Refused Alcohol from Tesco

chomsky_2

I feel your pain OP, I had a bizarre experience in M&S a few months ago. Me and my friend decided to have a girls night in so popped to M&S to get food, nibbles and wine for our night in front of the TV. We took her son with us as we were going to drop him at his nan's on the way back. Everything went through the till and when it got to the wine the SA siad "I'm afraid I can't serve you." When we gave our ID's she said "I still can't serve you, you might be buying alcohol for him" and pointed to my friend's five-year-old son. You can only imagine the scene that followed as my friend went berserk and demanded to see the manager. To be fair to M&S the SA had a right dressing down and we got our wine for free!

UK2010

WhiteHorse wrote: »

Interesting thought. After all, what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

If they cannot or will not produce suitable ID, you have reasonable cause to suppose that a breach of the stores liquor license has taken place.

It cuts both ways.

No that's not the point. If they thought that they' have to do something off their own back. There and then theres nothing they can do.

I once had a situation back in the 90's with a guy who was 16, was short and really did look nearer 13/14. Obviously he was 16, this was a fairly large company here documentation is needed for employment such as national insurance id etc.

Anyway some woman suddenly started shouting at the manager that he was too young to work there. The manager explained the process of recruitment where proof of age was provided. That woman was having none of it. The thing is she didn't get it. If she thinks that she is the one who had to get off her own !!! and report it or whatever. She didn't get that no one there was going to do anything. What was she expecting? The manager to report himself? If she thought that she had to do something about it!

Jakg

Spartacus_Mills wrote: »

So what, given he is 19.

And the shop know that how?

greenslime wrote: »

I'm 19 and got asked for I.D to buy a lottery ticket!!!! Yet when I have gone into Tesco's/Sainsburys/Off Licenses etc. They rarely ask me for I.D I would say probably 1 out of 10 times.

When I was 16 I had a scooter - I always filled it up at the same petrol station (which you have to be 16 to buy fuel at remember). I bought some petrol one day, and just after I paid I asked for a lottery ticket... and I got ID'ed. She then gave the "stern look" to the DOB on my driving license (you need to be 16 to get a provisional, but hey)...

Cool_Username

oldone wrote: »

Just as it is the customers right to take their business elsewhere to a store that does not make it difficult or unpleasant to shop.

You mean we can choose which shops to buy things from!?

Thanks for the contribution

WhiteHorse

chomsky wrote:

... When we gave our ID's she said "I still can't serve you, you might be buying alcohol for him" and pointed to my friend's five-year-old son.

Classic jobsworth. A jumped-up nobody who invents or elaborates rules in order to exert some petty power over others.

oldone_2

Cool_Username wrote: »

You mean we can choose which shops to buy things from!?

Thanks for the contribution

Glad to be of help. Not everyone knows that they are not required by law to shop in Tesco/Morrison/Asda, and your friendly local store is willing to serve you without making you jump through hoops.

WhiteHorse

oldone wrote:

Not everyone knows that they are not required by law to shop in Tesco/Morrison/Asda ...

Tesco dreams of the day ... :eek:

wontfallforit

I completely understand the importance of stringent ID checking, and have worked in more than one off-licence myself, but it really annoys me when I'm asked for ID by the same people, on a daily basis.

Sure, I look young for my age (25), and am happy to produce ID, which I always carry...However, I used to go to the local newsagents every day for a period of about 9 months to buy cigarettes (this was when the legal age was still 16+, and I was around 22).

At first it was a novelty being asked for ID - the "you'll thank me in 20 years" jokes never grow old - but after being served by the same person for weeks on end, it grew a little tiresome. I understand that shop assistants see many different faces, but seriously, how long does it take to establish that someone has already shown you their ID dozens of times before, in the recent past? It's just bad customer service...when I've worked in shops in the past, I began to identify regular customers within a few days of starting my new job.

I stopped going there in the end, as even though I understand why ID checks are made, I still find it quite embarrassing.

Another time, I filled up my car at a petrol station and went to pay...only to be informed that only over 16s could purchase petrol. I was alone in an empty station, parked on an empty car park...driving a car, which placed me at age 17+ as a minimum.

I thought about shrugging, returning to my car and driving off, if I didn't appear old enough...but obviously the police would be tailing me within minutes

DCFC79

wontfallforit wrote: »

Another time, I filled up my car at a petrol station and went to pay...only to be informed that only over 16s could purchase petrol. I was alone in an empty station, parked on an empty car park...driving a car, which placed me at age 17+ as a minimum.

but how did the person at the till know you were legally of driving age, you could have been 16 driving a car that wasnt yours

raebhoop

wontfallforit wrote: »

I thought about shrugging, returning to my car and driving off, if I didn't appear old enough...but obviously the police would be tailing me within minutes

I would have been dead awkward in that case and told 'em to take their petrol back then...idiots.