Buying Prime in Asda

Good for you. Some people want to bring about positive change, others just leave. Both can be effective.

I think if I was treated so badly by shop staff that I saw it as "abuse", I'd stop bloody going there rather than keeping a diary lol.

The cashier was probably fucked off that you did the whole "it's for me!" lie when she'd heard enough to know it was a proxy sale.

No one likes being treated like an idiot by being blatantly lied to, people do it constantly to them, and it tends to turn into a tantrum far more often than normal refusals.

Also, by expecting the cashier to go along with such a blatant ruse, customers are basically expecting a stranger to risk getting into serious trouble at work for their friend/kid's sake.

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Perhaps your neighbour has a persecution complex and should avoid asda. 😁

Perhaps my neighbour is someone who has been abused by staff in Asda. I think it would take quite a noticeable level of disrespect to prompt a person to take action.

I asked why. She said because they are for children, I've heard them talking about drinking them.

I explained that I was buying them (aged 45) not them.

She said again, you can't buy them for children and pointed to the challenge 25 sign.

I said ok, I'll just buy them for me to drink all of them.

Taking them from your trolley was no ruder than the way you responded to her. You knew you were buying them for children, and after her first statement you knew that was not allowed. You should have asked why if you needed to, instead of being a smart arse.

Not in the definition of the law, no.

But if company policy is to not sell energy drinks to under 16s or an adult buying for them, then it's a proxy sale and treated as such.

Same thing with online deliveries where its not illegal to leave shopping with under 18s with no age restricted items in order. But is treated as an illegal delivery regardless.

Same kind of policy. The policy is designed to cover the employee and management will back them up.

Perhaps if you own it or if the customer is truly obnoxious. I’ve worked in a shop and the customer is king.
I highly doubt the manager would support this.

Oooo and what are they going to do with this information??. Have you any idea the way supermarket staff are abused at work by entitled members of the public. Your neighbour sounds like a 🤪.

Oooo and what are they going to do with this information??. Have you any idea the way supermarket staff are abused at work by entitled members of the public. Your neighbour sounds like a 🤪.

It is not a proxy sale!! Yes it’s policy to not sell to under 16 but there is no policy to say you can’t sell to someone over 16 knowing they’re giving it to an under 16. You cannot proxy sale something that is not illegal!! It can’t be compared to alcohol or cigarette sales as they ARE illegal to sell
to under 18s

...why don't you know what your child is drinking?

This it's a pain and doesn't stop kids getting hold of it. DS is too young yet to steal booze, but give it a few years and if he really wanted we have a fully stocked bar in the games room with spirits, wine, cider and larger. We had parties when younger and we're just told to leave the good stuff alone. Meant we went to uni knowing our limits and it not being some mystical thing we could now suddenly have.

I've always thought that the restrictions on alcohol compared to 20 years ago is pushing kids towards harder substances which are now easier for them to get hold of than a bottle of white lightening that invariably ends up vomited all over the park.

It also doesn't stop kids getting hold of energy drinks, we have a few in the fridge pretty sure he's had one before and I know he's had the prime cans before as his grandparents bought them. They also still sell kids cold coffees so it's not about the caffeine

It's company policy and an employee can be disciplined for not following company policy.

It's not illegal to deliver alcohol before 10am in Scotland, but our company policy is to NOT do so. Failure to follow policy is a disciplinary issue.

The Asda employee was 100% correct to refuse the proxy sale. As far as a company policy is concerned, it is a proxy sale.

Given its not illegal to sell energy drinks to under 16s I very much doubt Trading Standards would care.

@StaunchMomma
Who died? Please link.

Yes, they can drink the bottles but the cans are ridiculously high in caffeine so for over 16s only.

A child died a few months back from drinking a can of Prime so I do think it's good that they're being cautious.

Why would you buy that for young kids? My lads saw the cans today in morrisons and I just said no, they're bad for you. Theyre allowed the hydration bottles but I draw the line at giving my kids energy drinks. Theyre hyper enough as it is. She explained its not for kids and you kicked off instead of realising they were age restricted.

That's pretty universally known isn't it?

It doesn't happen to everyone but shops are perfectly entitled to not sell you things

In your research into the noise levels in asda you must not have visited my local one, it would be perfectly feasible for an assistant to overhear conversations, it's not large, it doesn't play loud music, you can easily hear people's conversations, especially excited children at loud volume

Troll hunting is pathetic, if you don't believe the OP report the post

I don't have a problem with the old craze that is prime drinks. The newer style cans with caffeine, is a newer craze.

@NameChange245
That is false. 11 year old didn't die. And even if they, which they didn't, it would be most unusual for a drink with that amount of caffeine to cause such a medical episode. Plus why blame the drink?

I take it you have not witnessed the Prime fad first hand 😂😂😂

@Missingmyusername it's literally her job to do it