Tesco

Bamber19

Individual fines are £80, you probably don't want to pay that but it's hardly the thousand pounds people have scaremongered about in this thread, nor will you have a criminal record. Store fines are up to £5000 though and they can have there license revoked, this tends only to happen where there are persistent sales to kids. There's also no clear guidance on selling alcohol to an adult accompanied by a child or anyone else under 18, it's dsicretionary but again scaremongering within stores by supervisors results in people in their 40's getting refused alcohol because they're with their 39 year old friend who has no ID. Some people seem to think it's an offence to sell to someone without an ID, it's not. I also ahte these daft guidelines about someone looking 21, the majority of people can't tell someone's age by looking at them, also such a rule sometimes leads to a daft interpretation by staff that results in the production of an ID showing someone is 18/19/20 being refused because they are not 21...shame my local ASDA has recentely upped their own "What age do you look" rule to 25.

In fairness though, i've always got ID on me so I don't give a damn even if I get ID'd

pinkkaz

The only ID I have though is my passport and there's no way I'm carrying my passport around with me everywhere!

The only time I've ever been ID'd was about a year ago in Sainsbury's (hey it's Sainsbury's, why not Tesco's?!) and the cashier said that I should be carrying ID if I'm under 21. Well, I was 26! Grrr. She finally relented when the supervisor came over and gave her a look. I was so annoyed that I left my paper behind when I left. Again I say, grrrr!

C_Ronaldo

Bamber19 wrote: »

Individual fines are £80, you probably don't want to pay that but it's hardly the thousand pounds people have scaremongered about in this thread, nor will you have a criminal record. Store fines are up to £5000 though and they can have there license revoked, this tends only to happen where there are persistent sales to kids. There's also no clear guidance on selling alcohol to an adult accompanied by a child or anyone else under 18, it's dsicretionary but again scaremongering within stores by supervisors results in people in their 40's getting refused alcohol because they're with their 39 year old friend who has no ID. Some people seem to think it's an offence to sell to someone without an ID, it's not. I also ahte these daft guidelines about someone looking 21, the majority of people can't tell someone's age by looking at them, also such a rule sometimes leads to a daft interpretation by staff that results in the production of an ID showing someone is 18/19/20 being refused because they are not 21...shame my local ASDA has recentely upped their own "What age do you look" rule to 25.

In fairness though, i've always got ID on me so I don't give a damn even if I get ID'd

if i get caught selling some wine to a test purchaser from TS i will get a fine and a criminal record, ill get a criminal record as its against the law to sell to a minor

chou_123

No offence, but it seems a lot of people here are arguing against a system which is in place to reduce alchohol sold to people under 18. I worked in a supermarket from age 16-18, and before I was 18, a supervisor had to be present every time somebody purchased alchohol at my till. (Or another cashier, if they were over 18.) However, at 18 I was not a particularly good judge of age - and it was safer to ask if I wasn't sure. However, it was a small Marks and Spencer, and to be honest, the only people to purchase alchohol that we would ever have to ID would be other members of staff!

ShelfStacker_3

zoelouise88 wrote: »

ShelfStacker wrote: »

- If you try and buy drink and are over 18, but get IDed and you don't have any on you, we must refuse (obviously). If someone you are with then produces ID then we must also refuse, as it is obvious the booze is being bought for/by the person without ID.
what so if my dads buyin alcohol when shopping with my sister and she doesnt have id but he does and shows it that means hes buying it for her? no

It doesn't, but on the balance of probabilities it is seen as more likely that the person buying is underage and the person with ID is covering for them.

- I don't remember everyone that walks through my till and it's unreasonable to expect any cashier to.
my tesco is tiny and its all local people who work there i would understand if it was a big one but it isnt, infact most of the staff life locally to me

You would be surprised how many people cashiers see each day; individuals, unless they're really horrible, loud or otherwise noticeable, don't really tend to stick out in their minds.

No, not everyone who gets IDed is under 18, and not every person who is under 18 gets IDed (sadly), but the aim of the Think 21 policies and the other policies outlined is to stay within the law and basically be on the safe side. Is it more likely that someone who looks 17 is actually 17 or over 21? They could well be 29, but you don't know that until they prove it, and if you guess and get it wrong you'll be in for a hard time.

Best policy is to carry either a Citizencard or, more usefully, a provisional or full driving license with you in case you get IDed. To reiterate; you may know you're 20 something, but the cashier doesn't and needs proof if in doubt.

emweaver

The basic fact here is the cashier knew they were both over 18 she was just having a bad day and taking it out on them. If the person is over 18, they wont get no fine. The OP clearly indicates the cashier KNEW she was over 18. So come on ppl

uktim29

emweaver wrote: »

The OP clearly indicates the cashier KNEW she was over 18. So come on ppl

No, no, no!

The op assumes this because the op thinks it's a "small" town.

grayme-m

uktim29 wrote: »

No, no, no!

The op assumes this because the op thinks it's a "small" town.

Depends on which post you're looking at:

zoelouise88 wrote: »

i went in with my partner to do our weekly shop and we decided to get a bottle of drink but we got to the tills and they asked me for i.d which i dont have (they know im over 18 and have served me b4) ...

uktim29

grayme-m wrote: »

Depends on which post you're looking at:

I've written many replies about this as well. In this case she is assuming a cashier can remember everyone they've ever served!

zoelouise88

she KNEW i was over 18 and had served me drink many times before so why on this occasion would she not? i say she was just having a bad day, if we had gone in and just brought drink then fair enough i would have been fine with her refusing my oh but we were not we were doing a family food shop with my son, which is why i was so wound up.