Kayteuk
Well-known member
Okay yes I am going to rant because I have been super embarrassed today... Here it goes..
(You have to be 18 to purchase alcohol in the UK, and I have just had my 20th birthday)
I went to buy some alcohol as its dads birthday and were having a take away and everything.
I get to the checkout and provide my ID and the girl rudely states "That's not you" and I'm like "Yes it is!" never had a problem at this tesco before, I go there all the time and have never EVER been refused service. My passport and Drivers ID are the same photos, and I get past the TSA in US customs just fine every couple of months, hell I even get on base with it!
So then Checkout girl calls the manager who states "I have to back up my employees" and I am producing other legal photo ID (Student cards), my credit cards (You have to be 18 to have one) , THEIR loyalty card which has my age on, and I am also part of their phone service, which has my age verified.
Also the fact I used to work with them and my age is on the ex employee database which they can access. They wouldn't listen to me at all and just told me to get someone to bring my passport to them.
So I called my mum (because I wanted to prove I was over 18 to them...) and she drove 5 miles each way to get it to me, and they then said "Oh yeah it is you" What freaking douches.
And then they looked at my credit cards and said "Well we should of looked at those sooner", I'm like ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGH I just showed you them to prove that's my ID!
So I have a complaint waiting on the entire check out staff for refusing to serve me, whats funny was there was 3 people I knew in the store who were over 18 themselves (Actually over 40...) and they work there, they also added that I was over 18 and they still were on this crusade against me.
I was almost in tears from humiliation because I hate people staring at me like I have done something wrong... Which most the people in the line behind me were...Not to mention there was Tampons in my shopping and some other products. It was just so stupid...
I realise they are cracking down on supplying alcohol underage, but come on, I had a good few ways of proving my age but they just inconvenience me.
I havent changed my hair since the passport photo, its all pulled back, exactly like I was wearing mine today, and I had no make up on today and during the photo...
I just needed to get that off my chest as I don't have anywhere else to rant to and this is a safe haven for me.
(You have to be 18 to purchase alcohol in the UK, and I have just had my 20th birthday)
I went to buy some alcohol as its dads birthday and were having a take away and everything.
I get to the checkout and provide my ID and the girl rudely states "That's not you" and I'm like "Yes it is!" never had a problem at this tesco before, I go there all the time and have never EVER been refused service. My passport and Drivers ID are the same photos, and I get past the TSA in US customs just fine every couple of months, hell I even get on base with it!
So then Checkout girl calls the manager who states "I have to back up my employees" and I am producing other legal photo ID (Student cards), my credit cards (You have to be 18 to have one) , THEIR loyalty card which has my age on, and I am also part of their phone service, which has my age verified.
Also the fact I used to work with them and my age is on the ex employee database which they can access. They wouldn't listen to me at all and just told me to get someone to bring my passport to them.
So I called my mum (because I wanted to prove I was over 18 to them...) and she drove 5 miles each way to get it to me, and they then said "Oh yeah it is you" What freaking douches.

And then they looked at my credit cards and said "Well we should of looked at those sooner", I'm like ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGH I just showed you them to prove that's my ID!


So I have a complaint waiting on the entire check out staff for refusing to serve me, whats funny was there was 3 people I knew in the store who were over 18 themselves (Actually over 40...) and they work there, they also added that I was over 18 and they still were on this crusade against me.

I was almost in tears from humiliation because I hate people staring at me like I have done something wrong... Which most the people in the line behind me were...Not to mention there was Tampons in my shopping and some other products. It was just so stupid...

I realise they are cracking down on supplying alcohol underage, but come on, I had a good few ways of proving my age but they just inconvenience me.
I havent changed my hair since the passport photo, its all pulled back, exactly like I was wearing mine today, and I had no make up on today and during the photo...
I just needed to get that off my chest as I don't have anywhere else to rant to and this is a safe haven for me.
