Wednesday, June 11, 2008

No ID meant no BBQ sauce at Tesco

A Tesco store refused to sell barbecue sauce to a customer because it contained a tiny amount of alcohol and she couldn't prove her age.

Claire Birchell, 25, was told she could not buy the Jack Daniel's barbecue sauce which has an alcohol content of 2 per cent.

Staff at the store in in Flitwick, near Bedford also refused to sell the bottle to her brother-in-law, Philip Dover, 27, who did have ID, because they believed he would just give the bottle to Miss Birchell.


Photo from here.

Mr Dover said: 'We just could not believe it. It's not as if we were going to go and sit down the park drinking it.

A spokesman for Tesco said "Our staff are incredibly vigilant when it comes to the sale of alcohol.

"However in this case it appears that there has been an error of judgement. We apologise for any upset caused."

1 comment:

Andrew said...

in this case it appears that there has been an error of judgement, ya think. boneheads. geeze, common sense appears to be a super power not many posses today......