To think age prohibited purchasing has gone too far.

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Shopping for a gift today I popped into TKMAXX for a mooch.

I was really puzzled over one item that had a big label attached to it stating " Not to be sold to under 18s".

It was a single item. Not edible,quaffable or smokable . Not sharp or able to cut or pierce.

So why on earth does a (rather nice) basket for 2 bottles need such a warning on it?

Maybe at some point it was sold with two bottles of wine in it?

What was it?

I got age checked for buying vanilla extract recently

I was surprised that a Tesco value cutlery set was age restricted too. You wouldn't even be able to cut butter without the knife bending.

I bought a child's kitchen play set in TK Maxx a couple of years ago. Age recommendation on the side of the box was something like 3 to 6 years.

TK Maxx asked for ID to prove I was over 18. Even the staff were baffled (it was thrown up on screen when the bar code was scanned). The only conclusion we could reach was that the prohibited item was the plastic blade in the toy food processor

I bought the Disney Frozen CD & DVD from Sainsbury's and when I looked at the receipt it said CHECK AGE - OVER 18
WTAF!!!

I once tried to buy a children's Nintendo game from a specifically game-related website and got a notice that I would need to be over seven years of age to complete the transaction. The person who stocked the website obviously didn't realise that filling an age rating field would trigger this message without exception. I mean, what six year old with access to a credit card would stop there because of a mere warning?

I've been age checked for a pregnancy test, chocolates chip cookies, chicken breasts, 3+ game and a garlic baguette. All on separate occasions. I've no idea of the reason behind it.

I have never ever been asked to prove my age when buying anything

I obviously have just always looked older than my years

I agree OP.

The legal drinking age is 18. So why is anyone that looks under 25 checked.

I mean, I know why but its still bloody unnecessary. And all these stories of parents with teenagers being told they cannot buy alcohol, ffs we will be issuing drinking licences to adult men soon.

DS wasn't allowed to buy a pritt stick in our local shop... I could understand if it was superglue or something like that but was really and about it. He was however allowed to buy a can of Lynx

random I don't look remotely under 25, never mind under 3. I can never decide what bemuses me the most. The fact you need to be a particular age to buy them or the fact someone thought I looked that young.

I got cranky the other week when I tried to buy ibuprofen for a headache, you only have to be 16 to buy medicines FFS.

Age 25 for a potato peeler. So I can get married at 16 but not have potatoes for 9 years!

I did check to see if there was a description in the label which indicated that there once were bottles of wine included but it only stated something like " 2 bottle wicker wine basket carrier" -so no mention of wine.

Sorry Aspiringhuman I did have to laugh at your list .

I once got ID for a potato knife, the bastard thing needed a chain saw to get it out of the blister pack.

Indeed, gone way too far. I had to wait for assistance at the self service checkout because there was an age restriction on the plastic throwaway cutlery I was buying. Another thing is these bloody childproof caps, I have carpal tunnel and usually have to go hunt down a child to open the bloody thing for me - defeats the purpose really

I'm sure I saw something recently about "if you look under 30..." Exactly twice the age of some of the lads who signed up and fought in WW1. Hmm.

I was 15 in Home Bargains after school once, and have to leave empty handed because they wouldn't sell me deodorant. I was a smelly teen, navigating puberty and hating the shit stuff mum was buying that she and dad used.

Mixers for vodka though when I snuck booze on a school trip? Fine!

My favourite one is when I (at the age of 30) get IDd buying wine in Waitrose. The irony is that i pay for my shopping on a John Lewis credit card...
No ID = no wine but they'll merrily let me pay for it on a card i need to be 18 to have. So surely if I'm too young to drink alcohol then I'm also committing credit card fraud?

plus, how many underage drinkers spend £12 on a bottle of red?

DS drove to the local garage, filled the car with petrol, paid with his own debit card, but couldn't buy any windscreen de-icer because he was under 18.

So (potentially) he could drive, but couldn't de-ice the windscreen to see where he was driving!
Bonkers!

ID'd for a crochet hook. Obviously it's a metal pointy thing, but if, for example, you managed to hijack a plane with one I think you'd be entitled to keep it for sheer effort!

pandafeet a well known supermarket wouldn't allow me to purchase a bottle of wine with my weekly shop because I had my 16 year old sister with me. My food alone totalled to over £100 so it was clear I hadn't gone in to buy alcohol for minors.

Also when I was pregnant a different supermarket wouldn't sell my partner a packet of cigarettes because I didn't have my ID on me. When explaining to them I was 8 months pregnant and of course didn't smoke they still stood their ground.

I got ID'd for buying cold medication. I'd bought it many times before and never gotten asked for ID.

I got ID'd for alcohol when I was 38. I had 3 under 3 years at that age, so in no way looked under 25, sadly.

I had to wait for staff to OK reading glasses in Asda at the self service tills, apparently you have to be over 16 to buy them, not sure what dastardly act you can perpetuate with a £4.50 pair of reading glasses.