At the checkout in Sainsburys today, I noticed a sticker stating "We will soon be operating on a "think 25" policy. If you look under 25 and wish to purchase alcohol we will ask you for ID" I just want to say this is fucking ridiculous. Im going to be fumbling around the house for my stupid passport for 5 minutes before leaving the house until Im 50 at this rate Scott already gets ID'd all the time since the whole "think 21" thing, and hes nearing 30 Argh look, he only looks about 24...and he has malibu Call the police:willy_nilly: Think 25 Think bullshit Im so crabby tonight. I need a drink
this means im doomed for eternity as well. i didn't even get served when you just had to look 18. now it's all look 21 and noone serves me, 25 and i am officially never purchasing alcohol. well, i will because i carry my drivers license with me all the time for just such events, but you're right it is ridiculous and the world is slowly going mad. If its legal for you to buy and consume alcohol at 18 surely thats how old you need to look, not 25.
around me, most places have signs up that say you won't be served alcohol and you won't be able to buy alcohol or cigarettes unless you look atleast 40. 18 to smoke and 21. now thats fucked up that you have to look twice your age to get things that are legally, rightfully yours.
Thats the way well be heading if were not careful Fucking ridiculous babying and control over you until youre 40...Quick, ID that guy, he only looks about 35... The irony is making auch a big deal out of it seems to make the "drinking culture" worse. I remember being in school in the UK and it being THE thing to be doing, sneaking cheap cider behind the bike sheds (age about 13-16) Because oooh its so grown up and forbidden (Plus, its 3 bottles for a fiver!) While there is a legal drinking age in France, it wasnt half as bigged up, and I never once got ID'd there...and Friday nights werent a mess of teenagers puking up and pissing in the gutter. Its a whole different attitude thats needed, and it doesnt involve constantly pestering innocent adults and making them feel bad and like theyre 15 all over again for buying a bottle of wine with their weekly food shopping Grr
Think-Maybe its time we controlled the population of Noel Edmonds...A controversial suggestion, but one which cant be denied makes sense. Yes, Noels have feelings. But theyre running riot
I didnt know you could drive Opelleh. The annoying thing is I cant, so no liscence, and the passport needs renewing with my married name and that takes months. So basically no alcohol buying for me during those months, seeing as I dont seem to have grown up like a runner bean shoot and plastered my face in makeup like most 15 year olds have these days Ooh, grumble. I feel old
i agree. other european countrys seem to be able to manage with much more relaxed rules than us and i never see the sort of binge drinking, puking on pavements there that i see on a friday night in the UK. and i think you're right that because it's always so tightly controlled as soon as people hit legal drinking age they go mental. i like the european style much more than our own. Spain always has a nice laid back atmosphere, with people socialising and enjoying themselves, yet they never seem out on a mission to get paraletic. i'm planning on booking a trip to amsterdam soon for a weekend break as well, so i cant wait to see that!! :sifone: and yea, i passed my test in february. and your point about 15 year olds is a good one. theres probably 15 year olds out there who look older than me, coz i don't wear much, if any make up or attempt to spruce myself up to go to do the weekly shop, so as this is all realtive to the person behind the till, they could ID me and let a 15 year old mince off with a bottle of alcohol. so im summary, looking like something does not make it so.
See, when we just let ther numbers rise without any intevention whatsoever, it ends up being cruelty...just look at the poor deformed Noel in that crowd...when there are that many all interbreeding, genetic abnormalities are bound to occur...
Wow, that's pretty crazy. I think that it's some random age like 27 or something here...and I totally feel for you, because I've been buying cigarettes (not for me, for Daniel, lol) for 4 years now and I always get carded when I go somewhere new because I look 15. Luckily, though, I live in a small town and always go to the same gas station, right next door to work, so they see me pretty much every day, so I only get carded when someone new is working, lol. I've only been carded for alcohol when I went to a movie premiere with a bar and a club once. But I don't really buy alcohol much either...lol.
I get asked that a lot as well, it's totally fucking stupid. I sometimes reply, no I'm 24! for a laugh. My mate who is 47 even gets asked this. Another one you get is when you are going through the checkout and you've got like 3 items and they ask you if you need a hand packing....
They ask you? You practically have to jump on the sacker, take the grocery bags from his death grip, and run out the door if you don't want help at our grocery stores! Overbearing minimum wage making sackers!
Overall, agreed. Yes! that is so ridiculous. surely just common sense rules need to apply here. If you've got a shit load of shopping, ask. if you have milk,bread and polos, don't.
