In supermarket yesterday with DD 7. DD struggles at school so I let her help with shopping to get her used to the concept.
Bought some bread and small gift pack bottle baileys £5 for in-laws bday.
Got DD to scan the gift box and the bread and press the correct buttons etc... (dd Aldo has some sensory and coordination difficulties so again it helps this doing practical things)
DD wanted to pay with my card so I told her what buttons to press and gave her the card to tap on card reader. Dd didn’t really understand so I just gently took it from her and tapped my card myself.
Before I took over, dd was trying and the woman supervising the self service tills piled up ‘ohh you’ll have to be the one that pats with the card’ or something to that affect.
I was thinking.... for real?!
I get that they need to be very careful when selling alcohol....
I get that a 15 year old can look 18....
I get that an 18 year old could be potentially buying it for younger friends....
I get that they could be disciplined if they were willingly selling alcohol to under 18’s....
But for goodness sake, surely common sense would say she really didn’t need to say that under the circumstances.
After all, the reason the sale of alcohol is forbidden to under 18’s is incase they drink it and quite right.
That’s not the same as the this situation. It was clearly evident I was the one ‘buying it’ and giving my consent. Does she honestly think I was planning on giving it to my 7 year old?! 🙄
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To think checkout lady was being OTT about alcohol and child?
Potkettlexx · 20/02/2020 15:02
Am I being unreasonable?
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