CWCDiver
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*Sigh* sometimes I dispare, totally and utterly.
I was asked for ID because I wanted to buy chicken chasseur with red wine and herbs. Why was I asked for ID? Because it contains wine!!
Less than 5.5% wine, mixed in with chicken and sauce and all sorts of other stuff so even if I was under 18 I am hardly going to suck the wine out of it and go on the lash am I!
I didn't have any suitable ID for them, despite paying by credit card - and yes you have to be over 21 to have my credit card- the shop assistant said that she couldn't take it as ID as it didn't have a photo on and it might not be mine... And they wouldn't take any of my three government issued ID cards..
Might not be mine!?! Why is she willing to take it at all then if that's what she suspects. She also was willing to say that she thought I was over 18, but I still looked under 30
I took great pleasure in leaving all my shopping there and walking out.
While I am sure this is an isolated incident of idiocy it still gets my goat up....
And no I still won't be carrying round any ID other than what I have now!
I was asked for ID because I wanted to buy chicken chasseur with red wine and herbs. Why was I asked for ID? Because it contains wine!!
Less than 5.5% wine, mixed in with chicken and sauce and all sorts of other stuff so even if I was under 18 I am hardly going to suck the wine out of it and go on the lash am I!
I didn't have any suitable ID for them, despite paying by credit card - and yes you have to be over 21 to have my credit card- the shop assistant said that she couldn't take it as ID as it didn't have a photo on and it might not be mine... And they wouldn't take any of my three government issued ID cards..
Might not be mine!?! Why is she willing to take it at all then if that's what she suspects. She also was willing to say that she thought I was over 18, but I still looked under 30

I took great pleasure in leaving all my shopping there and walking out.
While I am sure this is an isolated incident of idiocy it still gets my goat up....
And no I still won't be carrying round any ID other than what I have now!
It must be accepted as a principle that the rifle cannot replace the speed of the horse, the magnetism of the charge and the terror of cold steel.
The British Cavalry Manual 1907.
The British Cavalry Manual 1907.
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and yes you have to be over 21 to have my credit card
No you don't. I got one at 17. It was somewhere I worked had those people outside who sign people up. They begged us to fill out the forms to help get their numbers. I got the card!
I've read on here a lot the argument that having a credit card proves your age but actually it doesn't. So although you think the shop assistant is wrong saying it's not proof they are infact correct as you can get them below the age of 18.0 -
No you don't. I got one at 17. It was somewhere I worked had those people outside who sign people up. They begged us to fill out the forms to help get their numbers. I got the card!
Sounds slightly illegal though. I don't think that counts.My TV is broken!
Edit: refunded £515 for TV 1.5 years out of warranty - thank you Sale of Goods Act! :j0 -
About the first part, regardless of the fact that you would have to, as you put it 'suck the wine out of it', it is still wine. What I think is stupid is having to be over 18 to buy non-alcoholic alcohol because they have around 0.02-0.05% alcoholic content.
I know being asked for I.D. can be frustrating, which government issued ID cards did you have that they didn't accept? A photo on your ID should be a minimum thing, so I stand by them for not accepting a credit card as proof.Male.
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frivolous_fay wrote: »Sounds slightly illegal though. I don't think that counts.
Yeah it is. But it goes to show having a credit card is no proof of age as you can just lie about your date of birth when you apply.0 -
If treated in this manner, abandon your entire shopping and walk out. If everyone did this, store management would soon curb these jobsworths."Never underestimate the mindless force of a government bureaucracyseeking to expand its power, dominion and budget"Jay Stanley, American Civil Liberties Union.0
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There might be 5.5% wine in it, but it's cooked, so there wont be any alcohol in it. I don't get the "yes you look over 18" stuff. You might look under 30, but the law stops you buying alcohol under 18, not under 30.
My son couldn't buy a bar butler for his Dad for Christmas because he's 16. He pointed out that it doesn't have any alcohol in it, and the daft assistant at Argos said "yes, but you might put some in it".******** Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity *******"Always be calm and polite, and have the materials to make a bomb"0 -
No you don't. I got one at 17. It was somewhere I worked had those people outside who sign people up. They begged us to fill out the forms to help get their numbers. I got the card!
I've read on here a lot the argument that having a credit card proves your age but actually it doesn't. So although you think the shop assistant is wrong saying it's not proof they are infact correct as you can get them below the age of 18.
Not for my card you don't, it even has my photo on....I've just noticed this is your second thread today about getting checked for age. Aren't you just making your life awkward?
How am I making life awkward?LemonGrove wrote: »I know being asked for I.D. can be frustrating, which government issued ID cards did you have that they didn't accept? A photo on your ID should be a minimum thing, so I stand by them for not accepting a credit card as proof.It must be accepted as a principle that the rifle cannot replace the speed of the horse, the magnetism of the charge and the terror of cold steel.
The British Cavalry Manual 1907.0 -
WhiteHorse wrote: »If treated in this manner, abandon your entire shopping and walk out. If everyone did this, store management would soon curb these jobsworths.
It won't change anything. She left her shopping there, I've read hundreds of times on the ID rant threads that seem to happen daily here of people doing the same thing. You can't blame the shops for protecting themselves, judging age can be hard to do hence the think 25 etc, you'll always get people argue the toss saying it's obvious etc. Why don't these people just carry ID that everywhere takes!
It took the op a lot longer to pick all the shopping up than it will for someone to put it back (who isn't browsing and knows exactly where everything is). So it's more time out of the op's life by doing that everytime they get checked for ID.0 -
Yeah it is. But it goes to show having a credit card is no proof of age as you can just lie about your date of birth when you apply.
True.... but the number of people this happens to must be pretty miniscule.My TV is broken!
Edit: refunded £515 for TV 1.5 years out of warranty - thank you Sale of Goods Act! :j0
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