I was at Tesco checkout last night behind a couple who looked like they were doing their weekly shop. They had all the normal products including a couple of boxes of Fosters. The guy behind the till asked for his ID and he presented it without a problem, he then asked for her ID which she didn't have.
The checkout assistant then explained that he couldn't serve them alcohol unless they both had ID - as you can imagine a big WTF moment followed before the checkout supervisor clarified that unless they both had ID they would not be served, just in case he was buying for a minor.
I can imagine in this case that he simply ditched the girl in the car and went back to someone else on the checkout however as you can imagine this has huge ramifications. What if you were in a supermarket with a baby and wanted to buy beer - does this mean that instantly you are buying it for the baby and won't be served? If I stand next to someone under 18 in the queue they could have asked me to buy it for them too.
Does anyone work in a supermarket and can clarify any of this?
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The trouble is, Supermarkets
The trouble is, Supermarkets fear for licenses as the Goverment are cracking down all the time, so they gotta be stupid strict like this
Tescos are rather stupid with the ID thing thou, I brought a crate of Fosters once.. no issues, went to the Ciggy cabient for some fags, and got ID'd.. cos i didnt have it on me, they wouldnt sell me any even thou I had brought beer few minutes ago!!
Technically, the checkout
Technically, the checkout person should not have been asking the second person for ID at all, as they are not "party to the transaction", and therefore have no legal bearing on it.
However, if the checkout person suspected that they were buying it for a minor (which would constitute an offence), then the Licensing Act would state that they should refuse to sell it.
Either the person behind the till didn't suspect, in which case they should have sold it without question, or they did suspect it, in which case they shouldn't have done at all.
It's like the age-old rule that once you're asked for ID, if you can't produce any, you can't be served - because there was a suspicion involved, thus making the transaction illegal (unless, of course, age is proven).
Totally ridiculous state of
Totally ridiculous state of affairs. The same thing happened to me in asda, i was doing my weekly shop, vegetables and all, went to the checkout with my girlfriend who is older than me (I'm 25) and after I gave my id the idiot at the checkout asked to see hers, which she didn't have.
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