Well, not so much really.
Woman in store with a pizza cutter. Slashing murders do not ensue.
Because she was too busy digging through her wallet for the ID the clerk was demanding from her before she could take it out of the store.
A shopper was astonished when staff at Marks and Spencer demanded that she prove her age before she bought a pizza-cutter.
Jenny Palmer, 28, was asked for her ID at the checkout after she went to the retailer’s Derby store to buy the £1.50 item.
“I’m only two years off my 30th birthday and hardly look like I’m going to go out and physically harm someone,” she said.
“I told the checkout woman I was buying it because I was moving into a new house, but she said her screen was telling her to ask for ID. I think she could have used some common sense. I can’t believe I had to go through all of that just to buy a pizza-cutter, of all things.”
M&S insisted its employee was right to demand proof of age from Ms Palmer under the ‘Challenge 25’ policy.
Staff are required to ask for identification from any customer who tries to buy alcohol or a bladed item and appears younger than 25.
Once again, I’m astonished that the British Isles haven’t fallen beneath the waves un the weight of all that stupid.
Found via RTftLC
Here’s another one to go along with that:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1202994/Now-elf-n-safety-chiefs-ban-swimmers-doing-lengths.html?olympics
“Swimmers at a council pool have been banned from doing lengths for health and safety reasons.”
Can you imagine how low the average Brits self-esteem must be…