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

Gothic Draconia said:
Wow, some places actually require you to look 30 years old when the legal age to purchase is 18? Why not set it at 99 years old? LOL :eek:
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The general idea is not that a person must be 21, 25 or 30.

The general idea is that it's difficult to tell a person's true age just by looking at them for a few seconds.

The "Think 21" thing is rubbish. You can't always tell if someone is 17 or 21 just from looking at them for a few seconds. I'd say that it's often impossible to do so.

So some places made it "Think 25" instead...but there are people some way outside the norm for appearance and age, and there are overworked staff who get brief looks at hundreds of people per day.

So some places made it "Think 30" instead, to be on the safe side.

I've no doubt that it will get more severe in the future, especially if Labour win again.

I think that at least part of the reason for the ongoing strengthening of enforcement of age limits is that the current authorities want everything everyone does logged and put into a database, as far as technology allows. If buying various products and services is enough hassle for enough people, it will be easier to implement more surveillance on the basis that it will make things more convenient for the people being surveilled. Then it will become possible for the system to do things such as monitor everyone's purchasing of alcohol and send them letters warning them of the health risks, or maybe increase their health insurance costs or maybe give them a lower priority on the NHS...there are many possibilities when the authorities have enough data on enough people.
 
Tefal said:
I'm supposed to get all that from,


"came to like £19.20, so i paid £20 and left"


You didn't even mention what you where buying, or that you'd be served before, or that you where even ID'd :/
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its suppose to be a puzzle, jesus man! its not suppose to be easy

james.miller said:
no you wouldnt, put your keyboard down.
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why would i bring my keyboard with me its expensive and glows
 
I was in Morrisons last week with my mum, she was buying shopping and offered to pay for my crate of beer. Fair enough she packing all the shopping then it comes to the beer. The person at the checkout asks me for ID when I'm not even buying the shopping, I was just standing talking to my mum. My mum said it was for her but they argued they have to see my ID blah blah, I'm not underage so it's fine, just annoying!
 
Macca said:
I was in Morrisons last week with my mum, she was buying shopping and offered to pay for my crate of beer. Fair enough she packing all the shopping then it comes to the beer. The person at the checkout asks me for ID when I'm not even buying the shopping, I was just standing talking to my mum. My mum said it was for her but they argued they have to see my ID blah blah, I'm not underage so it's fine, just annoying!
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It's moronic when the ones in north tyneside are in court regularly for selling to underage. In the Jarrow one it's mandatory for the staff to be as patronising as possible though thankfully not all of them are.
 
I used to work in a DIY store. Whenever "restricted" items were scanned, the screen would flash red and ask me to press an enormous button saying "YES THE PERSON IS OVER 18, I HAVE SEEN ID AND I UNDERSTAND IF IM LYING IT IS MY FAULT", and I'm literally not kidding, the damn thing stamped my logon name onto the reciept so if the police ever got involved the store had proof it was me who hadnt checked for ID and followed store policy exactly.. subsequently it was also me who faced the £5000 fine and possible prison sentence for selling knives or glue etc to underage ppl...

I can fully sympathise with the girl on the checkout.

HOWEVER, the managers she called over are 100% to blame. If I ever had a case in doubt, I would ask a manager, who would override the warning if they thought it prudent, and then the store would become liable, not me.

Ridiculous overall though, complain to head office with a well written letter sent via recorded delivery imo.

Supermarkets are starting to understand they cant just treat customers like cash cows anymore as more and more people move to the budget places or local stores, you're situation was ridiculous and should be brought to the attention of the board.
 
Getting asked for ID for Beer or smokes or whatever is one thing but getting asked for ID for buying a Lottery ticket is the worst :(

Thankfully it was only once :p
 
mrk said:
Getting asked for ID for Beer or smokes or whatever is one thing but getting asked for ID for buying a Lottery ticket is the worst :(

Thankfully it was only once :p
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Haha yeah the other week I got asked if i was 16 when buying one, I thought, do I look like I'm under 16?!? Funnily enough went onto win a tenner on my lucky dip :D.
 
Oooh, this gives me the chance to post my little pre-xmas stop off at Tesco.

I basically went in there to get 2 bottles of wine as a Christmas present for my mate at work. The lady at the checkout is half way through serving another person, but before I've even put the bottles down she barks 'Got ID?'. So I say yes.
She finishes serving the other person, looks at me again and says 'Got ID?', so again I say yes and hand her my driving licence. She stares at it for a good 30 seconds, running her thumb over the photo and then says 'This one you made earlier is it?'. I didn't quite understand, so asked her to repeat and she had the nerve to tell me she thinks my licence is fake!! All I could really say was 'Err....okaaaaay...'. She then carries on looking at the photo, then at me, saying it doesn't really look like me. I explain that the photo was taken 7 years ago when I was 16, there's not a lot I can do about that. 'But you've got dark eyes and longer hair in this photo...' WTF?!?! It was 7 years ago, what part don't you understand?! My eyes look dark because it's a rubbish booth photo, its almost black and white!

Anyway, she carries on scanning my appearance for another couple of minutes, so I ask if I can see a manager. The manager takes one look at my licence and tells the woman to serve me. Great! But good lord I was so angry! I get that they have to check, and thats fine, but I gave her ID and she still wouldn't serve me. If I were an underage binge drinker or supplying booze to kids, I wouldn't exactly be buying 2 bottles of wine at £9 a go would I!

And Breeeeathe....
 
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Yep, I've had this with my brother in Asda. It really is annoying.

I was 17 at the time, he's something like 25. I went to purchase a bottle of water and he was purchasing his alcohol on the same bill. She asked I.D for both of us.

She was a right snotty jobsworth aswell.... Needless to say we told her to **** herself and walked out. Stupid 'rule' imo.
 
Macca said:
Haha yeah the other week I got asked if i was 16 when buying one, I thought, do I look like I'm under 16?!? Funnily enough went onto win a tenner on my lucky dip :D.
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It's strange, I never EVER get pulled over by the police for looking too young to drive (I look like a 14yr old sitting in my car apparently) and I'm often side by side or behind traffic cop cars every week yet a store clerk asks you for ID for the most mundane things!
 
[TW]Fox;12939515 said:
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.
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I know it's an old post, but you do type utter dribble sometimes fox.
 
el_dazza said:
I know it's an old post, but you do type utter dribble sometimes fox.
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I don't understand why you think he's posted dibble.
Now I am usually last in line to defend things Fox has said, however in this case he is spot on.

Quite often underage people will go into shops with people older than them.
It's quite obvious who the alcohol is for, so the shop have a policy and check the age of all people in "the party".

There is no point getting upset about it.
If you don't like the policy then go to your local "we serve anyone" off-license and buy booze there.
Just because the supermarkets are trying to do their little bit to stop underage fools getting hold of alcohol there really is no point getting upset with them.

If you're 18+ you show them the ID and jobs done.
 
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