Tescos new rule when buying alcohol

[jordang16]

true it might just be in your area ill take your word for it k

[GommeInc]

lol i work at tescos and its not true maybe it was a new worker i serve alcohol loads of times with people who are 21 and with say a 16 year old

It is true, it might be in my area alone though. It wasn't only the person who served us, the information came from the Supervisor...

[Misawa]

I work at Tesco and can safely say that it is NOT a new policy, nor is it one. The alcohol rule at all stores is that the paying customer has to be 18 or over, if they look under 21, we ask for their ID. Who they are with can be underage and we can still sell, however, if we expect that the customer is purchasing alcohol for persons underage, we reserve the right to refuse sale.
Also, if the cashier is under 18, they have to call a/the section manager to allow you to sell, even if the customer is blatantly 104.

I predict that it's just your local store's own rule; they probably have a nagging problem with underage customers successfully buying alcohol.

[GommeInc]

It appears it must be the stores own policy. I don't understand why because the area around the Tescos is hardly bad. It is also a policy at the local Co-Op. Maybe Essex has a underage drinking problem?

It's strange because I was with my mum, and I doubt anyone underaged would want Sherry when there are better drinks out there, but I guess that is just opinion

[Mentor]

It appears it must be the stores own policy. I don't understand why because the area around the Tescos is hardly bad. It is also a policy at the local Co-Op. Maybe Essex has a underage drinking problem?

It's strange because I was with my mum, and I doubt anyone underaged would want Sherry when there are better drinks out there, but I guess that is just opinion

What are you saying? Chavs are always drinking Sherry, all the time, i mean its not like chavs would drink anything else...

Plus which tesco you mean? since essex does have quite a big chav population so i can see why they may put the restrictions up... then again? who would go to tesco a large super market when there trying to get drink underage? Its just not right "/

[Roboevil]

Maybe it's for set hours, i.e after 6 or on a Friday night when people are most likely to drink. At Halloween a lot of shops don't sell kids eggs without parental guidance or whatever.

[Papershop]

OMgg You shop at TESCo! haha ASDA FTW

And asda policy is that you have to look 21 to the buy drink, unless you have iID> and you also have to be 18 and proove it, to buy ciggerettes . WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[GommeInc]

What are you saying? Chavs are always drinking Sherry, all the time, i mean its not like chavs would drink anything else...

Plus which tesco you mean? since essex does have quite a big chav population so i can see why they may put the restrictions up... then again? who would go to tesco a large super market when there trying to get drink underage? Its just not right "/

The one in Maldon, where I always shop

Through personal experience, when ever we need drink, Kat and James normally ask that person to buy alcohol while we wait somewhere else, like the beach. And he normally gets it from Spar I think? Which is quite a good place to go.

Maybe it's for set hours, i.e after 6 or on a Friday night when people are most likely to drink. At Halloween a lot of shops don't sell kids eggs without parental guidance or whatever.

This was lunch time on a Friday. I can't see how that could be the reason, most underage persons will be at school or college? But then again, there is that possibility it is.

OMgg You shop at TESCo! haha ASDA FTW

And asda policy is that you have to look 21 to the buy drink, unless you have iID> and you also have to be 18 and proove it, to buy ciggerettes . WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Blerrgh, Asda food is skanky. Only good thing about Asda is the yummy ice cream. Triple chocolate or something like that, really nice

That policy is terrible too... You have to look over 21? You only need to be over 18? Can't they just say "If they look over 18?" Saying over 21 doesn't really solve much... They should ask ID even if they look over 21, if they look over 30 then maybe they can be let go...

[,Jess,]

It's not like that where I live but one time I was with my mum and they asked her 4 proof that she was over 18 lol she just pointed 2 me and said this is my sixteen year old daughter. It would loose them quite a bit if they did and it sounds pretty stupid

[Judge Judy]

Hmm, What's next - You can't buy Fruit & Veg, because you are too fat.

But yeah it might be which area you're in.