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My Local Tesco is really starting to f
king piss me off this week, first of all they have closed their sodding petrol station early 3 times within the last fortnight leaving me without fuel at very awkward times (nothing to do with shortages just the staff wanting to leave early presumably). I made a compliant about it on the third occasion an was promised something would be done about it an I would get a phone call back to tell me it had been dealt with but never got a response despite leaving all my details with the night shift manager.
Tonight after leaving my house me and my girlfriend called for a few bits at the same Tesco, she got a cheap bottle of wine (I don't drink) We went to use the self service checkout and as we scan the wine it beeps for authorisation and some bloke came over and asked for ID to which I said "No problem, it's in my car. I'll just go and get it" he then says "we will also need ID for you" pointing at my girlfriend (who is 30). She didn't have ID an despite trying to reason with him he wasn't having any of it. Another member of staff then comes over (who served us alcohol just a few days prior to this and didn't even ask for ID) saying "you both need ID" I know it's not them that made this rule up but it really just seemed like they were trying to exercise what very little authority they have, Maybe they was trying to make the boring night shift a bit more exciting? Ended up just walking off in the end leaving all the shopping in the trolley as I didn't like the way I was being spoken to.
How daft is this rule anyway that everyone present must show ID when alcohol is being purchased. What about a mother with her 10 year old child, what are the exceptions to this stupid pissing rule.
I know these are very small issues and I should just forget about them and move on but I would just like to share my experience with you.
Look forward to your comments.
king piss me off this week, first of all they have closed their sodding petrol station early 3 times within the last fortnight leaving me without fuel at very awkward times (nothing to do with shortages just the staff wanting to leave early presumably). I made a compliant about it on the third occasion an was promised something would be done about it an I would get a phone call back to tell me it had been dealt with but never got a response despite leaving all my details with the night shift manager.Tonight after leaving my house me and my girlfriend called for a few bits at the same Tesco, she got a cheap bottle of wine (I don't drink) We went to use the self service checkout and as we scan the wine it beeps for authorisation and some bloke came over and asked for ID to which I said "No problem, it's in my car. I'll just go and get it" he then says "we will also need ID for you" pointing at my girlfriend (who is 30). She didn't have ID an despite trying to reason with him he wasn't having any of it. Another member of staff then comes over (who served us alcohol just a few days prior to this and didn't even ask for ID) saying "you both need ID" I know it's not them that made this rule up but it really just seemed like they were trying to exercise what very little authority they have, Maybe they was trying to make the boring night shift a bit more exciting? Ended up just walking off in the end leaving all the shopping in the trolley as I didn't like the way I was being spoken to.
How daft is this rule anyway that everyone present must show ID when alcohol is being purchased. What about a mother with her 10 year old child, what are the exceptions to this stupid pissing rule.
I know these are very small issues and I should just forget about them and move on but I would just like to share my experience with you.
Look forward to your comments.
This happened to me before after I had unloaded all my stuff from a full large trolley at Sainsburys. Had to get the store manager out, but she couldn't be persuaded 
. In the end I said I wouldn't be taking the wine. So she took it from me. And as she turned to walk away, I said 'oh and the rest'
The look of realisation that she would have to organise the replacing of all the taste the f**king difference food we'd collected was just awesome
Next I popped round the corner to Tesco and got a s**t load of booze no questions asked
. In the end I said I wouldn't be taking the wine. So she took it from me. And as she turned to walk away, I said 'oh and the rest'The look of realisation that she would have to organise the replacing of all the taste the f**king difference food we'd collected was just awesome
Next I popped round the corner to Tesco and got a s**t load of booze no questions asked
I wasn't IDed when I was 16, i'm now 27. I have been 'challenged' by TESCO staff more times in the last 3 months than I was between 16 and 17.
On the other hand I've worked for a licence holder and had to judge under pains of big fines.
When I was 16-17 we behaved on pain of being denied drink, with 'wiggle room' as regards as the landlord (should he keep serving us!).
On the other hand I've worked for a licence holder and had to judge under pains of big fines.
When I was 16-17 we behaved on pain of being denied drink, with 'wiggle room' as regards as the landlord (should he keep serving us!).
Trading standards enforce it. I think it's an £80 fine for the operator and upto £5k for the store. It can also lead to the store losing their licence to sell alcohol. It all depends on the person you get served by as often the younger till staff are too scared to ask whilst the older ones seem to get a kick out of their moment of authority
When I was at Uni I used to work in Sainsburys Off Licence a few days a week
The managers would always try to make an example of someone who was obviously 25-30 years old
I have it on good authority that most of Tesco managers leave school with little or no qualifications and work their way up
I assume thats why most of them are on a power trip
The managers would always try to make an example of someone who was obviously 25-30 years old
I have it on good authority that most of Tesco managers leave school with little or no qualifications and work their way up
I assume thats why most of them are on a power trip
Staff did nothing wrong. If you look under 25 to the cashier or self-service supervisor, you have to produce ID. Store management will always back the staff member, even if the manager thinks the person looks over 25.
