I decided I wanted a meal deal from this tesco so walked in picked up the items and got to checkout. I had a red bull so I had my ID ready as I know I'd be asked. A random person next to me was checking out at the same time that looked slightly younger than me completing a different transaction. The member of staff working asked them for ID as well? Strange as they didn't have any age restricted items and when they didn't have ID I got refused service to get my meal deal! I had valid ID myself and am meeting their policy age to sell to me yet because this random guy didn't have ID I couldn't get served. Then I got told they legally couldn't sell it to me because this random person didn't have ID which for starters is false as there's no law about selling energy drinks to under 16s, its a policy for your store and second I had no idea who it was next to me! How does what this person's age effect what I got. I just ended up leaving my items where they were and walked out the store, waiting outside for my friend's who were still deciding what to get. However it dosent end there. When my friends asked what happened, the cashier told them how I was really rude and described me as a curly haired weirdo and how I acted cause I "didn't have Id" and saying how shes "used to it though cause I work at tesco". When I got told this I was shocked that I was referenced like this. I actually ended up catching up with this random guy who was next to me asking if I came off rude and he stated himself I did everything right and I acted calm! Unbelievable that the cashier spoke to my friends about me in such a way. And further more unbelievable that I couldn't be served because some guy next to me didn't have ID. Went to the Co-op instead and didn't even get ID'D. I get that I look under 25 and ID is mandatory but for me to produce a valid ID and not be served because of a random next to me not having ID is insane. Never had a problem with this tesco till now but the cashier there was really rude and talked about me to my friends and has put me off from going in again! Not Happy! I can see by the reviews this ain't the first time people have complained about the policy being almost abused. Train your staff better. I get some people can be rude to staff but to use this as an excuse against me when I was, as stated by the random person earlier "calmly" questioning why I couldn't get served because this random guy didn't have ID is insaneee. This incident occurred 30th July 2024 at 5:10pm. read more