Quite!
How old was the cashier though? If they were under 18, they legally cannot authorise the sale and would need a supervisor to do so.In Poundland I bought a Hobby Craft Knife. The cashier had to call the supervisor to verify my age was over 25. I'm 74
How could you get a job in a shop if you were under 18. I highly doubt there is any major high street chains that hires anyone under 18. Maybe you might get a job delivering newspapers for your local independent newsagents but definitely not in Poundland or anywhere like that.
Plenty of places, including Poundland and supermarkets, will employ people from the age of 16 up.
She was a youngster, probably early 60's
Some of my local B&Ms have started to require a second member of staff to verify the sale of any age restricted products. Obviously it seems very over the top when a customer is clearly old enough to buy the products, but I expect they've introduced the policy as a result failing test purchases (whether they be official ones or company ones) and strictly enforce the policy.My shopping trolley in Tesco today was either new or recently refurbished as it actually went where I pushed it with no mind of its own or wobbly wheels. Simple pleasures.
In Poundland I bought a Hobby Craft Knife. The cashier had to call the supervisor to verify my age was over 25. I'm 74
Tesco replaced their entire stock of trollies a few months ago.
The convenience wing of most supermarkets will only hire people who are 18 and up though, for a variety of reasons already discussed in this thread that are made difficult with smaller shift sizes (one-on-one with an under 18 having to have every restricted sale approved would be hellish!). Easier to accommodate under-18s at larger stores with more staff.
They are still haunted by people who hoarded toilet rolls when Covid set in
This seems to be happening more and more, particularly but not exclusively at the bargain places. Unfortunately we've essentially eliminated Trading Standards, so there's absolutely nothing stopping it - they just issue a refund and maybe an apology to people who notice
My local Co-op is also the same right now. Perishables in particular.
My nearest ScotMid is only really a tiny convenience shop, but it had quite a few significant gaps, particularly crisps. There were some gaps in the chiller too. Some beer and soft drink lines also had gaps at one point but I think this could be attributed more to the recent spell of warm weather as they were always re-stocked on the next visit.
I had it recently even at the mighty John Lewis. When I questioned it, they checked and pointed out that someone had put the wrong label on the hanger (same manufacturer, slightly different product, 99% of people wouldn't tell the difference, one product was one sale and the other wasn't). Initially tried to charge "correct" price but discounted it when I asked them to void the transaction. the abolition of "never knowingly undersold" is going well
The system that prints the label would be synchronised with the database of prices. But that's still only at the time of printing and relies on the human to go and put a label out on time when a price changes.
I saw a similar situation in Sainsburys a few months back, the customer took a pic of the member of staff and told them that this was going on a review forum with details of the dispute, no idea if it did but it changed the attitude of the staff member.
