at the Asda.

At the cash till in Asda a mother and daughter in front of me (40+ 14??) were not allowed to purchase the bottles of alcohol and cans of beer because the daughter was under 18 and didn't have proof of age.

The policy seems to be that an adult can buy booze but if that adult is accompanied by a child then the adult can't buy anything alcoholic.

 

It's an idiotic policy and causes embarrassment for everyone involved. Tesco in Penistone is terrible for it too. I don't know if staff are told they have to do so but either way just use common sense ffs.

 

Nearly got caught out with that last week luckily the young un had I.D, told the woman it was mine anyway.

 

Stupid policy. If you were going to buy alcohol for someone under 18, you wouldn't take them to the till to purchase it.

 

It’s not new. It may seem stupid but it’s the law, everyone knows about it by now surely

 

It's not the law - it's up to the person serving to make a judgement.

 

It is the law, and the person serving the alcohol can get fined upto £5000 and imprisonment. They're just doing their job. It's the stupid law

 

It's a strange law. I got looked up and down for buying Morrison's Cold & Flu tablets the the other day. I'm 40 ffs.

 

Pretty sure it isn't It's if the cashier believes the alcohol is being purchased for the young person and therefore at their discretion.

The ridiculous irony being that a young person only has to be 5 years old to drink at home according to the law so even if the adult was buying the alcohol for their child they're doing absolutely nothing wrong.

 

https://www.drinkaware.co.uk/alcohol-facts/alcohol-and-the-law/buying-alcohol/

 

The 2 pack limit with painkillers is stupid as well. Someone could just go back in and buy another 2 if they really wanted to.

 

That law is fair enough, buy how can a retailer know by her or his judgment if I am buying a 12 year old malt whiskey for my 8 year old ?

 

Well, any reasonable person would presume you weren't

The law about buying alcohol for under 18s was to stop kids hanging outside shops asking adults to buy them some tinnies so they could get pissed..

It wasn't to stop us buying alcohol during the weekly shop if we have the kids with us. Unfortunately, that's how it's being used by over zealous shop assistants who don't know the law.

 

My husband and I got ID’d for buying paracetamol at Morrisons last week. We’re both 31. It’s OTT but what gets me more is that some people then go crying to the papers about it.

 

Do you use oil of ulay lol

 

We got stopped at the Asda as my son picked up the beer from the trolley and put it on the till.

At least the woman on the till used common sense and asked me to put it back in the trolley and then for me to put it on the till. Well, when I say sense, I mean at least she didn't refuse to sell it to me.

She said they were under instruction and managers specifically watch if they don't challenge and they get reprimanded. I don't agree with their interpretation of the law, just because my son lifted the beer onto the till doesn't mean I'm buying it for him. He also lifted the other shopping onto the till, it wasn't all for him.

 

The UK loves a nanny state.

 

Exactly the reason why I don't have kids..

 

It’s absolute rubbish. The law is still basically the same.

It’s company policies which are driving this. Whilst I understand to an extent why, it becomes a bit silly.

Like ‘Challange 21’ campaign - it’s irrelevant - the law still states 18.

Common sense should always prevail - sadly, at times, it doesn’t.....

 

Problem is the emphasis is on the cashier .
It’s they that are prosecuted if anything happens.
I think if I were minimum waged and it was unclear whether I could get done or not I’d nit serve until management made it clear that I could.