To think challenge 25 has gone too far?

There's a big difference, though, between somebody using a keyboard - and possibly another person's account - to order an age-restricted product, and a middle-aged person walking in plain sight into a shop and wanting a bottle of wine.

I’m 46 and regularly get IDd. Absolutely no way I look under 25. 20yo daughter got refused vitamin tablets the other day. Apparently you have to be 14 😂

Last year I bought some gin on Amazon as it was a very good price.

They do say that your ID will be checked on delivery and even on the delivery label mentions that IID needs to be checked

But that's it isn' it?

It's not just alcohol and cigarettes is it? It's things as basic as teaspoons! Things that have no legal age restrictions on them.

To be fair, I am an alcoholic (hic) but I need me some teaspoons, bad.

/satire

What on earth gives you the impression that they're normally able to buy it but are only challenged on this one occasion? If supermarkets were to stop selling everything that people don't need, that would be 90% of the contents of the shop that would go.

I don't drink alcohol at all, but I can understand how many adults do enjoy it responsibly. Even then, I still have to be 'allowed' to buy 0% alcohol wine or beer by somebody at the till verifying that I'm over 18... even though the actual legal minimum age for not buying alcohol is 0 years old.

Thankfully, I've always easily looked my age plus VAT, so they instantly press the 'do not challenge' button; but if I didn't, and I didn't have ID with me, they could potentially refuse to sell me drinks with no minimum age limit for purchase whatsoever, on the grounds that they can't be certain that I'm over 18! Oh, and to clarify, I'm not an alcoholic either.

It wouldn’t bother me in the slightest. I have ID, they can check it. I’m too much of an old bag for them to do it these days though!

I went on a night out with my 22 year old daughter.
Trying to get into a pub, the doorman asked my daughter for ID.
My daughter showed her driver's licence and she started walking towards the door.
I followed her, and got stopped, asking me for ID.
I am 47, but apparently they need valid ID for everyone?
I didn't have any on me as I don't drive and don't carry my passport around anymore as I've never needed it.
I said she was my daughter and she's 22 so how can I not be old enough, I also offered to show them my bank card to show we had the same surname
The pub next door was happy to have our business.

No need to be so snarky. Provisional licenses exist.

As lots of people have stated, it isn’t only alcohol at all. Teaspoons were cited, ffs. Teaspoons.

This is such a dumb thought to have

People must be serious alcoholics if they can’t go without a bit of alcohol occasionally.

Still a minor inconvenience - no one NEEDS alcohol that desperately they can’t come back later. Just go without 🤷‍♀️

I think it has gone too far. My 43 year old DD gets challenged from time to time, and although she does look a bit younger than 43,I don't think she looks under 25!

Yes!! I’m 35 and got IDd for fucking RAZORS recently

I said routinely. How often do most people do all of those? And plenty of those scenarios would require several forms of ID - not just one single card.

I'm not saying it can't be a helpful thing for some people, if their circumstances suit it.

Um, just things like proving your right to work, opening a bank account or claiming benefits.

Nothing important

It's mad, though, isn't it? Yes, they can be used for people taking heroin; but 99.999% of the time, they're going to be used for boringly mundane things like sugar, stirring coffee and taking medicine.

Similarly, tins of beans or frozen turkeys could be used for committing a murder, by whacking somebody over the head with them... but nobody is suggesting restricting the sale of beans or turkeys!

I remember buying some teaspoons and got the think 25 flag up. It is because they are used in heroin use

I had to show my passport recently to buy a set of cutlery (just table knives, forks and spoons, nothing actually sharp). I’m in my early 50s.

I can't personally think of much else I would be routinely asked for ID for, though. I know you now need it for voting at elections; but apart from that and buying age-restricted goods - which many adults don't, even though they would be allowed to - what other scenarios require it? Getting into clubs, maybe, if you're a party animal?!

So what I’ve noticed is that in Sainsbury’s on self checkout you have to wait for someone to come and authorise your payment if buying paracetamol. In Asda you don’t. I just paid and it all went through. I’ve told my 17 year old (who has no ID to carry) if she ever needs some to go to Asda.

We had this in home bargains recently but they wouldn’t let me buy. My 14 year old was ahead of me in the queue and paying for her own things. She wanted some teeth whitening strips. Suitable for over 12 (some say over 18). She went to pay and was refused so she gave them to me to buy. I was refused as the server knew they were for her.

Yes I might start using it more often! 🤣

Yeah, although it can be tricky to judge people’s ages.