Wallpaper Paste

[thelewisgang]

I popped into Poundland earlier & used their self service checkout as the queues were long for the manned tills. When
I scanned the packet of wallpaper paste it flashed up that authorisation was required so had to wait a few minutes for someone to ok the sale. When I queried why wallpaper paste was an age restricted item the girl told me "well, it's glue on it"!! Is this really an age restricted product?

[Mamyalynne]

Well it obviously is in that store, they have set their system up that way.

Elsewhere it may not be the case.

[MallyJ]

They are just protecting you and anyone else of any age who may feel an uncontrollable urge to inhale the smll of wall paper paste....personally not my aroma of choice but then I have never been fond of glue as I tend to stick myself to things and other bits of myself.

[MallyJ]

**smell** really rubbish at typing!

[gingejbee]

No, I doubt it. It's just that their system sees it as an adhesive/glue etc, which are age-restricted. Silly in the extreme.

[gingejbee]

...Poundland may well see a metal kitchen spatula as a blade ie potential weapon!

[nailit]

I'm a (unemployed) decorator by trade and I buy a lot of wallpaper paste but this one is definitely a new one on me. Very strange.

[gingejbee]

nailit...not very strange at all. See my explanation....

[nailit]

ginge, I meant its very strange that in over 35 years decorating, ive never come across anywhere that sees wallpaper paste as an age restricted item. Sorry I wasn't clearer ;-)

[Togo]

Must have thought you were going to do a "stick up" Thelewis. :))

[thelewisgang]

gingejbee it made me smile with your comment about a metal spatula. Only today I read an article somewhere of a lad of 17 (I think) being refused a sale on a pack of teaspoons as he had no ID

[nailit]

My ex missus started work at Tesco some years ago as a checkout operator and had to memorise a large checklist of age restricted items (knifes, glue, alcohol etc) but wallpaper paste wasn't one of them (the store she worked in sold it)

[Mamyalynne]

These days it is what the barcode is recognised as.

[douglas9401]

I think the lad was only questioned as to his intentions, not refused.

He's just stirring it.