If there are 2 people going through the checkout at the same time, both must produce ID, if the operator suspects that either of them will use the age-restricted product.
The operator has to use common sense when there are children present. If it looks like a parent with their own children, no need to ID the kids or refuse the sale. If it looks like an older person with a younger friend, then they should all be ID'ed.
We get 2 different types of spot checks. Trading standards do their own tests, using 16 and 17 year olds. Fail one of these, and it's a fine for the operator and the store. Stores also employ private companies to check that staff are complying. These people could be any age, not necessarily under 18. If you fail this test, there's no fine, but you will get a disciplinary.
Rather than get a fine or a disciplinary, I'll always play it safe, and "Think 25".
If there are 2 people going through the checkout at the same time, both must produce ID, if the operator suspects that either of them will use the age-restricted product.
The operator has to use common sense when there are children present. If it looks like a parent with their own children, no need to ID the kids or refuse the sale. If it looks like an older person with a younger friend, then they should all be ID'ed.
We get 2 different types of spot checks. Trading standards do their own tests, using 16 and 17 year olds. Fail one of these, and it's a fine for the operator and the store. Stores also employ private companies to check that staff are complying. These people could be any age, not necessarily under 18. If you fail this test, there's no fine, but you will get a disciplinary.
Rather than get a fine or a disciplinary, I'll always play it safe, and "Think 25".
FOR CRYING OUT fkING LOUD! Petrol customers wanting fuel at our inconvenience. We have lives we wanna get on with you know. Busy busy busy, Boy friends to shag, texts to send, nails to paint, and then people running aimlessly around in their cars come in wanting petrol... Do you know how much fking work is involved in serving someone that wants petrol?.. We press a button to authorise the pump, we wait for the cretin to fill up before they come in, and then they want us... US to serve them and take their money... Learn to fking walk. Buy a bike, take the train, anything, just don't sodding come to us expecting to get fuel when you want it. We'll serve you in our own sweet fkin time... Tosser.
You want wine?... Well. there is something you have to do first, and that's satisfy my own sense of self importance. Yeah, I know you look old enough to by my fking dad, and thats why I'm asking you for ID, you snob. Day in day out you can tell us what to fkin do and look down your noses at us, and then you want to buy alcohol. That's our chance to impress on you our pubescent, I'm agry at my parents, syndrome... So look humble and show us your fking ID you old git, and let us inwardly laugh at the picture, and then later take the piss out of how we made a sniveling CUSTomer look small.... Oh, and before you ask. No, I don't freekin care if you decide to buy the beer, or the fkin wine, or the spirits. I'm paid by the hour, and the biggest inconvenience you can cause me is to leave it so that I can put it back on the shelf... So SUCK IT UP.... Stupid fker.
kING LOUD! Petrol customers wanting fuel at our inconvenience. We have lives we wanna get on with you know. Busy busy busy, Boy friends to shag, texts to send, nails to paint, and then people running aimlessly around in their cars come in wanting petrol... Do you know how much fking work is involved in serving someone that wants petrol?.. We press a button to authorise the pump, we wait for the cretin to fill up before they come in, and then they want us... US to serve them and take their money... Learn to fking walk. Buy a bike, take the train, anything, just don't sodding come to us expecting to get fuel when you want it. We'll serve you in our own sweet fkin time... Tosser.You want wine?... Well. there is something you have to do first, and that's satisfy my own sense of self importance. Yeah, I know you look old enough to by my f
king dad, and thats why I'm asking you for ID, you snob. Day in day out you can tell us what to fkin do and look down your noses at us, and then you want to buy alcohol. That's our chance to impress on you our pubescent, I'm agry at my parents, syndrome... So look humble and show us your fking ID you old git, and let us inwardly laugh at the picture, and then later take the piss out of how we made a sniveling CUSTomer look small.... Oh, and before you ask. No, I don't freekin care if you decide to buy the beer, or the fkin wine, or the spirits. I'm paid by the hour, and the biggest inconvenience you can cause me is to leave it so that I can put it back on the shelf... So SUCK IT UP.... Stupid fker.I really hate tesco and the fact that they seem to be forever expanding, opening new shops and generally dominating the marketplace by using bully boy tactics. Hence I don't shop there unless absolutely unavoidable.
OP you should go elsewhere... IMO Morrisons and Sainsburys are just as cheap but do nicer food anyway.
OP you should go elsewhere... IMO Morrisons and Sainsburys are just as cheap but do nicer food anyway.
Edited by VolvoT5 on Thursday 12th April 09:04
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