Buying Prime in Asda

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I was in Asda today with my 12 year old ds and his friend of the same age. They spotted cans of prime that they'd never had before and got all excited.

They chose two flavours and put them in the trolley talking excitedly about trying them later.

As we were near the till a check out lady said firmly to us, you can't buy those.

I asked why. She said because they are for children, I've heard them talking about drinking them.

I explained that I was buying them (aged 45) not them.

She said again, you can't buy them for children and pointed to the challenge 25 sign.

I said ok, I'll just buy them for me to drink all of them. She then reached over, grabbed them out of my trolley and marched off with them.

I followed her and asked why she was taking them. She said it was just her job and I was breaking the law.

I left without them, confused and perplexed.

I had no idea that Prime was restricted in this way. Does anyone know the rules about buying Prime? I felt like a criminal as well as a bad parent.

Not in the definition of the law, no.

But if company policy is to not sell energy drinks to under 16s or an adult buying for them, then it's a proxy sale and treated as such.

Same thing with online deliveries where its not illegal to leave shopping with under 18s with no age restricted items in order. But is treated as an illegal delivery regardless.

Same kind of policy. The policy is designed to cover the employee and management will back them up.

I asked why. She said because they are for children, I've heard them talking about drinking them.

I explained that I was buying them (aged 45) not them.

She said again, you can't buy them for children and pointed to the challenge 25 sign.

I said ok, I'll just buy them for me to drink all of them.

Taking them from your trolley was no ruder than the way you responded to her. You knew you were buying them for children, and after her first statement you knew that was not allowed. You should have asked why if you needed to, instead of being a smart arse.

Perhaps my neighbour is someone who has been abused by staff in Asda. I think it would take quite a noticeable level of disrespect to prompt a person to take action.

Perhaps your neighbour has a persecution complex and should avoid asda. 😁

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The cashier was probably fucked off that you did the whole "it's for me!" lie when she'd heard enough to know it was a proxy sale.

No one likes being treated like an idiot by being blatantly lied to, people do it constantly to them, and it tends to turn into a tantrum far more often than normal refusals.

Also, by expecting the cashier to go along with such a blatant ruse, customers are basically expecting a stranger to risk getting into serious trouble at work for their friend/kid's sake.

I think if I was treated so badly by shop staff that I saw it as "abuse", I'd stop bloody going there rather than keeping a diary lol.

Good for you. Some people want to bring about positive change, others just leave. Both can be effective.