To think age prohibited purchasing has gone too far.

[BlueJean]

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?

Yes I got that email too!

I've twice been asked for ID buying Becks Blue (0%). Nobody has yet been able to explain why this is necessary!

Zabaglione ice cream from waitrose last week. Was delicious

I can tell you why with the Becks 0% ....... the till will have a pop up that HAS to be filled in - "does the customer look over 25.... " Y/N -

it does not matter that it has 0% alcohol - sometimes some products are just "labelled" on the till system wrongly.... I had a bag of pompoms come up with a check box last month! lethal, they were absolutely lethal........

sometimes if you type Y there is a FURTHER random check, (one in 10, or 20, or whatever) the till will have a pop up "please check id" - even if someone looks 70 -

So if someone looks older than their age - say they look late 20s but turn out not to be, and if you tick the box to say you checked id and the person turns out to be less than 18, you get sacked..... as well as any legal stuff coming on your head because the company have covered themselves with the tick boxy thing....

I've been ID'd for Old Jamaican ginger beer. That's the non alcoholic type usually found with other soft fizzy drinks. But as it was called 'beer' they had to check.

I was ID'd for buying alcohol a couple of weeks ago and upon reading the date of birth on my driving license, the assistant said 'you're looking good for someone nearly 40'

I was born in 1986!