stuart1976
Prominent Member
...if they have their children with them.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=566340&in_page_id=1770
Another blow for common sense it would seem. Cue loads of kids being left outside Tesco while Mum & Dad do the weekly shop.
Parents shopping with their own children are being refused alcohol by over-zealous supermarket staff - for fear they are supplying drink to minors.
Workers have been told not to serve adults accompanied by children in the latest crack-down on underage drinking.
However diligent shop staff are applying the letter of the law and refusing to serve parents who are on weekly shopping trips with their children.
Tesco today said they trained their store workers to ask for proof of age for anyone present at the purchase who they suspect may consume the alcohol.
But they admitted: "Quite often they may be mistaken and the adult may be buying it for themselves.
"But we would rather the staff err on the side of caution than risk selling to someone who is buying alcohol for people who are under age."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=566340&in_page_id=1770
Another blow for common sense it would seem. Cue loads of kids being left outside Tesco while Mum & Dad do the weekly shop.