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Originally Posted by grungernut
When the person is visibly a pensioner this is just a pathetic line and the stores are just taking it too far as there was no chance of a fine here. This was a case of "we have been caught out before so we will treat everybody the same cos our staff are too dumb to figure it themselves"
Bottom line,if you want to buy alchohol, DO NOT go to morrisons, simple really.
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Asking someone if they are over 18 is NOT against the law (although asking an elderly man is ultra, ultra cautious). Selling alcohol to someone who is under age IS against the law, with checkout operator held personally responsible. The store at the centre of this 72 year old's complaint had been fined before, and the checkout staff had been asked to ask everyone as a precaution. Do you know that it wasn't this particular member of staff who was a guilty party in the previous fine? If she had been on the receiving end of a dressing down by the police? The staff are not dumb, and don't like having to ask any more than customers like to be questioned. If people obeyed the law, staff would not be put in this position.
What is the problem if asked politely if you are over 18? If you are, it's simple enough to answer 'yes', collect your goods and be on your way.