Got ID'd (then refused) to buy Red Bull

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Cannot believe this!!!

I was in Sainsbury's today. All I wanted was some of Sainsbury's own brand of RedBull, Blue Charge is it called?

Anyway, I get to the till, she sits there looking at me....and then asks for ID !!!

I waited.....thinking she would sooner or later realise I am buying a NON-alcoholic beverage.

Again, she asked for ID.

I wasn't too sure what to say other than "erm....it's red bull?"

"Yes, and I need ID please."

So I gave her the ID. (I'm 20 btw)

She says..."Okay....And now I need ID for the person you are with"

He's 14! How many 14 years old do you know that carry ID!? It's for me!
Then I can't sell you the Blue Charge, you need to be 16.
I can however sell you Red Bull, which is on offer.

And the difference is......????

I don't know, but I can't sell you it.

Anyway, I felt the need to express how ridiculous this is.
Rant over....Well not quite, I may go back tomorrow and try again just to take the rip.

Tell me this isn't some kind of new law?
 
lmao it will just be company policy on caffine drinks, perhaps it highers caffine/taurine level?
 
Nope, it's a cashier who has no idea what theyre doing. Probably misread some management memo or something.
 
But why are they allowed to sell Red Bull, but not Blue Charge?

It doesn't make sense, unless blue charge has some extra ingredient :/
 
either marcels suggestion or perhaps its stronger? or company policy?
 
OK, you are on a photography forum, bleating about being ID'd in a shop, whose till reciept will give you the date, time and name no doubt of the cashier, it will also no doubt give you the name of the General manager of the store - use it, ask the question to people who know the answer.
 
I was in a weatherspoons at lunch time once, tried to buy 2 soft drinks and 2 lunches, was treating my little sis who was 17 at the time we got kicked out cos she wasn't over 18. How i get that some places are over 18s only, but tbh i was shocked that a restaurant/pub was over 18s at weekday lunch times.
 
I had this sutuation once. I was with two friends and one was buying a bottle of sambuca :nuts: (It was for a girls birthday that we know who is also over 18) so he gets to the till puts it down she asks him for ID yes no problem passes it over and then she asks for my friend and I's ID he has ID and I don't so we get refused which kind of fair enough but the bit that got me was that the girl said "I'm sorry sir you look and I'm sure your are much older than 18" :bonk:

But for red bull :shake: :razz: What did the store Manager say?
 
Toothie said:
I was in a weatherspoons at lunch time once, tried to buy 2 soft drinks and 2 lunches, was treating my little sis who was 17 at the time we got kicked out cos she wasn't over 18. How i get that some places are over 18s only, but tbh i was shocked that a restaurant/pub was over 18s at weekday lunch times.
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cool, a wetherspoons that doesnt lets kids in! Let me know where it is so i can go there! :)
 
I believe it's called blue bolt. And yes you do need to be 16 to purchase said drink and yes it is company policy to ask another person for id, only because you could be purchasing said age restricted product for the other peson.
It's crazy i know but maybe it has more caffeen in it than red bull or something. Sainsbrys do a think 21 policy.
Yes i do work for sainsburys lol :)
 
danbriant said:
I believe it's called blue bolt. And yes you do need to be 16 to purchase said drink and yes it is company policy to ask another person for id, only because you could be purchasing said age restricted product for the other peson.
It's crazy i know but maybe it has more caffeen in it than red bull or something. Sainsbrys do a think 21 policy.
Yes i do work for sainsburys lol :)
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Thanks for posting that. At least I now know it wasn't the girl at the til just being a grump
 
The till will ask the operator to confirm for age restricted products. Till staff will be over cautious because it's them that will be charged/fined for selling the product, not the store. It's also possible they'd had a warning that TS were doing spot checks.
 
danbriant said:
I believe it's called blue bolt. And yes you do need to be 16 to purchase said drink and yes it is company policy to ask another person for id, only because you could be purchasing said age restricted product for the other peson.
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But it all B*****KS really isn't it asking accompanying friend for ID as well.

