Is this legal?

Indubitable · 02-03-2009 7:23pm #1

Hi,

I am 15 and recently went to my local Londis. I went to buy 6 eggs for my mom and they refused to sell them to to me. They took a stereotypical view of me and did not sell them to me in case i were to throw them at people/buildings. Is this legal?

Thanks for your time,
Kingofthe3rdYrs:)

jhegarty · 02-03-2009 7:27pm

Yes it is legal. Shops don't have to sell you anything they don't want to.

mikemac · 02-03-2009 8:03pm

Own up OP, you were going to throw those eggs, weren't you

While a shop shouldn't discriminate and there are guidelines from the Equality Authority on this, you certainly don't fall under this.

They don't have to sell you the eggs.

Sleipnir · 02-03-2009 8:04pm

Why do all Irish kids now spell it "mom"?

dh0661 · 02-03-2009 8:16pm

I know that my local veg. shop refuses to sell eggs to young lads/girls around Halloween time. Fair play to them.

MunsterCycling · 02-03-2009 8:17pm

Sleipnir wrote: »

Why do all Irish kids now spell it "mom"?

Never knew Irish goats could write so fair play to them even if it is an americanism.

padocon · 02-03-2009 8:19pm

dh0661 wrote: »

I know that my local veg. shop refuses to sell eggs to young lads/girls around Halloween time. Fair play to them.

Same happens with ours!

dh0661 · 02-03-2009 8:42pm

padocon wrote: »

Same happens with ours!

Do we shop in the same veg. shop I wonder ? -- PM sent

padocon · 02-03-2009 9:03pm

dh0661 wrote: »

Do we shop in the same veg. shop I wonder ? -- PM sent

Got no PM???

dudara · 02-03-2009 10:02pm

I'm afraid that shops can indeed refuse the right to sell goods. It's tough, but there you go. Unfortunately, the shop has enough experience of this in the past to feel that such a refusal was warranted.

MrsMcSteamy · 02-03-2009 10:57pm

We also refuse to sell eggs to youths at halloween in the shop that i work in but apart from that time of year we have no problem selling them to youths.

Sam Vimes · 03-03-2009 8:26am

MrsMcSteamy wrote: »

We also refuse to sell eggs to youths at halloween in the shop that i work in but apart from that time of year we have no problem selling them to youths.

If i was a youth i'd just buy them sooner. That way you'd have the added benefit that they'd be nice and rotten come halloween :pac:

padocon · 03-03-2009 4:37pm

Aren't shops missing out on profits??

jor el · 03-03-2009 5:28pm

You could ask the Equality Authority, if it's anything they can investigate, but I believe that ageism, like sexism, only counts in one direction.

dh0661 · 03-03-2009 7:51pm

jor el wrote: »

You could ask the Equality Authority,

I can imagine the reaction of the guy in my local veg shop if he got a visit from the equality authority would be - oh sorry we're all out of eggs.

Sam Vimes · 03-03-2009 8:47pm

jor el wrote: »

You could ask the Equality Authority, if it's anything they can investigate, but I believe that ageism, like sexism, only counts in one direction.

I think you're right about that. Otherwise any law regarding people under 18 would be illegal and I don't think insurance companies would be allowed charge young people more

antoinolachtnai · 03-03-2009 8:50pm

jor el wrote: »

You could ask the Equality Authority, if it's anything they can investigate, but I believe that ageism, like sexism, only counts in one direction.

Which direction would that be?

I think you are wrong about that.

However, I think the shopkeeper is entitled to form a view, he may not be depending on age alone (or he may be, I don't know).

There are a lot of specifics and particulars to be considered.

To be honest, I would leave it alone.

vectra · 03-03-2009 9:13pm

Sleipnir wrote: »

Why do all Irish kids now spell it "mom"?

"Celtic Tiger" ??? :rolleyes::D

Sam Vimes · 03-03-2009 10:23pm

antoinolachtnai wrote: »

Which direction would that be?

I think you are wrong about that.

According to www.equality.ie

The Equal Status Acts 2000 to 2004 prohibit discrimination on the following nine grounds:

* The gender ground: A man, a woman or a transsexual person (see note below);
* The marital status ground: Single, married, separated, divorced or widowed;
* The family status ground: Pregnant, a parent of a person under 18 years or the resident primary carer or parent of a person with a disability;
* The sexual orientation ground: Gay, lesbian, bisexual or heterosexual;
* The religion ground: Different religious belief, background, outlook or none;
* The age ground: This only applies to people over 18 except for the provision of car insurance to licensed drivers under that age;
* The disability ground: This is broadly defined including people with physical, intellectual, learning, cognitive or emotional disabilities and a range of medical conditions.
* The race ground: A particular race, skin colour, nationality or ethnic origin;
* The Traveller community ground: People who are commonly called Travellers, who are identified both by Travellers and others as people with a shared history, culture and traditions, identified historically as a nomadic way of life on the island of Ireland.

http://www.equality.ie/index.asp?locID=77&docID=49#q2

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