Teaspoons, Over 25's only!
Teaspoons, Over 25's only!
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chevykevv

Original Poster:

1,447 posts

236 months

Monday 24th August 2009
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The OH went to Tesco over the weekend to buy a pack of teaspoons for work.

At the checkout the lad had to call a supervisor to confirm she was over 25, apparently this is due to drug missuse, WTF?




Dupont666

22,887 posts

221 months

Monday 24th August 2009
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chevykevv said:
The OH went to Tesco over the weekend to buy a pack of teaspoons for work.

At the checkout the lad had to call a supervisor to confirm she was over 25, apparently this is due to drug missuse, WTF?
Assuming they were metal, they are used to hold the drugs whilst heating from underneath with a lighter... assuming they were plastic, then assistant is a fking idiot

Funk

27,645 posts

238 months

Monday 24th August 2009
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The world is truly going mad.

Junkies don't buy, they steal.

Parsnip

3,262 posts

217 months

Monday 24th August 2009
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I can honestly say I have never heard something so stupid...

You need to be 18 to buy a knife, but 25 to buy a spoon? What is this country coming to... Good old days... etc...

Republik

4,525 posts

219 months

Monday 24th August 2009
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Funk said:
Tesco is truly going mad.
EFA

Halb

53,012 posts

212 months

Monday 24th August 2009
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Over 25's don't shoot up?

Martial Arts Man

6,703 posts

215 months

Monday 24th August 2009
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How ludicrous.

Is it illegal to sell spoons to under 25s? Not as far as I know.

Why 25? Do people above that age not take drugs? Are adults between the ages of 18 and 25 not allowed to make their own decisions anymore?

How many spoons, realistically are used to take drugs? I suspect a very small %. It's not exactly hard to steal a spoon if you are really desperate for one anyway.


What in the name of god are Tesco up to? It sounds like they've taken a leaf too many out of Labour's totalitarian guide book!

I am amazed by this.


Justayellowbadge

37,057 posts

271 months

Monday 24th August 2009
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Yep, the first Alanis Morisette reference should be along any second now.

Somewhatfoolish

5,074 posts

215 months

Monday 24th August 2009
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I have distinct memories of when I was about eleven or twelve drinking through straws because we were were under the impression (from somewhere) it got you drunk quicker, do you have to be 35 to buy straws?

Dupont666

22,887 posts

221 months

Monday 24th August 2009
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dibbers006 said:
Dupont666 said:
Assuming they were metal, they are used to hold the drugs whilst heating from underneath with a lighter...
Coz I'm sure that happens with the majority of people buying spoons.
Is that not what you do with yours???

Thats what I do with mine, I wasnt aware they had another purpose....


NDA

25,602 posts

254 months

Monday 24th August 2009
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My bank wouldn't issue me with a credit card on the basis that I might chop up cocaine with it, the cashpoint won't issue me with notes in case I use them to snort with.

I think that's the reason.

sleep envy

62,260 posts

278 months

Monday 24th August 2009
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Dupont666 said:
Assuming they were metal, they are used to hold the drugs whilst heating from underneath with a lighter...
unless they use foil

Fer

7,773 posts

309 months

Monday 24th August 2009
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Justayellowbadge said:


Yep, the first Alanis Morisette reference should be along any second now.
One hand in my pocket?

bazking69

8,620 posts

219 months

Monday 24th August 2009
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I had to wait 4 minutes for a supervisor to waddle over at their convenience and give me the OK on a loaf of bread last week....

Seriously, if druggies want spoons, they'll nick them from a cafe or the supermarket. They won't queue and pay for them...

john_p

7,073 posts

279 months

Monday 24th August 2009
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Parsnip said:
You need to be 18 to buy a knife, but 25 to buy a spoon?
rofl


What about foil?

Dupont666

22,887 posts

221 months

Monday 24th August 2009
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dibbers006 said:
Dupont666 said:
dibbers006 said:
Dupont666 said:
Assuming they were metal, they are used to hold the drugs whilst heating from underneath with a lighter...
Coz I'm sure that happens with the majority of people buying spoons.
Is that not what you do with yours???

Thats what I do with mine, I wasnt aware they had another purpose....
NO... I beat puppies to death with mine.



biggrin
I prefer using a ladel for that, get more swing on it...

Neil_H

15,418 posts

280 months

Monday 24th August 2009
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Bizarre.

Are they going to start age-checking any product that could possibly be used for illegal or dangerous activities?

"Got any I.D.? I can't let you buy this bottle of water without it, people can drown in water."

Edited by Neil_H on Monday 24th August 10:07

Xenocide

4,286 posts

237 months

Monday 24th August 2009
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Fer said:
Justayellowbadge said:


Yep, the first Alanis Morisette reference should be along any second now.
One hand in my pocket?
The other one isn't giving a highfive?

Oakey

27,981 posts

245 months

Monday 24th August 2009
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So if the supervisor hadn't believed her to be over 25 then they would refuse to serve her for a pack of teaspoons?

What sort of country do we live in when shop staff won't serve you something because their first assumption is you're going to break the law rather than use a product as its intended?

I mean, you have to be retarded if the first thing that springs to mind when someone is buying a pack of teaspoons is that they're going to cook up heroin with them rather than stir their brew.

Or that the parents doing their weekly shop which includes alcohol are going to give it to their kids they've dragged along rather than consume it themselves.

I take it the 'nothing to hide nothing to fear' brigade are all okay with this?

fastfreddy

8,577 posts

266 months

Monday 24th August 2009
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bazking69 said:
I had to wait 4 minutes for a supervisor to waddle over at their convenience and give me the OK on a loaf of bread last week....
Is there something illegal you can do with a loaf of bread?