If when I do my weekly shop I take my 12 year old son with me, and my trolley has booze and red bull in it. Are they gonna ask my son for ID just incase the booze or red bull his for him ? I think not.
And my lad usually drinks a can of red bull before playing football on a Sunday morning so effectively I am buying it for him.

Yet get a couple of spotty teenage friends in a similar situation and the rules suddenly change. Its no wonder kids of today are so rebellious.
 
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It's just always been that way. I believe it's ok with parents and kids but when ya get a group of young looking kids etc then ya do it.
As at the end of the day it's us cashiers that get fined/fired etc
 
danbriant said:
It's just always been that way. I believe it's ok with parents and kids but when ya get a group of young looking kids etc then ya do it.
As at the end of the day it's us cashiers that get fined/fired etc
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But believe it or not there are parents out their that will go into a store and buy booze for their underage kids, so its not really ok is it.

Companies are all too quick to make stupid policies that simply don't work in the real world.

Refusing someone who's legally old enough to buy alcohol etc simply because they have someone else with them who isn't old enough just because they might be purchasing for the younger person is rubbish.
If it was for the younger person then he would simply wait outside and let the legal kid go in on their own.
So the policy doesn't work, its biased towards teenagers and therefore not worth the paper its written on.

Im all for things being policed and I certainly don't condone underage drinking (now that im grown up) but I don't agree with companies issuing stupid policies that are simply not ethical.
 
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i got id'd in our morrisons each time i went to a specific cashier without fail....

-im a 26 year old 16 stone powerlifter with a face full of hair
-my bother was the checkout supervisor
-id always be with my dad whod p**s himself laughing
-so would the security guard who i used to work with (in that store) 9 years ago.

some people just like to irritate i guess...

they have a 'think 25' (yes, 25) policy. the conversation inevitably goes like this:

'do you have any id?
'pffft! no!'
'i have to ask as you look under 25'
'seriously, do i look 17?'

two months im 27, whats the betting it continues :D
 
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bully74uk said:
Refusing someone who's legally old enough to buy alcohol etc simply because they have someone else with them who isn't old enough just because they might be purchasing for the younger person is rubbish.
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Their shop, their rules. If you don't like it complain, I expect the manager will happily show you the door.
 
pxl8 said:
Their shop, their rules. If you don't like it complain, I expect the manager will happily show you the door.
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And if they keep up that attitude, they'll soon be locking the door, permanently. Unfortunately some people lose all concept of common sense when applying the rules. :shake:
 
You'll find as far as alcohol is concerned it's not just sainsburys that have this policy, I think most shops now do the same id check on the buyer and anyone with them.
 
pxl8 said:
Their shop, their rules. If you don't like it complain, I expect the manager will happily show you the door.
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If I don't like the way a store operates I tend to show myself the door, never to darken it again. And not before registering my complaint with the manager, making it clear I will be following up said complaint with a letter to the company secretary.

The trouble today is we tend to moan and yet still bestow our custom on these stores. How silly is that? :thinking:
 
dseered said:
OK, you are on a photography forum, bleating about being ID'd in a shop
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How condescending!

He's posting in the OOF area, and absolutely entitled to post whatever he wants (see above)... What a completely unnecessary thing to say..?! :cuckoo:
 
hepburn said:
If I don't like the way a store operates I tend to show myself the door, never to darken it again. And not before registering my complaint with the manager, making it clear I will be following up said complaint with a letter to the company secretary.

The trouble today is we tend to moan and yet still bestow our custom on these stores. How silly is that? :thinking:
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Couldn't agree more hepburn.

Several years ago when my son was just 12, we asked him to go to the local newsagents / general 'spar' type store for some bits and pieces. He went, and came back a little upset, we found out the owner had charged him 40p for the plastic bag he used to put the supplies into and therefore didn't have any money for his treat for going.

