Fry's insane new policy ! WTH!?

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Listen to this insanity: My wife just came home from Fry's marketplace at Tatum and Shea. In her $200.00 cart full of Thanksgiving groceries, she bought a bottle of wine and a small bottle of bourbon for a chocolate boubon pecan pie (yum!).

Accompanying my wife is my 14 year old daughter. As she is checking out, the cashier points to my daughter and says "can I see her i.d. too" to my wife. My wife says she is 14 and doesnt have i.d. and she is her daughter helping her shop for Thanksgiving dinner. The cashier says "I cant sell it to you then if you cant produce her i.d. because you might be buying it for her!". :meh:

My wife then calls for a manager (Brendan) who comes over and confirms that because my 8th grade daughter was with my wife, they refuse to sell alcohol to her! WTH!!!!:mad:

He said it he didnt "feel comfortable with selling it to her" based off of a supposedly new state law that he couldnt produce (all state laws must be posted) which sounded like more of a store policy. After my wife came out of her "twilight zone" disbelief, she unleashed on them :D:lol::clap: which was something to behold I am sure :censor:.

After demanding the corporate phone number and getting them to refund the entire bill (they were going to have to reshelve all of it) the senior manager came out and smoothed things over and told the employees to go ahead and sell it to her. Wow, how kind!

Dont bring your kids, grandkids, nieces, or nephews with you to shop for alcohol, smokes, or anything requiring you to be 21. The cashier said any child 5 and under with an adult would be no problem but any kid older than that would need to poduce i.d. (Like parents would be buying booze for thier 7 year old?!) ~ WOW!

HAs anyone heard of this supposed law? Sounds like overzealous law dept getting to the point of infringement. The most inane thing Ive heard of. Where has common sense gone to? Im starting to think that Brian Mcgyver is making more an more sense :hhmm::D
 
It has happened to me three times now over the years - wife, little sister, etc...all at Fry's...


Now just to be clear, she wasn't buying Boones Farm, Mad Dog 20/20 and Mickeys 40's like I was each time...:flipoff2::hillbilly:
 
I would of went off too!!, Good going on your wifes behalf.
 
Makes me want to borrow other people's kids and buy beer. :skull:

I love a good customer relations fight!
 
It happened to me a couple of times with my brother. After speaking to the manager it was resolved. I think it's the new clerks that go by the book and forget to use common sense.
 
Agreed that common sense isnt being used. The cashier at one time said "Thats what the video said!" so theyre training the employees but not following through with some common sense application. The acusation of assuming that she was going to commit a crime/contribute to child abuse by providing liquor is more than bold. Good thing she didnt buy prophalactics or a box of matches - the dreaded hooker/arsonist?! Ha hA

It happened last year with my wife at the same store where she was going through the self check out and my daughter was helping unload the carT and touched a bottle of wine. The cashier ran over like a NFL ref and cried foul. He said that since she touched the bottle he couldnt sell it to her. :rolleyes: (BTW, as a joke, my daughter now touches all the bottles in the wine isle for fun - Im thinking on working on her juggling skills)

They must of been hit with a monster lawsuit somewhere to if created this mess.
 
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What happened to the good 'ol days? I rember being a pre-teen and asking mom for a quarter so I could buy a pouch of Beachnut..:hillbilly:


Good on your wife murf, anyone know if Safeway or Bashas has the same policy?
 
LandCruiserPhil said:
I always make the kids I buy alcohol for stay outside, having them with you cuts into your potential profits.
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LMAO!!!!

I buy booze with my 7yr old all the time. She knows the liquor section quite well at Albertsons and is very familiar with BevMo as well.

I was going to send her in with a note to buy my s*** for me from now on.:hillbilly:
 
Leave the kids outside, "Sorry kid, I know you gave me $5.00 for a bottle of Boones Farm, but they increased the price, so its gonna cost ya a little more, you got 2 more dollars?" Take them snot-nosed kids in with you and they'll argue the price sticker!!
 
azrider said:
Leave the kids outside, "Sorry kid, I know you gave me $5.00 for a bottle of Boones Farm, but they increased the price, so its gonna cost ya a little more, you got 2 more dollars?" Take them snot-nosed kids in with you and they'll argue the price sticker!!
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You get the money first!:doh:
 
Hi, Murf's wife here. He made me read all the posts and I'm still laughing...especially the part about sending the 7 year old in with a note. :D Thanks!
 
murf said:
Hi, Murf's wife here. He made me read all the posts and I'm still laughing...especially the part about sending the 7 year old in with a note. :D Thanks!
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I think the rules clearly state that you must Join Mud, and create a user name for yourself - ("smurf" perhaps?) so you can join in the hilarity:hillbilly:
 
FJ40LVR said:
I think the rules clearly state that you must Join Mud, and create a user name for yourself - ("smurf" perhaps?) so you can join in the hilarity:hillbilly:
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The :princess: will soon be monitoring all of your activities on 'Mud.:eek::eek:
 
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