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

stoofa said:
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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A 5 year old is unlikely to have ID, he's 5, he may have a sweet in his pocket or maybe a pound coin, he won't have ID.
 
Next time you go in buy the alcohol then take out a babies' bottle and pour it in.

That'll teach em ;)
 
stoofa said:
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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I know.. I'm a Duty Manager in a supermarket, I'm quite aware of the law. However, there's a little thing called COMMON SENSE which should be used in some circumstances, and this should've been one of them.

A few weeks ago, me and 2 friends (19,20,21) were ID'd in ASDA for alcohol - fair enough, one of us might have been buying for one of the party that was underage. But a 5 year old kid? You might as well say "we're not selling you that, because you might have kids at home and they might drink it".
 
my sister got id'ed buying rum n raisin ice cream from thorntons for my nephew she said it was the funniest moment of her life ,

my other sister and my mum were in morrisons getting guiness for her boyfreind and they refused too sell either because she thought my sister whos 23 wasnt aged , she was raging saying too them "doo i look like i drink guinness "
 
EVH said:
Duty Manager at 19?
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20, yes.

The BII Licence course aboslutely hammers what's shown to be "due diligence" in selling alcohol - we rarely get kids in our store to be fair but we've never had problems with underage kids.

There's quite a lot of people my age in the company that are in managerial positions, they're pretty good. There's a few store managers that are 22/23 - very attractive wage too :)
 
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Worked at tesco and was asked to ask for IDs all the time. I hated it and I can't remember the number of times I've been told to **** off. However asking for ID from a 5 year-old is just a bit too OTT but unfortunately once the checkout person says no managers are required to stick by this decision.

It is hard to tell sometimes and I asked a 30 year-old woman for ID once and luckily she just took it as a complement.
 
[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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How fluzy are you Fox?

Can you not understand that if he was going to buy alcohol for "rudeboys...??" or "teens" they would do it anyway? Kid with the guy or not.

Is this really that hard a concept for your mind to comprehend?

You're the same as the person at the checkout, the manager and the fool who passed said policy.

It's illogical, if I wanted to buy some chavs some alcohol I could just walk into a shop, buy it, meet them around a corner, nobodies business, done.

But I have a kid with me and it changes everything, dear no!!!!!?!
 
Shep_Cobain said:
Right,

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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That's the most insane rule regarding alcohol I've seen since visiting disneyland which required all 5 of us to stand at the bar whilst the barmaid got our pints EVERY ROUND :mad: which meant the bar was 20 deep with people. lol

I also go shopping with my 3 year old. Would it make more sense to leave him in the car whilst I nipped back in to get the booze?
 
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Shep_Cobain said:
WRONG! Just spoke to my uncle about it, and hes from Scotland, he said they did it too him aswell up there, and im ranting at the idiotic behaviour and lack of respect for a 20 year old. Discrimination!
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It's not so much that, it's the way that it's applied, I set up the till system for a mate who's got his own shop, every single bottle of alcohol, and anything to do with smoking, along with bladed items, comes up with a prompt asking the till operator to confirm that the person is over 18 and has been asked for ID. I sometimes help out if i've popped in while he's busy, so i'll jump on a till and put stuff through, but never ask if the person is blatently old enough, it's one of those discretionary things.... the issue is however that in retail stores like tesco/aldi/lidl etc a 17 yr old can be working the tills, but isn't permitted to sell alcohol, they should be fetching a supervisor, I believe the same applies to videos/dvds with age restrictions but not 100%.

It should be at the manager's discretion, and they are the licence holder so it's on their head's. Tesco in llanelli has had major issues with underage buyers and almost lost their site licence, how would that affect a store like that? Quite badly i'd imagine.
 
I had something similar happen to me a few weeks back. Me and my girlfriend went to the local Morrisons to get some drinks before going round to a friend's place for dinner.

I had ID but my girlfriend didn't (but she is over 18). I went to pay for it and my gf followed me, and the guy checks my ID before asking my girlfriend for ID. No matter what we said, we couldn't get a sale. I was fuming afterwards, as the policy just doesn't make sense. If an underaged person asked someone to buy them alcohol, they aren't going to follow them into the store, are they? Some people need to rethink these silly policies, or use common sense.
 
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I have absolutely no problem being asked my age when I buy alcohol because I know its not the shop who have made them ask but the auforiteez.
All shops are on a 3 strikes and out and funnily enough Morrisons haven't got one shop who have had one strike yet.
 
I've had this done in Tesco with my girlfriend and my Mum.

First time I bought some beers for the weekend with my girlfriend, they ID me first (i was the person paying) then they asked for ID from her. She didn't have any on her at the time so they wouldn't serve us.

Now the best one to top it off was I was helping my Mum do the Christmas shop, we must have had around £80+ worth of booze in the trolley. When she came to pay for it all, they refused to sell her the alchohol unless I could provide ID. We called the manager who said it was part of the new policy but it was the funniest thing ever. In the end my Mum told them to shove it and we just left the shop and went to Sainsburys. I provided ID, but the way they treated us wasn't worth the fact of buying from the shop. Their loss in the end as it was a good £300+ shop and the 2 customers behind us also left their stuff and walked out of the shop.
 
dmpoole said:
I have absolutely no problem being asked my age when I buy alcohol because I know its not the shop who have made them ask but the auforiteez.
All shops are on a 3 strikes and out and funnily enough Morrisons haven't got one shop who have had one strike yet.
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You havent been asked for ID since the 60's dimple, who you kidding :P
 
At point of refusal of sale, why not damage the packaging? IE: rip the label from the wine bottle.

Then if they ask you to pay for it, say "no problem" and walk off with the item.
 
dmpoole said:
I have absolutely no problem being asked my age when I buy alcohol because I know its not the shop who have made them ask but the auforiteez.
All shops are on a 3 strikes and out and funnily enough Morrisons haven't got one shop who have had one strike yet.
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What constitutes a strike? They have been fined twice in north tyneside in the past 2 years.
 
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