BLOODY Tesco wouldn’t deliver my food shop

It wouldn't be rocket science, it would just be flagged on the app they use.

You can vote by post. When I got married I only had my birth certificate. My mum only had her birth and marriage certificates when she got divorced.

I do think there should be a free form of recognised photo ID for people though. It's ridiculous that there isn't.

I’m not sure tbh. I can’t say I’ve been at a checkout when a young person has been in the same queue.

Don’t be ridiculous. If there’s no restricted items in the delivery there’s ZERO chance of anyone being fined. 🤷🏻‍♀️

What happened to simple common sense? 🤦🏻‍♀️

@FaithFables you need Id to vote, to do some bank transactions, to get married or divorced, to receive an inheritance, to buy or sell a house … all things I’ve used it for in the last 5 years.

if you don’t have a passport or drivers licence there are other kinds.

as for work id, some does count eg military

So they won't sell anything to anyone under 18? That is really awful.

I shop in person. Our local Waitrose until very recently (and I suspect stopped because of the barrage of complaints) asked for ID for every transaction, regardless of whether there were restricted items in the trolley or not and regardless of the age of the customer. Presumably it’s easier to apply the blanket rule than ask cashiers to make individual decisions. However, given the age profile of their customers, I would be amazed if they encountered anyone under 50, never mind 25, and an actual child is a rare sight indeed in there.

I did a postal vote when I didn’t have any ID.

That’s far from “all of those things can be done without photo ID”.

So, thinking about this, I didn't learn to drive until I was comfortably into my thirties, so until then the only form of ID I had was my passport. I don't think that's very strange.

But, just out of interest, how many forms of ID do you think an adult in the UK should have in order to avoid being strange, and what are they?

Fine if there's actually a restricted item. But when it happened to me, there wasn't, and it sounds like it's policy to ask at every delivery now. Which does seem like silly buggery on Tesco's part

Yes, they can. People can vote by post (I do).

Is this a thing now? It happened to me with my last delivery a few weeks ago, actually, and both me and the woman dropping off my stuff were really confused! She was sure I must have ordered alcohol and she'd lost it, and I was wondering if Tesco were carding you to buy a bottle of bleach now.

This explains a lot, but it's frustrating they didn't tell the driver. She must have had the same experience at every stop. For what it's worth, I don't think she thought I looked 25. She seemed more under the impression that she had to ask if the system flagged her to do so

All of those things cannot be done without photo ID.

Yes, common sense needs to come in somewhere, and I mean what's wrong with a 16 year old buying groceries even?

I was asked for ID buying a bottle of fizz once. I was 35-I mean, if I was under 18 wouldn't I be more likely to be buying alcopops or something cheap rather than spending just under £40?

But all those things can be done without photo ID. Not every adult can afford a passport and not every adult qualifies for a driving licence. It doesn't mean they are "opting out of society".

A birth certificate isn't ID. Any fourteen year old could take their mum's birth certificate to the shop to buy alcohol otherwise. ID has to have a photo on and a birth date, so we can check a) it's you, and b) you're old enough.

I don't know about online deliveries, but I wonder if you have to be over 18 to take delivery in case there are any problems with it. I can see kids accepting a delivery only to have mum arrive home and say 'where's all the dog food? Where's the bread? And this isn't even our order, it's for number 27.'

I've never
Been asked for i.d for alchohol in shopping deliveries. He must have thought you looked particularly young 😄

Well as I said, it’s needed for a great many things. It is odd as an adult to opt out of society, not need to change job, access things services on behalf of your kids, accessing certain benefits, rent a home, buy a home, vote etc.
The vast majority of over 18s have at least one form of photo ID. In many age categories it’s as high as 98 & 99%.

It's not odd though if you can't drive or afford a passport! Who is paying £88 just so they have photo ID?

I'm 31 and I have been asked for ID just to purchase a redbull 😂 so you never know

I just find it a very odd decision from an adult, there are many, many scenarios beyond driving or travel that require photo ID. Bank accounts, voting, changing jobs, nursery funding, selling a home, renting a home. I mean the list goes on.

I’d be screwed. I don’t have any photo id!

They may be asked for ID to show they are 18+ before the driver can leave the delivery.

It's 'think 25' not 'be 25'.

Normally they just won't give you the restricted item if you can't provide ID, they have to fill out a book with refusal reason.... etc.

The rest of the order is delivered. Either they've changed policy or the driver made a mistake