I need, you need, we all need ID

Buford T Justice · 08-01-2010 11:12PM #1

My friend (21) was in Lidl there today buying some booze. She had her 17 year old sister with her. She was buying and paying for the drink, and had her ID, and she was told that her younger sister also needed ID, even though she wasn't buying...

This is the second time this has happened. This also happened with my OH and her sister in another Lidl shop.

FFS, what next? your own children will need to have ID too before they sell to you? Will the person behind you in the queue need ID before you can buy? The scummers in the car park?
When did the law change to say that you and everyone in a 2 mile radius of you need ID?

/rant

stripysocks85 · 08-01-2010 11:13PM

That's an absolute joke IMO. Would they ask a 10 year old for ID if you had them with you? I'd ask to see a manager.

DarkJager · 08-01-2010 11:15PM

Generally, bringing 17 year olds with you to buy drink doesn't end in you getting your drink. Can you think of any reasons why???

El Weirdo · 08-01-2010 11:15PM

Are they hot? Pics, etc.

PCPhoto · 08-01-2010 11:17PM

c'mon ..... they could have easily thought that the over 18 person is buying for the under 18.

whadabouchasir · 08-01-2010 11:19PM

PCPhoto wrote: »

c'mon ..... they could have easily thought that the over 18 person is buying for the under 18.

If I was buying drink for someone underage I'd have the good sense not to bring them into the shop with me,and I think that most people would.

idunnoutellme · 08-01-2010 11:20PM

even if the over 18 person is buying for the under 18 year old, their job is to ask for id of the person buying not off the whole group with them. what happens to that drink after it leaves the shop is not their business.

christina_x · 08-01-2010 11:22PM

happened me

met some friends in Lidl, they were in getting drink and was just talking to them near the till and then i was asked for ID before they got served! Im 17 so...:o

ya-ba-da-ba-doo · 08-01-2010 11:22PM

It's really annoying!

Is there a law against this or are they not allowed refuse?

DarkJager · 08-01-2010 11:23PM

idunnoutellme wrote: »

even if the over 18 person is buying for the under 18 year old, their job is to ask for id of the person buying not off the whole group with them. what happens to that drink after it leaves the shop is not their business.

You're not making any sense. If I have 4 16 year olds standing around me at a checkout, do you honestly think the cashier is not going to assume that I am buying drink for them? Is the cold snap affecting common sense or what?

Captain_Generic · 08-01-2010 11:27PM

Similar thing happened to me a while back, friend went through with a pack of crisps, three of us were behind him with some beer, she asked us for ID(we were all 21) and told us our friend (who was half way out the door) had to aswell or she couldn't sell it to us, he was the only one of us who DIDNT have ID. Ended up going to spar, they never ask and we never tell

Pushtrak · 08-01-2010 11:27PM

DarkJager wrote: »

You're not making any sense. If I have 4 16 year olds standing around me at a checkout, do you honestly think the cashier is not going to assume that I am buying drink for them? Is the cold snap affecting common sense or what?

They can assume all they want. Do you really think the person who is of legal age, and with ID saying "Ok." Walking out, leaving the friends outside, walking back in and getting the drink makes any difference? Or are you expecting because they were in with people under age they shouldn't be served that day? And if so, is it really effecting anything on any other day?

Limerick Dude · 08-01-2010 11:29PM

Think this thing usually happens in the UK.

I was in Plymouth recently on a field trip with college, we were in tesco and some of the lads were buying drink, they asked us all i.d even when some people werent buying drink.

DarkJager · 08-01-2010 11:29PM

Pushtrak wrote: »

They can assume all they want. Do you really think the person who is of legal age, and with ID saying "Ok." Walking out, leaving the friends outside, walking back in and getting the drink makes any difference? Or are you expecting because they were in with people under age they shouldn't be served that day? And if so, is it really effecting anything on any other day?

Yes, because people working in supermarkets are that stupid, they don't realise you've lost your gang of tweenyboppers and are simply buying drink for yourself.

biko · 08-01-2010 11:31PM

Sucks but if they have reason to believe you'll pass it on to underage kids and still sell it to you they can be held responsible.

idunnoutellme · 08-01-2010 11:31PM

DarkJager wrote: »

You're not making any sense. If I have 4 16 year olds standing around me at a checkout, do you honestly think the cashier is not going to assume that I am buying drink for them? Is the cold snap affecting common sense or what?

YOU'RE not making any sense

DarkJager · 08-01-2010 11:36PM

idunnoutellme wrote: »

YOU'RE not making any sense

Well past your bed time no doubt.

Midnight_EG · 08-01-2010 11:52PM

DarkJager wrote: »

Well past your bed time no doubt.

idunnoisitutellme

:pac:

Jev/N · 09-01-2010 12:02AM

idunnoutellme wrote: »

. what happens to that drink after it leaves the shop is not their business.

actually it is; if they have a suspicion that you're purchasing alcohol for minors, then the can refuse to serve and can be held liable if they're negligent in selling it

DarkJager · 09-01-2010 12:03AM

Jev/N wrote: »

actually it is; if they have a suspicion that you're purchasing alcohol for minors, then the can refuse to serve and can be held liable if they're negligent in selling it

Children don't understand this, so there's no point explaining it to them!:D

Aodan83 · 09-01-2010 12:04AM

Thats nothing. Tesco won't take any form of ID other than a passport or Garda ID. Tryin to buy drink and only had my drivers licence on me. Had to get my friend (who looks about 12) to go in and buy it for me. Only place Ive ever been refused ith my licence. Its fvckin retarded like.

animan · 09-01-2010 12:18AM

Aodan83 wrote: »

Thats nothing. Tesco won't take any form of ID other than a passport or Garda ID. Tryin to buy drink and only had my drivers licence on me. Had to get my friend (who looks about 12) to go in and buy it for me. Only place Ive ever been refused ith my licence. Its fvckin retarded like.

My 17 year old mate can go in in his pyjamas with his 32 year old brothers license and get served

ContyHooks · 09-01-2010 12:19AM

This happened 2 black lads in the queue in front of me in LIDL, it's a bit of a stupid policy because you can just walk out and leave your friend outside, then come back in and go to a different checkout?

Rented Mule · 09-01-2010 12:24AM

N-A-N-N-Y S-T-A-T-E

Piste · 09-01-2010 12:28AM

Yeah I can understand where they're coming from. I think they're liable if they sell drink to someone who is supplying it to minors. It makes it a total pain in the hole though.

CrazyRabbit · 09-01-2010 12:28AM

This thread is proof that alcohol makes some people very aggressive.

galwayrush · 09-01-2010 12:32AM

Were you wearing a hoodie, or worse pyjamas while out shopping ?

dazco · 09-01-2010 12:33AM

yeah happened in lidl to me and a friend of mine, he was however buying drink for me and I was only seventeen so I suppose it does work in some situations........

Aodan83 · 09-01-2010 12:37AM

animan wrote: »

My 17 year old mate can go in in his pyjamas with his 32 year old brothers license and get served

Stupid Tesco.

Captain_Generic · 09-01-2010 12:41AM

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

This thread is proof that alcohol makes some people very aggressive.

NO IT F*****G ISNT

DarkJager · 09-01-2010 12:52AM

Aodan83 wrote: »

Stupid Tesco.

Agreed. People who wear pyjamas to the shops should be slapped hard...repeatedly.

I need, you need, we all need ID

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