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To think Morrisons are taking licensing laws too far?

93 replies

Housemum · 12/02/2010 19:09

So DH offers to pick up teenage DD from dancing as he's going past that way and stops off at Morrisons to buy tonight's dinner and a couple of bottles of beer. Cashier asks him for ID which flattered him for a second as he's 40 with grey hair, till the cashier says, "no, for her". No replies DH as she's too young and the beer is for me - so the cashier refuses to serve him. Now I am all for stopping teenage binge drinking, but I thought the law was about believing someone had intent to supply to a minor - so if he was buying alcopops, cider or even possibly white wine I could understand but looking at the two of them it would be pretty easy to spot the likely real ale drinker! Grrr - anyone else want to share their tales of refusal or tell me that Morrisons are completely justified?

OP posts:
liahgen66 · 12/02/2010 19:10

the bloody world's gone mad.

AnyFucker · 12/02/2010 19:12

that is ridiculous

so if you have a child with you now, you can't buy alcohol ????

FabIsGoingToBeFabIn2010 · 12/02/2010 19:13

It is happening more and more now.

DH has our wine delivered.

LollipopViolet · 12/02/2010 19:14

Tesco do it too. Me and 2 mates were shopping for a birthday present for another friend. All three of us were ID'd because it was alcohol.

YABU they have to do it or they can get a huge fine (the cashier, not the store, although they'll get one too). As my mate who works in a music venue (which allows anyone over 14 into gigs, but you need a wristband saying you're 18 to get drinks- and you get the bands with ID) says, "It's not worth my job, or a £15,000 fine, for one kid to have a drink"

skidoodle · 12/02/2010 19:16

"so if you have a child with you now, you can't buy alcohol ????"

yup

TheDevilWearsPrimark · 12/02/2010 19:16

Sainsburys refused to sell me a bottle of wine with a grocery shop that was well over £100. I had my two DC with me and am 27 but look older (I think)

SixtyFootDoll · 12/02/2010 19:18

Morrisons are very strict.
My friend ( uniformed police officer)
stopped off to buy a bottle of wine on way home from work, had her coat on over her white shirt.
She was refused as she was a police officer on duty.
( It is against the law to serve an officer alcohol on duty)
Think is OTT, esp in OPs case.

Tortington · 12/02/2010 19:19

i took ds with me some years ago to carry a crate of fosters - i think he was 17 or 18 and i got a grilling at the checkout. but they let me through with it.

i went outside and gave it to him....only joking - ofcourse i didn't northerers don't give beer away don't be daft!

its all gone tits up.

kids dont buy from supermarkets - they wait outside little shops in groups and intimidate people by their bery presence if not intention - into buying the beer/fags

EssenceOfJack · 12/02/2010 19:19

I was shopping with a friend who was 25 and we both had large shops on teh conveyor, she was ID@d and had nothing so they then refused to serve me the wine I had already put on the belt as I was 'with' her and might have given her some.
I had ID as well.

Karmann · 12/02/2010 19:20

Don't quite understand Lollipop's post. Point is, it was your husband buying the alcohol. This happened to my ex-P when he was with our DD - bloody ridiculous. Was she supposed to wait in the car because her dad was buying a couple of beers for himself?

AnyFucker · 12/02/2010 19:20

bloody hell, I didn't realise that ski

tbh though, I do my weekly shop sans kids and rarely run out of booze (I just buy lots in the 1st place )

skidoodle · 12/02/2010 20:03

It's very important that people are stopped from buying real ale for toddlers.

If only ONE child is saved from drinking a bottle of Speckled Hen, then it will have been worth it.

rastababi · 12/02/2010 20:04

I've heard about the exact same situations many times Housemum It's utter madness if you ask me

I'm 27 years old, I've been buying alcohol problem-free since I was about 16 (I'm tall for my age ), but for the last 18 months or so, I've been ID'd every time, yes, every time when buying alcohol

Disenchanted3 · 12/02/2010 20:07

skidoodle that made me giggle out loud

mowcop · 12/02/2010 20:11

Ironically, I was always the tall, older looking one in the offy at 15 buying 20-20! However, now I am a married woman of 28 with 3 dc's I do get asked.

I like to think it is flattering, but I'm sure Tesco should provide their cashiers with free eye tests!

coldtits · 12/02/2010 20:13

Oh god it's infuriating. I have NEVER been IDed so much in my life. I am nearly 30 years old, FFS.

stopcopyingme · 12/02/2010 20:22

my sis works at morons morrisons, apparently if you are seen with a teen in the drinks isle, even if they aren't with you i.e. seeing a friend with her teen, having a chat then walking off in separate directions. they won't serve you!,

sis couldn't get an answer out of management r.e. what age this starts. but its really going too far!

ravenAK · 12/02/2010 20:31

Hardly inculcates a sensible attitude to alcohol.

I'm taking 5 year old ds shopping tomorrow for new shoes, after which we'll probably pop into Sainsbury's on the way home. Presumably under these guidelines I wouldn't be able to buy a bottle of wine, just in case ds has coerced me into getting it for him.

Bonkers, quite mad (& I'm an ex-publican so v aware of the necessity to be careful not to sell alcohol to under 18s)

dixiechick1975 · 12/02/2010 20:34

Same in US I think. DH and I were on hols a few years ago (aged 30ish) and Dh tried to buy beer. Dh said come on you know I am over 21 and they said you are but she's not - was really chuffed as we are the same age!

AmazingBouncingFerret · 12/02/2010 21:48

Ahhh stopcopyingme, no wonder the security guard always hovers with a suspicious look on his face when I go shopping with my dad and we look the spirits in the drinks aisle of Morrisons. Im 26 and do look quite young, but I think the 3 yr old DS and 7wk old DD kind of put the cashier off from asking for ID!

On a seperate occasion I was shopping in asda a supermarket with DH and we had picked out some baileys truffles, because neither of us had our ID's on us they refused to sell them to us. CHOCOLATES! ffs.
I can tolerate having to leave off the alcohol when out shopping but nobody denies me my chocolate...

differentID · 12/02/2010 21:50

The law needs to change then.

Becasue a parent can give their own child alcohol to drink if the child is over the age of 5 years.

heQet · 12/02/2010 21:51

I never get asked for ID when buying alcohol. I think that you should stop complaining about it. When they don't bother, it's quite depressing.

AmazingBouncingFerret · 12/02/2010 21:54

Lol heQet, I was disappointed when I didnt get asked ID when going into a club at the weekend and my friend was. I demanded that the bouncer look at my ID. Was rather pissed though...

senua · 12/02/2010 21:59

I was behind a man in Tesco the other day and he was refused. The law says that you cannot sell alcohol to under-18s but, Tesco, to be on the safe side, asks for ID if you look under 25. The cashier, knowing the 25 rule and to be on the safe side, asked the man for ID. He was 30 years old - that's 12 years over the legal limit - and she wouldn't serve him because he hadn't got ID.
It's ludicrous.

kateyjane · 12/02/2010 22:55

I was shopping with my dad in Waitrose for his birthday present. I am 32, pregnant with DC 4 - I definately look my age I tried to buy a £40 bottle of whisky. They would not sell it to me - I had no ID on me to prove my age. Infront of the cashier I passed it to my dad to buy instead and they sold it to him?? Mad!