Asda`s Think 25 policy - VENT

sithmaster

i work in a supermarket and most will do this, the cashier does not know who tho drink is for evan if the customer says as people will say anything to get what they want.
anyway if the party looks under 25 evan one member they can be requested for id. This is the case as is the cashier sells to a underage the store gets a fine and the cashier gets a £80 on the spot fine and a criminal record if its a test purchase from trading standards, the cashier does not know you are not them. Its the store policy to do this and most supermarkets employ the same policy as its the safest method of stopping underage buying.
The only difference is children with parents/ guardian. but evan then if the cashier thinks something is not right they can refuse also.
In my supermarket the managment can not override the cashier on this as the manager would not get the £80 on the spot fine or crinimal record so its in the cashiers hands if you get your drink or not.

stephen77

I think in the next couple of years people will get used to the laws and policy regarding this and it will come second nature not to go and buy alcohol with under 18's and no ID.

I guess the other difficulty is that different shop have different policies. Eg some will not serve anyone without ID, even if you OAP, well this was from listerning to call in on jeremery vine radio show.

catwoman73

And then there are those SAs who can't work out that a youthful-looking 45-year old might look 'around' 25, but cannot possibly be under 18.

I had this once - I wanted to buy wine at the tender age of 36 and I got ID'd - first time it had happened in years. I don't routinely carry my driving licence or passport round with me in case of loss - don't need passport day to day and if my bag is stolen with my DL in the theives have my house keys and my home address.

They were happy I was over 18 but not that I was over 25 so would not sell me the wine! Couldn't reason with them that they were happy that no law was being broken. Was very annoyed so I just left the entire weeks shop on the belt for them to deal with and walked out! (Feel bad for the people in the queue behind me but, really!)

Someone I know was refused the wine in their home delivery from the supermarket because the only person in the house when it was delivered was her son, aged about 16.

Its not illegal for parents to give alcohol to their children in their own homes and it makes no sense to stop parents taking their children with them when they put alcohol in with their normal shopping, whether the children are 2, 9, 17 or 25 with no ID!

The way the retailers apply the rules make no sense at all.

emslovesmickey

Littlestars wrote: »

I got id in poundland buying a can of monster on the way to work, i didn't have my id on me so they refused to serve me as i looked under 25. Went to tesco and used the self service and no issues but im not even aware energy drinks need id as i have never been id for them before.

I think energy drinks have been restricted to over 16's only in some places.

emslovesmickey

catwoman73 wrote: »

And then there are those SAs who can't work out that a youthful-looking 45-year old might look 'around' 25, but cannot possibly be under 18.

I had this once - I wanted to buy wine at the tender age of 36 and I got ID'd - first time it had happened in years. I don't routinely carry my driving licence or passport round with me in case of loss - don't need passport day to day and if my bag is stolen with my DL in the theives have my house keys and my home address.

They were happy I was over 18 but not that I was over 25 so would not sell me the wine! Couldn't reason with them that they were happy that no law was being broken. Was very annoyed so I just left the entire weeks shop on the belt for them to deal with and walked out! (Feel bad for the people in the queue behind me but, really!)

Someone I know was refused the wine in their home delivery from the supermarket because the only person in the house when it was delivered was her son, aged about 16.

Its not illegal for parents to give alcohol to their children in their own homes and it makes no sense to stop parents taking their children with them when they put alcohol in with their normal shopping, whether the children are 2, 9, 17 or 25 with no ID!

The way the retailers apply the rules make no sense at all.

The issue for the person serving you is, that while you may look over 18, if they think you look under 25 they cannot serve you because you may be the person that has been sent round to test them. If they fail the test they lose their job.

catwoman73

emslovesmickey wrote: »

The issue for the person serving you is, that while you may look over 18, if they think you look under 25 they cannot serve you because you may be the person that has been sent round to test them. If they fail the test they lose their job.

Trading standards only use teenagers under 18, which generally look under 18, or possibly a little older to check. They do not send 36 year old women who might look in their late 20s at best to buy a full family weekly shop and try and sneak a bottle of wine in! No law is being broken unless the alcohol is for under 18s, not under 25s!

Forwandert

I fully understand the think 25 policy as most people do carry ID these days so it's not that much of an issue. The one part of ASDA's policy I couldn't believe when in training a couple of years ago was continuing to ID the same person. Ie if they didn't look over 25 and had ID which you had checked the next time they came in shopping you still had to ID them. (Basically so the colleagues couldn't just say they had IDed them before)

chewynut

I got ID'd for a PG-rated Blu-Ray called Earth when I was 21. It was a documentary narrated by David Attenborough. I only wanted it because it was a couple of quid and I wanted to test out the shiny Blu-Ray player and HD telly I'd just bought out of my own wages.

But nope, I guess Morrisons thought I was going to snap the disc and kill somebody with it.

Helix

catwoman73 wrote: »

Someone I know was refused the wine in their home delivery from the supermarket because the only person in the house when it was delivered was her son, aged about 16.

They were lucky to get the shopping at all the terms and conditions for these home delivery services state there must be someone over 18 in to sign for the delivery whether you order alcohol or not.

catwoman73 wrote: »

Trading standards only use teenagers under 18, which generally look under 18, or possibly a little older to check. They do not send 36 year old women who might look in their late 20s at best to buy a full family weekly shop and try and sneak a bottle of wine in! No law is being broken unless the alcohol is for under 18s, not under 25s!

This has changed now, they send people around to check that shops are complying with Think 25. So they will send people in who look 25 and to check that ID is being asked for, as well as the standard checks ensuring alcohol is not sold to under 18s.

apesxx

Helix wrote: »

They were lucky to get the shopping at all the terms and conditions for these home delivery services state there must be someone over 18 in to sign for the delivery whether you order alcohol or not.



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I work as a home shop delivery driver and were not allowed to deliver anything unless there's someone over the age of 18 to sign for it. I always make sure an adult is home before I start handing the shopping over as we get quite a few kids sent to the door for it. There is nothing on the reciept that stands out saying there are age restricted items in the shopping so that's why we challenge 25 on every shop