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Old 20-09-2007, 13:50   #12
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Re: Seventy two year old man stopped from buying alcohol

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Originally Posted by Damien View Post
Some people are stupid, end of. I do not see why the guy feels the need to inform the press of the incident. Just go to another store
The next nearest is Tesco in Heswall, 10 or 15 minutes drive away (and almost impossible by bus). Always assuming of course that he had a car with him, or could even drive. That branch of Morrisons is a small-ish one, on the edge of a residential area.

You go to your local shop because its convenient, and when your local shop screws up, you prefer that the local shop puts it right so you can go on shopping locally.

You suggest this man is stupid for making a fuss - I think he would be stupid if he needlessly complicated his weekly shopping trip rather than trying to sort it out.

As he clearly stated, and was quoted saying in the BBC article, he has no problem with the principle of ensuring alcohol sales are not made to children, he has a problem with the brainless, humourless way it was enforced.

The actions of the checkout operator as described in that article are disappointing enough, but if the branch manager really did carry on in the way he is said to have, then he is a disgrace who should not be in charge of any operation that claims to care about customer service.
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