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Old 04-06-2008, 00:04   #76
shawty
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Re: Seventy two year old man stopped from buying alcohol

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Originally Posted by freezin View Post
If checkout operators use their judgement and they are wrong, they personally faces a large fine, losing their job, and a criminal record, and the store runs the risk of having its licence to sell alcohol revoked. I worked for a supermarket last year, where staff were constantly reminded of these risks.

Some of the customers who get challenged are understandably very irate, but I don't blame the staff for not taking the slightest chance. With the threats they face, who can blame them for being paranoid? Why should supermarkets and their staff make a stand against this nonsense? Nobody else does.
People 30 or 40+ do not look 18, some people need common sense.
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