What A Load Of Cobblers.........

[trt]

This story must be the stupidest I have read for a while, and the family must be desperate for a few bob from the Mail!.

I cant believe that a family didn't have any food in the house, that they had to go to Nans, for dinner, and the photo of the kid with a crust of bread, come on.

The total bill was only for £48ish, I spend more than that and I am single.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3181734/Family-left-without-food-Asda-delivery-man-refused-hand-shopping-parents-didn-t-ID.html

[Cloverjo]

That can't be right, surely. Why would you have to be over 18 to accept a food delivery? What about 16 or 17 year olds who live alone? Crazy rule.

[mikey4444]

I agree that the story is a bit daft, although typical of the DM.

But from the photo I have seen, its blindingly obvious that both parents are
clearly over the age of 18. I think the van driver needs to show some common sense in the future, unless he wants to be a Jobsworth for the rest of his life.

[mushroom25]

//typical of the DM//

they just picked it up from the local source, who published it the day before.

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/asda-drive-off-with-weekly-40931/

[Prudie]

More likely typical of certain families who like to get their staged photos in the press.

[jd_1984]

I first moved out of home at 17, so I would have been buggered then?
If they aren't buying alcohol, whats the problem?

[jd_1984]

trt, where as I feel there is a bit of "quick pay out" mentality going on here, I think you are perhaps being a bit presumptuous that £48 isn't enough for a family shop. For some who are perhaps less fortunate, this is their weekly food shop budget.

[jno]

the story is indeed typical of the Mail (though in a parallel universe they'd be deriding the family as chavs). Picking up stories from local newspapers is standard procedure too.

And yes, it's a pretty good story: Asda driver refuses to believe 27-year-old is old enough. As mikey says,a bit of common sense never goes amiss.

[Old_Geezer]

Yeah but they only buy that day's fresh food maybe.

The bill wasn't the issuer, the ruling that you don't trust folk who don't look 18 is.

There may be exaggeration for the media, but I have no doubt there was an issue. It sounds as if Asda's system could do with more options.

[whiskeryron]

I don't believe this story, there must be more to this than meets the eye.

[douglas9401]

Don't tell 'em Pike!

[Gromit]

Who does not have any ID at their home?

Passport, driving licence, utility bill, bank statement, credit card.

Must be a very odd household not to have any of those.

Presumably the on-line shopping is paid for with a credit card link to their address. Can't help wondering if the Mail have omitted a fact that would clarify what really happened.

[Svejk]

They look so sad,,,Lol. ;D

[Gromit]

Reece Robb Is 21. They have a child aged 11. And they do not have a Norfolk postcode. Something odd here.

[PankySmooch]

How pathetic making your kids pose with a crust of bread infront of an empty cupboard

[mikey4444]

panky...I agree and how pathetic it is that a numbskull ASDA driver thought that they didn't look 18.

When I was in Utah a few years ago, I was refused a drink because I had left my passport back at the Motel.

I was 45 at the time !

[fiction-factory]

I'm also wondering if we have the full story. I suppose Reece could be 21 and could have married her long after the 11 and 9 year olds were born. I'm not sure why ASDA wants ID for anyone who they think may not be 21(or may not look 25)

[Gromit]

The law states that you must be over 18 to buy alcohol. But retail stores can demand ID if the customer looks younger than 25. Looking at the picture of the 21 year old, he does not look over 25. So some sympathy for the driver, he was just following the law.

So I'm guessing the shopping bag contained a few crates of WKD Blue, a couple of bottles of Jaeger, and 4 Asda own brand Pizzas (small).

[Buenchico]

Are people on this thread actually suggesting that something printed in the Daily Wail might not be entirely true? I can't believe it!
;-)

[Mamyalynne]

Not for one minute were the photographs the idea of the photographer of course.

I know folk who order online groceries to be delivered to their offspring at Uni - would ASDA's system be able to cope with that?

[jno]

Gromit, I was assuming that photo ID was wanted. There's not so much of that about - I have my own passport (this family did not keep theirs at home), an old union card with photo, which few have, and a driving licence, but many don't have the plastic version of that either. If non-photo ID was wanted, the bank card ought to have been enough, coupled with the fact that the woman was a previous customer.

It may be some vital fact has been left out of the story. It all sounds rather odd.