Asda ...... petty ?

cazbust01

wish someone would ask me for id it would make my year - i am nearly 40

pulliptears

Jeff_Bridges_hair wrote: »

Ill be the judge of that.. Pics please

haha search the pic thread there is one on there somewhere

heretolearn_2

I was asked for my age in WH Smiths once when I bought Tippex. I was in my 30s! She did look abashed and said they had to ask everyone.

WhiteHorse

Yes, we are suffering from a plague of self important jobsworths, but ...

The government wants a national ID scheme of some description (loud denials from the current regime may be ignored), and has done for decades.

It was said by one of Blair's 'advisors' that the way to bring it in by the back door was to make life 'so difficult for ordinary people that they would beg for it'.

pulliptears

heretolearn wrote: »

I was asked for my age in WH Smiths once when I bought Tippex. I was in my 30s! She did look abashed and said they had to ask everyone.

In Tesco the other week I picked up a bottle of Jack Daniels BBQ Sauce, absolutely gorgeous over a nice pork chop. Anyway, I get to the till and cashier is scanning my shopping. On reaching the sauce the till beeps and stops. The young girl looks from the sauce and then to me in bemusement. "Has that just asked for ID?" I say? Laughing she says "YES!!!".
To add to the farce, as she was under 18 she then had to call a colleague over to authorise the sale of said BBQ Sauce causing further amusement both to us, staff and the queue behind.

The percentage of alcohol in that stuff means I'd probably have to drink well over 50 bottles to feel even slightly tipsy at a cost of £100 or more. Cheaper to buy the bottle of Jack I feel...

:rotfl:

CWCDiver

Oh the worst thing is my very long thread on here about the time I was asked for ID, and refused the sale of, Chicken Tonight sauce.

Chocolate_Cookie_Monster

I was asked for ID a few years ago and I wasn't even in the queue. I was waiting near the exit as I had already bought my shopping and I was waiting for my friend who had wine. She had to call me over to show my ID to her cashier so she could buy her wine. I was incredulous. And she was 40. I was over 30. And I have no idea how they knew we were together.

pulliptears

couple of years ago I'd bought, and paid for a lottery ticket on the way out of Tesco. Very rare for me as I don't play. I was struggling to return my change to my purse as well as juggle my 2 bags of shopping so I handed the ticket to my then 12 year old to hold for a second whilst I sorted out my bags.

The woman on the till bellowed at me that I couldn't give that ticket to a child and unless I took it back right away she would refuse to sell it to me. I basically told her that I'd paid, I'd do what the hell I wanted with MY ticket and MY child but thanks for the concern. She could see what I was doing, she could see I was struggling but chose to be bloody awkward for the sake of it.

nervousftb_3

Pelican_eats_pigeon wrote: »

Well, burning is about the only thing the Mail on Sunday's good for...

I might have known someone would pick up on that, I nearly wrote 'The Financial Times' instead to make myself sound posher but I genuinely wondered if it might be paper-specific and someone might know the reason so decided to tell the truth

sarahg1969

Weren't there some ludicrous stories of people being refused alcohol because their passport had expired, or because the ID they provided showed that, although they were over 18, they were under 25? The mind boggles. You really wonder what these people are thinking. Or if they are thinking at all.