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

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.
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Thats nice, having worked in spar I can tell you that the policy for anything age orientated is 25 now. We know you look older than 21, but we have to ID under 25 or lose our jobs. The company sends in people over 20 to buy produce and if they are not ID'd (they do this more and more now) then they will recieve a written warning lasting 6 months. Two warnings = sack. I had one warning for not id'ing someone that looked 22 to me, after I had just ID'd someone else.

There are notices all over the shop explaining the age is 25. I fail to see how you did not notice them and shouting at the cashier to make yourself feel better is pathetic. If you do not agree with the policy write to the shop's manageress or the head office.

If the staff know you then you're unlikely to be ID'd but if you a stranger to them they automatically have to assume it's a test purchase.
 
Anyway, it is legal for a person age 5 and above to drink alcohol at home, it is just illegal for them to purchase.

The is nothing illegal of buying beer/wine or what tipple you fancy and go home and give your son who is 7 a glass of red with his steak.
 
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Nymins said:
I thought there was a rule or something that people under the drinking age cannot sell alcohol?

Just in the video game store i work in, staff under 18 can't sell 18 games, they need to get someone else to do it for them. Not the same thing i know, but i thought it was a general rule?
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So long as they get authorisation (for each person that wants to buy alcohol) from their superior they can. :)
 
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It should be a nationwide rule, all need I.D or go on instinct.

I had a mate when i was 16 who had a full grown beard and went in the pubs for 2 years. On his 18th Birthday he saved his beard and got i.d'd in a pub which hed been served in before.

Ridiculous!
 
Nymins said:
I thought there was a rule or something that people under the drinking age cannot sell alcohol?

Just in the video game store i work in, staff under 18 can't sell 18 games, they need to get someone else to do it for them. Not the same thing i know, but i thought it was a general rule?
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You have to be supervised if you're selling age restricted products and are underage.
 
People under 18 can sell alcohol if supervised by an adult. It is the adult that takes the responsability for the sale. This may mean someone coming to ask for your id, or in some more lax places it could be the supervisor at the end of the row of tills nodding their head without really noticing.

The councils (in my local area anyway) are cracking down on shops big time. Two shops in my local area have lost their license and closed down. If a shop is caught then the manager, supervisor and checkout assisstant can all be fined and can be given a criminal record. In some cases the police let the kid off to be a witness against the premises, so surely you can all see why they are so strict. What's so hard about producing ID?
 
I don't shop at Morrison's anymore either because of their anal attitude towards this sort of thing. Fair enough have a policy, but at least stick some common sense into the mix.
 
jackthezipper said:
Thats nice, having worked in spar I can tell you that the policy for anything age orientated is 25 now. We know you look older than 21, but we have to ID under 25 or lose our jobs. The company sends in people over 20 to buy produce and if they are not ID'd (they do this more and more now) then they will recieve a written warning lasting 6 months. Two warnings = sack. I had one warning for not id'ing someone that looked 22 to me, after I had just ID'd someone else.

There are notices all over the shop explaining the age is 25. I fail to see how you did not notice them and shouting at the cashier to make yourself feel better is pathetic. If you do not agree with the policy write to the shop's manageress or the head office.

If the staff know you then you're unlikely to be ID'd but if you a stranger to them they automatically have to assume it's a test purchase.
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^^ pointless.
 
[TW]Fox;12939561 said:
Its annoying but its their policy. It's that simple. I can't buy any alcoholic products without getting ID'd and I'm 24, thats annoying as well but its pointless making a scene because they are a private company and its entirely their choice who they sell things to.

I can therefore either put up or shop elsewhere.
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I know all about the policy and the law, they can refuse to sell you loo rolls if they want, without reasons given (invitation to treat) - Fisher v. Bell [1961] 1 Q.B. 394, [1960] 3 All E.R. 731.

I am saying that this is an absurd rule, common sense out the window. I never said the shops are not within their right, but you put it across so calmly it makes it sound like you wouldn't be slightly annoyed by it if it happened to you. Would you leave a child unattened in the carpark and go do shopping? It's not so easy just "go elsewhere", not when you have a child with you.
 
jackthezipper said:
People under 18 can sell alcohol if supervised by an adult. It is the adult that takes the responsability for the sale. This may mean someone coming to ask for your id, or in some more lax places it could be the supervisor at the end of the row of tills nodding their head without really noticing.

The councils (in my local area anyway) are cracking down on shops big time. Two shops in my local area have lost their license and closed down. If a shop is caught then the manager, supervisor and checkout assisstant can all be fined and can be given a criminal record. In some cases the police let the kid off to be a witness against the premises, so surely you can all see why they are so strict. What's so hard about producing ID?
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difficult for a 5year old. Not for me.
 
Checking ID is extremely important!!

New licensing laws, which came into effect in November 2005 increased the maximum fine for selling alcohol to under 18s from £1,000 to £5,000. Personal licence holders who sell alcohol to under 18s can have their licence suspended on the first offence and a premise licence can be reviewed, suspended or revoked if a venue is found to be persistently selling to under 18s.
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So better save then sorry I guess.

But then asking the 5 years old girl ID is a bit strange :D
 
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