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*Think 25* ? how annoying
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This is purely a symptom of supermarkets not paying to train their staff properly, and applying a blanket catch-all policy to cover all bases.
Of all the people who have complained in this thread, how many would be prepared to put their money where their mouth is, ditch their shopping at the checkout, and shop somewhere which offered proper customer service?... not many I expect, especially if it was likely to cost them more £££.
The simple fact is, no matter how much people complain, they still value price and convenience above customer service, if they didn't our local off-licences would still be alive and well... so nothing will change, in fact it will get worse as more and more smaller local shops are forced to close.0 -
This is purely a symptom of supermarkets not paying to train their staff properly, and applying a blanket catch-all policy to cover all bases.
Of all the people who have complained in this thread, how many would be prepared to put their money where their mouth is, ditch their shopping at the checkout, and shop somewhere which offered proper customer service?... not many I expect, especially if it was likely to cost them more £££.
The simple fact is, no matter how much people complain, they still value price and convenience above customer service, if they didn't our local off-licences would still be alive and well... so nothing will change, in fact it will get worse as more and more smaller local shops are forced to close.
trust me staff are trained correctly(well the stores ive worked in) but some player it safer than others, they also have the threat of possibly being sacked, a fine and a possible criminal offence,0 -
trust me staff are trained correctly(well the stores ive worked in) but some player it safer than others, they also have the threat of possibly being sacked, a fine and a possible criminal offence,
I don't quite buy the 'criminal offence' bit, as far as I'm aware it's the store that gets fined if they are found to be supplying alcohol to minors, and the possibility of their license being revoked.
I don't know any off-licences or smaller supermarkets that operate this policy either, suggesting their training involves actually training the staff to use proper discretion... not robots blindly following procedures, in fear of losing their job if they do not.0 -
I'd better start saving for that facelift as I haven't been ID'ed anywhere in 15 years :eek:Strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government0
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I appreciate that there have to be rules and that we have an underage drink problem in this country but this rule obviously means that you cannot have any person under the age of 18 with you in a supermarkeit if you are buying alcohol !0
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I was buying a age 12 DVD last year (it was for me, sad I know) when the assistant asked me to prove I was old enough to buy it.
I burst out laughing....and laughed so hard that I couldn't speak for about 3 minutes, then proceeded to say "Are you seriously telling me I look under 12? I know some say I look a little younger than my years but nearly 30 years younger? I doubt it! If I am under 12, then I somehow had my youngest son when I was minus a few months and my eldest when I was minus 5!"
I then thanked him for making my decade, that I had never been so flattered in all my life (whilst also offering him my driving license to confirm I was indeed 40).
Poor lad had gone bright red by this time and let me have the DVD.
Still gives me the giggles to this day.We made it! All three boys have graduated, it's been hard work but it shows there is a possibility of a chance of normal (ish) life after a diagnosis (or two) of ASD. It's not been the easiest route but I am so glad I ignored everything and everyone and did my own therapies with them.
Eldests' EDS diagnosis 4.5.10, mine 13.1.11 eekk - now having fun and games as a wheelchair user.0 -
I think the policy is just a guise for "stores" to look responsible and blameless for the large number of very intoxicated youngsters and record number of young alcoholics.
If they actually put the price of alcohol up (it is obscene how many cans you can buy with £15) instead of making a bag of rice or four apples extortionately priced it would help the situation a lot. As well as the government looking at ways to give young teens something to do other than drink. Giving funds to youth clubs rather than closing them down, opening IT clubs, giving them cut price swimming and access to sports, subsidised cinema/ice skating/bowling tickets etc. And finally the role parents play - if a parent sits in front of their chidren every night, guzzling a couple of bottles of wine - excessive drinking will be seen as the norm.0 -
I've never heard of this "you can't buy alcohol if you've got your kids with you" policy. But I did get asked for ID in sainsbury's when I was buying a bottle of wine in my lunch break. Made my day - I'm 31 and haven't been asked for ID in quite a few years now.0
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I wish i still looked young enough that they needed to check.Liverpool is one of the wonders of Britain,
What it may grow to in time, I know not what.
Daniel Defoe: 1725.
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polejunkie wrote: »The legal age to drink alcohol at home is 5 years old or something like that not that I was planning on sharing my JD with any of them.
The legal age to drink alcohol at home is indeed 5 years, but it is an offence to buy alcohol with the intention of giving it to a minor, and an offence to sell it to someone if you believe that they may intend to give it to a minor. I came across this when working for an off- licence chain and someone was letting her teenager choose his own drinks; she simply could not accept that I had to see his ID and that she was breaking the law. (Penalty £5k fine or six months I believe)
With regard to the narrow minded fixation on Think 25: it is not the shop that takes the rap initially, it's the cashier. The shop will not pay their £80 on the spot fine if they get it wrong, and they will almost certainly lose their job as they wil have been trained on age- related sales. I always erred on the side of caution, feeling that my job was worth more than someone else's feelings. So there! I'm in my thirties now and still get IDed sometimes- it's frustrating but flattering,. not eactly the end of the world.
They call me Dr Worm... I'm interested in things; I'm not a real doctor but I am a real worm.0
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