Tesco - new alcohol policy

[diesel head]

The thing is in the US where they are famed for being strict they don't employ this standard of idiocy, I was in a wall mart with my father buying alcohol as we left I went to pick up the bag of beers and the assistant stopped me and said I would need to have ID to carry the bag out of the store, my passport was in the car she said fine so long as my Dad carried the beers from the store!!

[rich0411]

I had the same problem when doing our weekly shop with the mrs, I am 21 and she is 22, i had 80-something quids worth of goods as we were having a BBQ, plus i had a few bottles of cobra, come to the till and they refuse us the alcohoel sale as my mrs did not have her ID with her at the time, so i thought okay i will get her to load the car up and i will nip back in and get my beers, but as i walked back to another till little hitler who refused to serve me saw me and notified the "manager" who then stopped my sale at the other till, by this point i am fuming and i walked out to the car and brought everything back in and demanded a refund for everything i bought, i now will never go into a tesco just out or principle..

[Hoolied]

Years ago when a friend of mind was 16, he went to somerfield with his 54 year old dad. His dad had, amongst his usual shopping, a 4 pack of lager. The checkout staff refused him sale, so he went ballistic and walked out!! Insanity.

[Nolar Dog]

I nearly always get asked for ID.

I never have it.

I am 37.

I will not present ID in a supermarket for one reason.
Last time I did the ignorant fkwit on the checkout said "Sir, you can't use your wifes ID. You need your own!"

If I can't get served by the first person, I either leave the trolley there and go to another supermarket/store or I buy everything bar the alcohol, load up the car then go back in for the alcohol and use another checkout.

The key for me is to pick someone younger than me (usually choose a young lad) and they never ask.
They either have common sense or are too embarrased to ask for ID.

Works every time.

[FamilyGuy]

I've had the checkout staff at Tesco freeze and look appraisingly at my 4 & 6 year olds sat in the trolley before letting my wine go through. As if you could get a child that age to drink wine!

I'm wondering if Tesco are being clever here. Implement the stupid laws to the extreme to get them discredited and then revoked/amended thus removing the threat of fines. If they ask me to go to the self service checkout (no - I don't want to pack the shelves or unload the trucks myself either, thanks) or give me hassle I'll just quietly and politely walk.

[Frederick]

Nolar Dog said:

I nearly always get asked for ID.

I never have it.

I am 37.

I will not present ID in a supermarket for one reason.
Last time I did the ignorant fkwit on the checkout said "Sir, you can't use your wifes ID. You need your own!"

If I can't get served by the first person, I either leave the trolley there and go to another supermarket/store or I buy everything bar the alcohol, load up the car then go back in for the alcohol and use another checkout.

The key for me is to pick someone younger than me (usually choose a young lad) and they never ask.
They either have common sense or are too embarrased to ask for ID.

Works every time.

That reminds me of a situation I encountered working tills - I had a customer come in in the same circumstances as yourself (although maybe not "all" the way, I think it was just at the stage of hormone tablets and tennis balls up the top) asking for items on credit. I began to set up the credit application, asked for the ID as you do, and was given a driving licence with "Miss xxxx" and a utility bill with "Mr xxxx"...

It wasn't the easiest subject to broach, more a case of "I'm sorry madam, I'm unable to accept this ID". I think it was mutual embarrasment as she had picked up the wrong bill, and me - being still wet behind the ears in the ways of the world, had to try my best to diffuse it as there was a queue building up!!

The same customer though, has been back loads and always buys stuff off us, so I guess all's well that ends well!

[BMWBen]

I've had the same thing shopping with the FIL-to-be.

Never been back.

[DoubleYellow]

Preventitive measures gone mad just about sums the whole affair up.

[Cupramax]

Yep, 42 here, I got ID'd (no kids with me) at a Tesco express on Sunday morning. I just gave the middle aged woman behind the till a look of distain. This country gets more retarded by the minute and the longer we sit around putting up crap like this the longer it will go on (much like our wonderful government).

Edited by Cupramax on Monday 15th June 21:58

[Hoolied]

Cupramax said:

Yep, 42 here, I got ID'd (no kids with me) at a Tesco express on Sunday morning. I just gave the middle aged woman behind the till a look of distain. This country gets more retarded by the minute and the longer we sit around putting up crap like this the longer it will go on (much like our wonderful goverment).

[danrc]

Smash the bottle of wine on the till and glass the little hitler

[Slothario]

Quite apart from the general grubbiness, this is just one of the MANY, MANY reasons to BOYCOTT TESCO.

[Roger645]

Typical bully boy tactics from the big T, not content with bullying their suppliers now it's time to give the customers a pasting.

[unrepentant]

I seem to recall that when this was discussed before the problem lies with regulation and the buck passing government. IIRC it was said that the law holds the retailer (and the individual cashier) responsible and liable to prosecution if alcohol is purchased by an adult on behalf of minors, irrespective of what the adult says to the cashier. If that is true then I don't blame Tesco one bit for covering their arses and insisting on ID.

[FamilyGuy]

unrepentant said:

I seem to recall that when this was discussed before the problem lies with regulation and the buck passing government. IIRC it was said that the law holds the retailer (and the individual cashier) responsible and liable to prosecution if alcohol is purchased by an adult on behalf of minors, irrespective of what the adult says to the cashier. If that is true then I don't blame Tesco one bit for covering their arses and insisting on ID.

Indeed. It's a silly law that makes a retailer responsible for the actions of a legally responsible adult towards a minor. And I still think Tesco are over-egging it to prove a (quite correct) point. However as a customer I'm not really interested in being used as a pawn in their battle against silly laws.

[eldudereno]

Daston said:

I had this with my GF they ID'd her and not me I was paying (both of us are 25). They refused to serve me because she didnt have any id! What if I had a baby with me or a toddler would they have not sold it to me then? Bloody nanny state britan!

The idiots will probably start asking toddlers for their ID next when their parents are doing the shopping. No no, let the toddler speak, you mustn't answer for him/her. Wouldn't be surprised if they also stopped selling alcohol and cigarettes to pregnant women, you'll then have to proove that you're only fat and not pregnant at all.

[pauliec50]

I have yet to witness this particularly bright Tescoism. I can't wait though. I have my ID on me, but at 30 I find getting ID'd in the pub with my younger other half flattering.

However if this happened to me in Tesco, I think I would react quite discourteously, with a possible breaking of items and a public tantrum.

I might record it and post it on the mighty youtube!! Yeah baby..

[Dracoro]

After they refuse you, get you and your sons to grab a trolley each and fill them completely with all different fruits and veg. Make sure they all mixed up. Take to till with a bottle of booze plonked on top. Just leave it at the till tell manager you'll never shop there again etc. Will be a right pain to put all of it back again. Stuff at bottom will be wasted too

[EDLT]

eldudereno said:

Daston said:

I had this with my GF they ID'd her and not me I was paying (both of us are 25). They refused to serve me because she didnt have any id! What if I had a baby with me or a toddler would they have not sold it to me then? Bloody nanny state britan!

The idiots will probably start asking toddlers for their ID next when their parents are doing the shopping. No no, let the toddler speak, you mustn't answer for him/her. Wouldn't be surprised if they also stopped selling alcohol and cigarettes to pregnant women, you'll then have to proove that you're only fat and not pregnant at all.

Now that would be worth watching.

[discoman]

I fking hate the task 25 scheme as it is that we have been programmed with!

Every time I serve someone young looking at work and decide to not ask them for ID I feel paranoid for the remainder of the shift.

It is for this reason I am leaving my checkout job, I cannot face the bks if something went wrong.