To be annoyed being asked for age ID

[RosePetels]

For FABRIC CLEANER
the sales assistant really tried to deny me fabric cleaner because I didn't have ID. I'm 26yrs old he said I could just be saying that wtf why would I lie it's not alcohol
I am a young looking 26 but I do not look like a teenager, was I being unreasonable to kick up a fuss?
The manager gave it to me the sales assistant refused.

I got ID'd for calpol for my 7 year old DD. I did have her at 17 and I do look young, but not that bloody young.

DD2 is now 16 and keeps pointing out she an get married and set up home but not buy a pair ofd scissors or a potato peeler, forcing her to live on take aways and have an unhealthy diet!

Agree the poor cashier can loose their job for not doing this so we have to put up wit it ( OK unless like me you have white roots and noone doubts you are well over 21!)

MrsTattoo Sorry! I thought it was a little mad to be annoyed at my innocuous comment

Back when I was a shop assistant, about 10 years ago, I asked a lady for ID for a bottle of wine.
Then her husband and three kids walked in. At least she got a laugh out of it (she was 35).

With some people it can be hard to tell. As someone so young it is hard to know how old people are, I think it's a skull acquired by age. I have had 16 year olds ask me for ID, and I wanted to laugh in their face. Older sales assistants are more diplomatic about it.

I think I missed your point too MrsTattoo, I also thought you were saying you couldn't look underage because you have tattoos, piercings etc.

DH and I always get ID'd.
The best couple were - ID in our local Coop when buying Sparkling Elderflower (we pointed out it would be quite the bargain price for an alcoholic drink!)
And in M&S, spending a wedding gift card, they wouldn't let us buy an apple corer without ID, we got a blender instead. It seemed a bit crazy that you could buy a thing with spinning blades, but not a (pretty blunt) corer.

We've both worked places where you have to ID so don't take it personally. It really is impossible to get it right all the time.

I got asked ID for an age 12 film in Morrisons
I'm 26

31 and both myself and my husband (30) are ID'd relatively regularly. He looks really babyfaced when he shaves and he's tall and slim so it isn't that surprising. I just find it amusing at this stage.

I got ID'd for calpol. You have to be over 12 for that I'm 22. I know I look young but I didn't think I looked that young

I got ID'd for Vanilla Essence.

Apparently it has alcohol in it.

I'm nearly 50

Apparently Dunelm have age restricted their knitting needles - including those which are specifically intended for children.

How do you abuse fabric conditioner?

"Wasn't aimed at you bored but the poster who felt the need to quote me wink"

You can say my name MrsTattoo, I don't mind when people quote me

It wasn't missing the point because your kind of reasoning gets trotted out almost daily to sales assistants, who couldn't give AF because tattoos, piercings, pregnant bellies, married partners, children, cars, degrees, store cards, bank cards, bus passes, cigarettes and whatever random thing people wave at you to 'prove' they are over the age are not legal proof of ID, which is all sales assistants need to process with the sale.

I get where people are coming from and I agree to an extent that Challenge 25 doesn't completely work but it's the rules companies have put in place to ensure they are not held liable if someone underage gets hold of a product (in part by passing the buck on to the shop assistant, who WILL be personally liable if someone underage buys a product from them). In those circumstances I would merrily refuse service to anyone I had an inkling of doubt. No one's purchase is worth thousands in fines and the loss of my job!

I got IDd buying sparklers for NYE, at 28, meaning they thought I looked 17 morrison's would serve me gin, but not razors. My favourite was the super camp guy in an off license who ID'd me for wine then went "whaaaaat?! No way!! What moisturiser do you use!!?"
It can be a ballache but I got so used to being asked for ID that I carry it everywhere.

fishboneschokus "How do you abuse fabric conditioner?"

Huh? You're the only person who's mentioned fabric conditioner.

The Challenge 25 is a huge waste of time and effort.

I know that it was brought in to reduce the number of teenagers being sold alcohol and cigarettes or getting a slightly older pal to get it for them, but it's the idiocy in the way it is applied.

For a start, it is not a legal requirement in the UK to have a photo ID. However, a photo ID is demanded for a person to purchase something age restricted if the cashier is unable to accurately guess someone's age to within 5 years. I do not drive, I do not own a passport. I have no photo ID, along with what I will assume is a fairly large number of the population.

Next, it is not actually illegal for a parent to give their child aged over 5 years alcohol nor is it illegal for a parent to order an alcoholic drink for their 16+ year old when ordering a meal in a restaurant, so why are people being refused service when they have a child with them?

Again, there are some young people who live independently for whatever reason. As another poster pointed out- how are they supposed to prep meals for themselves if they aren't allowed to buy kitchen implements?

Challenge 25 contradicts the law- it's not fit for purpose.

I agree 100% SecretNutellaFix. ID-ing for vanilla essence and alcohol free drinks is ludicrous and helps no-one. I'm just glad there were no such restrictions when I was young as I lived on my own from the age of 16 until my mid 30's.

secretnutella I agree with the conflict in the law. We once took DS out for a meal at a chain restaurant. We ordered alcoholic drinks for us and DS said he'd have a beer - he was 17 at the time. The waiter asked him if he had ID - he did as he was learning to drive at the time. The driving licence showed he was 17 so the waiter refused to bring him a beer. But the law says he can have a beer with a meal at age 16 and we were with him and buying it for him.
Ironically, he is now 18 and has bought alcohol in supermarkets and pubs and never been asked for ID.

I personally wish they would just ID EVERYONE regardless.

The problem with this 'look under 25' thing is that short, petite women generally end up being disproportionally IDed.

As much as it is flattering to be IDed, I'm thirty fucking seven and you have to be blind to mistake me for under 25 much less 18. My ego isn't that inflated to think I pass for 18.

The thing is its easier to challenge a petite woman rather than a strapping 6' 2" muscly man with an attitude. And that's the issue rather than challenge 25, because lots of obviously under 25s are not being IDed.

For fabric cleaner or alcohol.

I do think it is utterly ridiculous that some shops won't sell household items like cutlery, solvents and candles to under 18s. We are supposed to be encouraging young adults to be independant, how can we do that if they cant even buy themselves a knife and fork.

Yes, I do speak from experience. I moved into a flat at 17 and still grumble at that first shopping trip when I was refused a cutlery set. It was humiliating.

They should do it with 'boob tubes', leather trousers and anything with Hello Kitty on. Anyone over 25 shouldn't be allowed to buy them.

Although the shop can have its own policy, the law only prevents them from selling solvents if they believe you are going to abuse them (so says BIL - Trading Standards).

I love being asked for id makes me feel young! It doesn't happen often now tho. I'm mid forties. Cheer up op it doesn't last forever and you'll miss it when it's gone! My favourite was when we went to a race meeting and I got in for free cos they thought my DP was my dad. My DP is actually 5 years younger than me. Oh how I laughed. He did not find it amazing for some reason!

AMUSING! Even!