Tesco - new alcohol policy
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I now know this policy has been in place for a few months now but I was with my 2 sons aged (20 & 23)at tesco in Southampton. It was about 10pm. We had purchased food and a couple of bottles of wine (1 to cook with 1 to drink). OK so far so good. Looking forward to getting home to a nice dinner.Got to the checkout and unloaded my trolley on to the belt. After about 2 minutes, miss observant asked if we had alcohol and if we did we would have to go to the self service till. Ok this was a bit inconvenient but obliged an loaded the basket and walked to the self service checkout. Proceeded to scan the goods and of course the alcohol needed to be age verified. Little Hitler arrives and asks me for ID (I'm 41), so quite happily produce ID. She then asks both my sons to produce ID. My younger son doesn't have ID with him. Therefore I am refused the alcohol.
Is this legal and how would you react?
Is this legal and how would you react?
Rabbitinthelight said:
I now know this policy has been in place for a few months now but I was with my 2 sons aged (20 & 23)at tesco in Southampton. It was about 10pm. We had purchased food and a couple of bottles of wine (1 to cook with 1 to drink). OK so far so good. Looking forward to getting home to a nice dinner.Got to the checkout and unloaded my trolley on to the belt. After about 2 minutes, miss observant asked if we had alcohol and if we did we would have to go to the self service till. Ok this was a bit inconvenient but obliged an loaded the basket and walked to the self service checkout. Proceeded to scan the goods and of course the alcohol needed to be age verified. Little Hitler arrives and asks me for ID (I'm 41), so quite happily produce ID. She then asks both my sons to produce ID. My younger son doesn't have ID with him. Therefore I am refused the alcohol.
Is this legal and how would you react?
This has been covered in other threads already. It appears that Tesco do have a fairly stringent policy. It sucks, but they are under no legal obligation to sell you anything and can quite legally refuse to. Is this legal and how would you react?
having worked in a food store before, i have encountered this situation before, and therefore can understand both sides of this argument all tho, i there is a few things i can't understand
first of all there should be no reason why you would have to move to a self serve check-out rather then then being served by a fellow species, only way i can see why was if the checkout operator was too young and needed to have authorisation from a supervisor, and couldn't be arsed and just Fob'ed you off
As for the ID situation, if they believe that the alcohol is for somebody under the legal age then they do have the right to ask, as for why they asked you for ID i dunno, unless your a REALLY young looking 41 year old
first of all there should be no reason why you would have to move to a self serve check-out rather then then being served by a fellow species, only way i can see why was if the checkout operator was too young and needed to have authorisation from a supervisor, and couldn't be arsed and just Fob'ed you off
As for the ID situation, if they believe that the alcohol is for somebody under the legal age then they do have the right to ask, as for why they asked you for ID i dunno, unless your a REALLY young looking 41 year old
What got me the most was the fact that this policy treats me as a bad parent. As if even if my children were under age, I would plying them with booze the moment I stepped out of the door. I work in a pub and am a Personal Alcohol Licence holder and know the law. How in the hell can they do this. Do they next stop selling cakes to fat people?
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