I don't know if I believe this story from The Sun or not, but there's a lot of weird stuff happening in our country at the moment so I'll work on the assumption that it's true.
GREAT-GRANNY Diane Taylor was stunned when a shop assistant refused to sell her alcohol at the age of 92 - because she had no ID to prove she was over 18.
Diane, who was born in 1919 and was eighteen in 1937 two years before World War 2 broke out - had asked for a bottle of whisky from her local One Stop Shop.
But she was surprised when she was asked if she could prove she was old enough to buy alcohol.
The great-grandmother-of-three produced her over-60s bus pass, an OAP card and even her pacemaker certificate but still the store refused to serve her booze.
We do now live in a country full of people with little or no common sense, where they can't make decisions for themselves and where they misinterpret laws, be it alcohol sales, health and safety etc, to the extreme, in order to protect themselves against an overly hyped problem, but asking this woman for ID takes the cake.
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| Is that the biggest bus pass ever? |
The shop seem to think that what they did was ok and they have seriously misunderstood the restrictions on their alcohol licence.
A spokesman for One Stop Shop said the store had to enforce a strict 'no ID, no sale' policy or risk losing their licence.
He said: "Although we are very sorry for the inconvenience caused, staff at the store are required to ask all customers for ID as a condition of its licence to sell alcohol."
A no ID, no sale policy on people who look like they might be under eighteen is fair enough, but no court in the land would insist they ask absolutely everybody as a condition of being able to sell alcohol.
If this story is true then the One Stop Shop do not deserve to be selling alcohol at all.
It's disappointing to see that most of the commenter's are in favour of the stores policy. After seeing that the Telegraph readers don't believe the rubbish from ASH about the costs of smoking and the Daily Mail readers don't want more gun restrictions, it seems the Sun readers still need to grow up.
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If you can condition anyone to accept the story as 'normal' you can condition them to accept anything, as history has proved time and time again and to worse degrees.
It would seem we are being conditioned. One wonders to what end.
DP
W/V daresc
Bollocks!! Have a look at my comments over at Ken Frosts blog: http://nannyknowsbest.blogspot.com/2011/10/nanny-bans-sauce.html
"Challenge anybody attempting to buy alcohol who appears to be under 21 to prove that they are over 18 by producing acceptable proof of age"
DP is right about the conditioning. Many people will believe absolutely anything now and have no trouble with contradictions.
Some people worry about that.
Some of us have endless fun with it.
Examples of recent fun:
The sky is a lighter blue than it used to be because of obesity and the scattering of light by large bodies. If it gets any lighter the UV will burn the skin off children's faces.
The large plastic base of a low-power light bulb contains a Government listening device, and these are to check for domestic abuse and child attacks. That's why they are compulsory. No need to worry if you never shout at anyone.
Growing any herb has been declared illegal by the EU, to curb the use of alternative medicines, and must be reported at once if spotted. Possession of tarragon will get you ten years.
Any shed over 6 foot by 4 foot is liable for inspection at any time by Council staff looking for illegal immigrants.
That's just this week, just while sitting on a bench outside Tesco while waiting for a lift! All you need is a straight face and a steady voice. There is no absurdity that will not be lapped up by the casually-met drone. And there are thousands of them to play with.
The downside? It all eventually comes true.
Apart from wasting their time clearing up the mess, they couldn't ask you to pay for it.
Stand back and watch their tiny brains fuse....
Mike - No I didn't. It must be the muppet arm of TESCO then.
Leg-Iron - Now I'm worried about my light bulbs! And I've moved the herbs to the attic.
And yes it is a normal buss pass. I forgot that at 92 she would only be tiny.
Mick - What a good idea. It would be like Captain Kirk talking a robot into blowing itself up.
wv. storki. Marketing dept at margerine company haven't quite got the hang of modern electronics.
iStork?
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