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

When I worked at a supermarket I had to id a young person for a non alcoholic drink, it was in my training days do couldn't just serve the poor girl but we were both a bit baffled by the rule.

I once got age checked for a DVD. It was the muppets Christmas carol. It's a U!

Tilly did you never see Four Lions with the bleach? That was set in Yorkshire

I was one ID for birthday cake sparklers. I was 24 at the time.

I know of someone who was ID'd when buying wine in a supermarket (same supermarket that asked my son for his ID when he was with me, incidentally). She's 45
(I'd have been absolutely delighted, personally, but it is quite amusing)

I see your matches and your bleach, and raise you teaspoons...

The 16 year old said: “It was embarrassing enough buying teaspoons, but to get refused was even worse.

Loki nope. If I see it, will all be revealed?

our local Tesco is on the edge of a large residential area and walking distance from a large comprehensive school. they used to have a sign up stating that it is their "policy NOT to sell eggs to under 18s"

this was because of a spate of yobbish behaviour with idiots chucking them at cars and buses.

then one day someone was sent in on their way to school to buy their ingredients for food tech, cue sad faced photo about how poor little Jonny could not make his pancakes because evil Tesco thought he might be an oik.

they reworded the poster by adding....."unless it is obviously part of a shopping list"

I was id'd for a cheese grater

I can picture the crime scene photos, but how would you get the victime to stay still long enough?

Tilly
In a nutshell they were buying bleach to make a bomb. He kept sneaking in wearing different disguises to buy the bleach, one of which involved a high pitched voice and a hand covering his beard.

Maybe your Yorkshire cashier saw it and thought you were planning a bit of bomb making in your free time

I got id'd for a small veggie knife once which was fair enough as u could obviously do some damage with it but what baffled me was the cashier gave me a look and said "can i ask what you are planning to do with this?"

i just looked at dh then back at cashier and replied "erm...peel potatoes"

strange woman, it was like she was expecting me to say "go on a murderous rampage" or something!

I was ID'd buying Rennies when I was pregnant. The cashier actually said to DP 'Are you buying these as she needs to be over 16.'

I was 25 and didn't think I looked as young as that, and what trouble could one come to with a box of antacids?

The IDing for teaspoons story is daft but why was he embarrassed by buying teaspoons in the first place? Is there something unsavoury that you do with a teaspoon I'm not aware of? Or are teaspoons just not cool enough?

I got asked if I was over 16 in my local Sainsburys once. I was 34 and pregnant at the time . Poor cashier was very apologetic.

I was a very happy bunny for days afterwards.

I was also asked how old I was when buying cigarettes in a local shop, I was 20.

The local Co-op used to let me buy alcohol without asking me for ID but if I went to the kiosk to buy a lottery ticket I would be asked for ID every time without fail.

I've been asked for ID before when buying some matches for a blackout. I was a wearing a hoodie at the time, and I bloomin flipped !

Sometimes the energy that should be spent on the right things are never done, but on the wrong things, it is heightened.

It is the person on the till who is personally liable if you turn out to be Trading Standards doing a spot check. Please be kind to them.

There is no room for common sense because the till will flag up an age-related item and ask what ID has been shown. These, too, can be spot-checked and referenced against CCTV.

Ah, gone are the days when my dad used to send 6-year-old me half a mile to the local tobacconists to buy an ounce of St Bruno Ready-rubbed and a box of Swan Vestas! Different times.

I was once ID'd buying plastic picnic cutlery. Cardboard is sharper.

I think 'boob tubes' should be banned for the over 25s.

I got id'd for glowsticks in wilkos once. I asked the guy how old you have to be to buy them and he didn't know. apparently it's because the liquid is dangerous

Back in the days when you had to be 16 to buy cigarettes. I drove in the petrol station, filled my car, went in to pay and asked for cigarettes. They refused. Somehow they couldn't get that I was at least 17 given I was driving my own car in

A lady at work who is petite and in her late 30's was challenged at Morrisons because they ID under 25. She didn't have ID. She asked the cashier if she honestly thought she was 18. The cashier said no, but it didn't matter because she had to be 25. My friend explained that no she had to be 18 but the cashier was having none of it. They called the manager who basically said 'I support the decision of my team member'. Didn't even comment on the fact that she was clearly over 25 (wrinkles, grey hairs and all). She left all the shopping and walked out.

Trujay: Surely (from the cashier's point of view) it doesn't actually matter if you are buying the knife to go on a murderous rampage. They only need to check you're at least 18 to buy it. The law about selling knifes doesn't concern itself with the motives of the buyer (we have other laws for that).

dd works in a supermarket she had to authorise loads of daft things we live in a university town she hates the new start as she is always buzzing so she can authorise butter knives,

MAtches make sense tbh it is like lighter fuel you need to be over a certain age to buy them