It's merely the law in terms of retail, I never said it did protect, I said it was there to try and protect. Shops can only do what they can do to place restrictions on what they sell to whom, I agree it doesn't probably make much difference, but it's their share of the responsibility. Of course if people want to go out and do certain things, they will, be it get pissed, or overdose.

As I said, like it or not, agree or not these are the rules shop workers have to follow. We don't make them up, but we do have to follow them. At the end of the day, the only real issue here, is it's caused someone the inconvenience of having to go to another counter to get all they wanted, not the end of the world. I for one would continue to stick by the rules, no matter how stupid some can be, as I can do without a hefty fine for selling what I'm not allowed by law to sell.

Sorry for getting serious. Again.

 

No, nothing to apologise about, some people don't read into the reasoning why these things are introduced.

 

When I used to work in a pharmacy I was told all about this and what combination of things I couldn't sell but I struggled to remember and we didn't have any fancy tills flagging stuff up. It was winter and people were buying all manner of cold remedies so I probably unwittingly broke the law on numerous occasions

 

Thank you Harry.

 

It's similar when selling alcohol. As a licencee and also being someone who has given staff permission to sell alcohol under my licence, I and my staff have a duty of care to follow which includes social responsibility and to protect children from harm.

We're not allowed to sell booze to adults if we think they will supply it to minors, nor are we supposed to sell booze to adults if we suspect that they are likely to get pissed up and go home and batter their kids or neglect them. It's not easy to enforce but the law was put there and we have to tow the line. Ever tried arguing the point to a drunken child batterer that he can't have any more Stella Artois as little Billy has already got two black eyes and a few broken ribs?

 

I don't work on a till much, and I think I'd struggle without the prompts. Especially considering most people buy them with a load more shopping, so by the time you put the various packs through amongst their other stuff, you forget what they've already got. Maybe that's just me though.

 

You were just trying to bump off a few of the locals, weren't you?

 

Who was it who said Sainsbury's was invented to keep the wrong sort of people out of Waitrose?

 

Alan Coren. RIP.

 

We had a section meeting last week and one of the items being discussed was how to get more people to shop at our store. One of the chaps on the till said 'Well, Waitrose is seen as a toff's shop and I think that puts other people off'. I'm afraid I had to say........'You make that sound like a bad thing!'

 

I always wear my three piece in Waitrose.

Bermudas,shades and a cushion up my shirt when in poorer establishments

 

First Image on google for "three Piece" - Maybe Waitrose should make this the uniform - should get the punters in

 

Mama mia!

I was thinking waistcoat myself but that is a far nicer image

 

Trust me. You wouldn't want to see me in that.!