I'm on checkout 12 when two blondes come along with a trolley full of shopping. Both fairly young looking, allthough the eldest was one of those who could have been 35 or 23, you know the sort. The youngest one was certainly a teen.
At the beginning of the transaction I scanned through 2 bottles of wine, when the Challenge 25 pop up came on the screen. The supermarket I work for as a policy that all people taking part in the purchase, should be asked for identifiation, if they look under the age of 25 and could potentially consume any alochol, as stupid as it may seem to some, it's my job.
I knew I was going to have to have to ask, even more so when the eldest asked the other, "Did you want some of this?" pointing at the two bottles of rose.
"I'm really sorry to have to ask, but I have to ask her if she has any I.D, as she's taking part in this transaction." To which I recieved the usual arguement of "But I'm the one that's buying it."
A short well after the young girl goes to the car to get her provisional licence, shoving it in my face and smugly saying, "I bet I'm older than you aswell."
Flipping in my head - after looking at her I.D, I replied "Actually I'm nearly 22 and you're born in 93, so I don't think so." Thinking Stephen shut your mouth now!
The eldest persisted to say that I had no reason to I.D them and it was pathetic.
I simply said, I'm not here to wind you up, this is my job. If you had been a test purchase sent in my the Police, I would receive a massive fine which quickly frankly I can't afford to pay, or lose my job for.
I aplogised and said sorry numerious times, not once were the words said to me.
Get out.
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