Buying Alcohol at ASDA

Money-Saving-King

real1314 wrote: »

Those who want to spend an hour shopping only to walk away and leave it on a futile "point of principle" mustn't value their time much.

It does make me laugh that. The cashier won't have to do it. I saw at one Supermarket several trolley's at the end of the day with a product being put in, someone didn't want/can't afford, can't remember the reason. So basically they build up tonnes of stuff to put back over the course of the day anyway, it's just obviously part of what they're use to and won't care how much there really.

What does make me laugh though is the "well they'll have to put it all back comments" Like I said the cashier won't, whoever does isn't going to give a toss as they don't know the reason why it's there. But the only person who it is going to have an effect on is the person who stormed out, they now have to drive to another Supermarket & start their shop from scratch! So who has really been more inconvenienced?

Azari

real1314 wrote: »

Those who want to spend an hour shopping only to walk away and leave it on a futile "point of principle" mustn't value their time much.

Perhaps not but it might help Asda's idiotic management to focus their minds on not having such absurd policies.

The situation we have at the moment is that anyone who buys alcohol for under age children will make damn sure that said children are nowhere to be seen when they pick up the alcohol and go through the checkout. The children get their alcohol.

Whereas any adult innocently buying alcohol for their own consumption and thus very likely unaware of the stupid Asda policy is going to all foul of the idiocy.

It's working pretty much back to front. Doing virtually nothing to stop the indirect sale of alcohol to the under age whilst severely pissing off legitimate customers

I_know_my_ABC_and_my_CMYK

Retrogamer wrote: »

I know people in their 30's who were refused whilst being on their own as they didn't have ID.
At least one of them hasn't aged well either and looks older than they really are so i'd feel sorry if someone at 18 looks like them.

I always wondered what the rules are in regards to selling alcohol to parents with children.
16 = no but i assume they don't mind serving parents who have children in prams or buggies so what's the cut off point?

My D-I-L was asked for ID in Asda a while back, she's 33, but because she had no ID on her she had to leave to bottle of wine and just paid for the other bits she went for.

I have to say though she does look younger than her age but not over 10 years younger.

She has never been stopped in Tesco buying the same item. I think its luck of the draw and how well the till operater is able to judge ages, i'm not very good.

samuela66

Crazy isn't it, I got ID'd in Asda one day, I was 45:o:o:o, silly woman at the till, the self scan it was, I didnt have ID on me, I was buying Fizz and flowers as a gift, so Asdas loss went to Tezzer instead!:D

aileth

I'm all for the US system of ID'ing regardless of how old someone looks.

However, being refused alcohol when you have perfectly valid ID because you have a child with you and you are accused of buying it for that child with no reasonable grounds for believing so is absolutely ridiculous.

theEnd

When did it get so strict?

From 12/13 onwards I never had a problem getting served alcohol. Supermarkets, off-licences, corner shops. None ever asked for ID. This was early 90s.

I've only ever been asked for ID in America.

darleydame

aileth wrote: »

I once saw this in a Sainsburys, middle-aged woman with a girl no older than five. She had A LOT of shopping and had bought a single bottle of wine with it. Cashier refused to serve her and actually said to the woman 'you might give it to the girl.' Talk about match to a fuse, and I don't blame her. She left all her shopping there and left to almost everyone in the vicinity applauding her.

Good for you - but we only have one supermarket in our town - so it would make life difficult but I would have been tempted to add - Oh no she doesnt drink wine - only whisky. Mind you that would probably mean being reported to social services!

Azari

aileth wrote: »

I'm all for the US system of ID'ing regardless of how old someone looks.

Why should we organise our society for the benefit of idiots?

Wasting the time of cashiers and customers on every single transaction just because the occasional dipstick is too stupid to spot that someone is under 25 is plain daft.

It's not as if these rules actually stop any children determined to get their hands on the stuff.

Ronaldo_Mconaldo

What a stupid policy. Why not just tell the under 18 to go wander off for 5 minutes or wait outside?

1jim

The drink aware site says

For an adult to buy or attempt to buy alcohol on behalf of someone under 18. (retailers can reserve the right to refuse the sale of alcohol to an adult if they’re accompanied by a child and think the alcohol is being bought for the child.)

So I'd be asking why they thought my alcohol was being bought for a child

I'm afraid if they ever did this to me I would also leave the shopping at the till. Nothing to do with having too much time, more to do with making a clear point of my disagreement with their interpretation of the law and the unfounded assumptions they have made.

Saying that though, I do all my shopping online and never had an issue with the home delivery and the driver can clearly see kids at home. Maybe this is the way forward for all parents wanting to get their kids hooked on alcohol !