BLOODY Tesco wouldn’t deliver my food shop

It has always been the case-I worked as a driver for Asda 10+ years ago and Challenge 25 was a thing then on the whole order whether there was age restricted items or not.

It is true….

All goods must be received by an adult aged 18 years or over. If proof of age is not available, the goods will not be delivered to you.

it isn’t just age related products it’s the whole delivery

The fact you are calling a man with a job and a driving licence a “delivery boy” suggests he is relatively young and new to the job. I suspect he wants to keep it. He is also unlikely to be able to easily tell the difference between a 25 year old and 31 year old woman so is operating on a better safe than sorry basis.

That’s simply not true. It’s applies only to restricted items

You can get a citizen ID card https://www.citizencard.com/what-is-a-citizencard

No I wasn’t. I was claiming that I have not needed these forms of id this century. I therefore couldn’t prove I was over 18 if I was required to by Tesco.

Ha ha I remember how upset I was when travelling the US when they stopped asking me for ID! They ID anyone up to 40 most of the time! It was then I realised I had passed my prime!

I know. As I said, it's a ridiculous policy.

You responded to me and you’re incorrectly claiming you don’t currently need a photo ID for all those things.

I was responding to previous posters saying it was contrary to not have photo id. I’ve never needed any, and the only thing I own with my face on it is my bus pass.

But there was no age restricted products in the order

Right now, in the modern world you need photo ID to vote in person, sell property, take a tenancy agreement, use government childcare funding, open a bank account with almost any high street bank, change employers, to apply for a passport for a child, this list goes on… this is all factual information, go and attempt to do any of these things with no photo identification and you will not be able to. You not needing to do this very basic list of things isn’t relevant and doesn’t change the fact that they need photo ID.

A lot of retailers you need to be 18 to shop at for what reason I don’t know. The only things I can think of for Tesco's policy is because to shop with them online you have to be 18 and to possibly cover them incase of any age restricted items, the drivers do know if they have an age restricted item on the delivery note. Which is fine but common sense needs to come in as well if someone is clearly over 18 (or 25) then it is a bit silly

Well that's certainly the case on Deliveroo just eat deliveries. The app informs you that is is needed

I have had all these things since well before all this photo is nonsense came in. Until I received my free bus pass I had no photo id at all. I have done nothing requiring id since the last century, prior to my free bus pass.

But why tho?? That’s the issue….the policy makes no sense if there are no age restricted items??

This makes no sense if there was no over 18 products in the shop?
I can literally send my 13 year old for food at local tesco, I can’t see the difference with home delivery?
the only reason you should need ID would be for tabacco/ knives/ alcohol ect.
agree op - I would find that annoying and ridiculous, the driver must have misunderstood when he was supposed to ask?

I had a Tesco delivery today, I was on a work call so my 15 year old got the door and this wasn't mentioned at all?

A complaint for what? Because OP didn’t realise they had an age policy on online orders and doesn’t like it? All supermarkets have this policy, they will only deliver to age 18 plus

I wonder if something in the shopping was incorrectly classified as an age restricted product? I had a right battle in Tesco once when the cashier informed me I needed to provide ID in order to buy chicken tikka chunks. She was adamant that with no ID I wasn’t having them. We carefully inspected the ingredients and both agreed there was no alcohol in them but she wasn’t having it. I’ve had the same with a different normal grocery item in Tesco years ago as well. Both times I had to ask for a manager to come and sort it.

I had my own flat at 17.... I remember being refused those long matches to light my cooker. (Fair enough, I was under 18) It was sandwiches for dinner that night 🤣

The Think 25 thing is one of the most ridiculous campaigns we've ever had.

They started doing this around 2 years ago, it is frustrating but my kids always laugh when they ask for id. Apparently at 31 its apparent im ancient 🤣🤣

This is also the case when you click and collect, they apply “think 25” so you have to look over 25 or prove you are over 18. I drove there with no ID but luckily DH had some on him.

I have neither. Can't drive for medical reasons and my passport expired with one 3 day trip taken in the first three months - nobody at work in a position to confirm knowing me has been there quite long enough to do it, either.

Fortunately, most delivery drivers accept white hair and a work pass as evidence that I'm a grown up with a name they can enter into their doobrey.