To think 'age related' purchases in supermarkets are getting stupid

[Mrsdavidcaruso]

Just been to Tesco did a huge shop using the scan and shop, one of my purchases signalled 'age related' and had to be cleared by an assistant.

It wasn't the garden fork I bought with the wickedly sharp prongs oh no it was the box of MATCHES that I bought.

madness

Matches have been age thingied for donkeys

But at the fork

Age related? Like.. you can't buy them under a certain age?

Yeah no problem with the fork at all I can understand matches being subject to age checks thinking about it but would have thought there would have been checks with the garden fork

My "dealcoholised cooking wine" was flagged as Challenge 25 a couple of days ago...

I had to be authorised to buy Christmas Crackers last year because 'they contain explosives'.

No to starting fires.
Yes to recreating that horrible scene from The Crazies.

Bonkers.

Koppaberg alcohol free pear cider is subject to age restriction rules!

I was age checked buying cutlery and was declined as I didn't have ID I obviously look like a wild youth who would cause havoc with a butter knife.

I was challenged for buying some wine in the supermarket (large, weekly shop) because the assistant wanted to see my son's ID. He was 17, didn't have any ID, but I was buying the wine for me. Supervisor was called, and she was clearly a bit cross with the till person and said "But his Mum is with him" (actually, it was the other way around and he was just with me).

It is getting a bit ridiculous.

I was id'd for a cheese grater

This has reminded me of a game we used to play in brownies, relay races with lit matches! If the match burned down to.your hand you were out. Anyone else play this?

EvansOvalPiesYumYum apparently asda is going to start refusing to serve people alcohol if they have children with them. i'm not entirely sure how true this, its just something i heard through the grapevine.

I was once challenged for.....

Jack Daniels BBQ Sauce.

When I'd finished laughing (as was the cashier in fairness) we worked out I'd need to down about 90 bottles of the stuff to even get tipsy. Seemed it was Tesco tills being a little over zealous

Poor till person. They make you watch videos about IDing parents with teenagers and then belittle you in front of customers for actually doing it

Mum2four
Thats not entirely true (do love a good rumour). Most supermarkets will refuse to serve an adult with a teen with them in case you are buying them the alcohol. You do get some cashiers who go a little over the top with smaller kids but for the most part it's quite rare.

Thats been in place for at least the last 3 years, it's nothing new.

I got asked for ID buying grenadine syrup. Although it is non alcoholic because it's used to make cocktails it flagged it up.

I had this with some hot cross buns in M&S before Easter, though to be fair I think it was probably a programming error rather than a belief that I could do serious damage with them.

Having said that, perhaps they had read the 'cakes cause cancer' thread from earlier!

I had to have an age check for my mouthwash.
The assistant was very amused, drunk and have fresh breath......

I get more offended by them pressing the button that says 'customer clearly over 25'

I was IDd buying a tin opener because 'it had a working blade in it' in the 99p store.
I told the checkout lady I was unlikely to try and open someone to death.

Most supermarkets will refuse to serve an adult with a teen with them in case you are buying them the alcohol.

But this seems to be where common sense is getting utterly lost and people either can't or are not trusted being to use their own judgement.

A young-ish adult buying alcohol for a teen then I can see why they might be concerned that this is someone irresponsible and enabling an illegal purchase.

But when the teen is with someone who clearly is, or is old enough to be, their parent then why shouldn't you be buying them alcohol if it is your opinion that this is OK? My DD is 18 now so old enough to drink anywhere if she wants to. However, for the last year or so we have been quite OK about her having small amounts of alcohol when she is in the house with us. In fact we occasionally buy a bottle of rose to keep in the fridge for her so she can have the odd glass (she probably only has about 2 glasses a week)

IMO this is perfectly OK and it is certainly legal (well OK it definitely is now she is 18 but it was before then anyway)and I would have been quite annoyed at someone trying to tell me that I cannot do this even though it is legal and reasonable in my judgement

I tell this story a lot, but because it's funny.

Back when I was 16, my mother asked me to go to the supermarket and buy her some household bleach. So, I did.

When I got to the till, the cashier asked me for ID to prove I was over 12. Humiliating for a 16-year-old! I searched through my wallet, looking for something, and the manageress got called over.

She promptly apologised, and by way of an explanation, told me that the cashier had " just been transferred down from Yorkshire " as if that would made everything clear.

I've wondered what Yorkshire tweens were doing with bleach ever since.

I was ided buying garlic bread and on another occasion a pregnancy test. When I queried why I needed to be ided I was told the till said so.

When my daughter was learning to drive, we popped into Sainsbury's to teach her how to top up with petrol. As she put the nozzle into the fuel hole-thingy a voice came over the loudspeaker instructing her to step away from the car, like it was a military operation (the operator clearly thought she was too young to be putting petrol in the car). I had to go in and explain: it's her car, she's learning to drive (the 'L' plates were a bit of a clue). Poor daughter was so upset and embarrassed, she was only about 17 and very shy. She's never forgotten it.