FUMING @ Morrisons.... What the hell is this all about?

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Shep_Cobain

Shep_Cobain

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Just been to Morrisons with my small 5 year old cousin. He loves me to bits and thought it would be fun to come with me whilst i did a spot of shopping and got some beer etc.

So after doing a large family shop, we got to the checkout and queued for about 5minutes. I got to the checkout and was greeted by a girl who was full of spots and looked about 15.

As the items were going through the checkout and my little cousin was packing everything away in bags the girl had the final thing to scan, the 3 crates of beer for the party this weekend.

She asked me for I.D which i was a bit miffed about as i look older than 21 (the new rule) however you have to check these days. Then she asked for I.D from my little cousin...

I said "what are you on about, why would a 5 year old need I.D when im buying alcohol and ive proved im old enough?".

after a huge debate with the manager and the girl saying its the new policy, i said "so if i was buying alcohol for a 5 year old, why would i bring him in the shop with me?"

They responded "sir, we cannot sell you this alcohol whilst you are with this child"

I said "so if i paid for my goods, put my cousin in the car and came back in, would you serve me?"

they said "YES"....

WTF?

I told them to shove their beer up their **** and they can put all the shopping back on the shelf and walked out. (£149.31 of shopping lol).

OHHHH to top it off, as i walked out, no word of a lie there was 4 chavs drinking strongbow from the bottle which was in a morrisons bag. They were about 13 - 15 max!

I dont agree with that rule and was disgusted at the way it was dealt with. The whole time they had smirks on their faces and treated me like i was a stupid child!

Anyone else had this????
 
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Its kind of dumb on their part. I'd have said fine put the alcohol back on the shelves yourself... and not bought it. Their loss.
 
I've heard it when someone went in with their teenage child, it is an absurd rule, PC overkill.

3 crates of beer for a 5 year old ... LOL
 
It's a rule used so people at the drinking age arn't buying alcohol for there friends, and a good rule to have in place but it is not for children :/

Surely that means any mother with a child cannot buy a bottle of wine. Common sense does not prevail.

As for the manager, they're supposed to back up their staff when it comes to alochol purchases and ID, therefore they were doing their job even though they might think there staff member is a complete idiot.
 
Thats shocking. I would write a letter of complaint to head office. Consider all your time and effort you have put into the shopping as well.
 
So you arn't allowed to buy alcohol if you have a child with you? LOL

you should have pointed out the other 100 people in the store with kids.

On a semi related note I got refused Rizla rolling papers from the Spar for not having ID. I am 23 and easily look 21 but apparently I must look 25.

I gave the guy a right load of abuse, he was almost crying when I left. Muahaha. Left all my stuff on the counter also when there was a massive queue and am now boycotting the spar. My loss probably but meh.
 
Utterly dumb policy.

I'd write to their head office and state that you will no longer be shopping at their stores.
 
You are 20. You were with a kid. It's their policy. If it annoys you, shop elsewhere.

There are LOTS of cases where dodgy rudeboys hang around with their cousins of all ages and buy them alcohol etc etc. This is where you were asked.

If you were 40 you'd not have been asked.

Stop moaning.
 
What a strange rule. So they're basically saying a parent doing the weekly shop isn't allowed to bring their child with them if they plan on buying booze?
 
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