I immediately went to the store and complained. The owner and his daughter started having a go at me, calling my son a liar, suggesting that they'd never charge anyone for a plastic bag. So I asked them to add up the items he purchased, and they added them up correctly (there were stickie prices on each item), ahhhhh..... but not according to the till receipt I had (that they didn't know I had with me). They even then stated they gave my son the 40p change from the fiver he gave them - but this was before I showed them the till receipt... :)

I showed them the receipt which, believe it or not, clearly showed that exactly £5.00 was tendered to them by my son, and the total charge on the receipt was £5.00, so no change was given to him. They were obviously lying as there was a discretion of 40p between the cost of the items they had just added up and what was showing as charged for on the receipt AND they said to me just moments earlier that they gave him the 40p change.

When my son had asked for the change my lad said the owner had replied saying there's no change because of the charge of 40p for the bag!

They had clearly put through more money than it had actualy cost in a pathetic attempt to trick a 12yr old out of some money... how sad was that eh?

I told them to put the 40p towards a can of paint for their two-penny halfpenny store, and that they had lost my custom, and respect. Haven't been back in there since, and won't go there ever again... and that was over 6 years ago. One has to put ones money where ones mouth is.
 
When you do get hold of it, go and drink it next to an airport whilst taking pictures of planes. Then you'll have something to complain about!
 
fabs said:
And if they keep up that attitude, they'll soon be locking the door, permanently. Unfortunately some people lose all concept of common sense when applying the rules. :shake:
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Couldn't agree more :thumbs:

I think im done on this topic.
 
Steep said:
You'll find as far as alcohol is concerned it's not just sainsburys that have this policy, I think most shops now do the same id check on the buyer and anyone with them.
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B4 I go

So any adult that has a young child or teenager with them will not be served alcohol ? :thinking:....

Im sure I know what the answer is going to be.
 
neo2810 said:
How condescending!

He's posting in the OOF area, and absolutely entitled to post whatever he wants (see above)... What a completely unnecessary thing to say..?! :cuckoo:
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Perhaps, in fact it was supposed to be, you omitted to quote the rest of the post, if you have an issue, ask people who know, strike while the iron is hot !
 
Heard about this happening to someone else (alledgedly).

Apparently the till person themselves can get a hefty fine if they sell anything with an age restriction to someone who's under that age, as well as the sack and what have you, so no surprise if some of them are a bit cautious.
 
dseered said:
Perhaps, in fact it was supposed to be, you omitted to quote the rest of the post, if you have an issue, ask people who know, strike while the iron is hot !
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Omitted the rest of the post because I totally agreed with it. I just thought your opening was unnecessary.
 
neo2810 said:
Omitted the rest of the post because I totally agreed with it. I just thought your opening was unnecessary.
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OK, no problem, we all have an opinion, sadly mine is that some of todays young people will not use their common sense, I see alot of it in my job and people would rather rely on internet forums rather than trying to find a solution themselves first !

You are correct it is in the OOF sub forum, my comment was that this is a Photography Forum first and foremost !
 
Totally unrelated off topic type stuff, jokes, rants, raves..anything at all thats nothing to do with photography!
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however we can talk about anything in OOF
 
I would go back with a trolley full of food, let her scan it all though, then **** off and leave it on the counter. That would annoy her.

Seriously thouugh, thats a bit over the top with red bull! Ive had it with alcohol before (and yes i did ask if i would be able to buy alcohol if i was with my new born child...)
 
Lets all play nice now :) Big smiles everyone :D its only a can of ****ing redbull (or whatever it is called)
 
If you go to Sainsburys and the cashier is not 18 they had to hold the bottle of wine up to another cashier (who is over 18) to confirm ok to sell to me!

If you look at the till receipt you get it has the line on there that the cashier has confirmed you are over 18 when buying alcohol. I've got grey hair!!!
 
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