Tesco Introduces Products For Over 65s Only
EMMA Sheppard is unable to buy a packet of teaspoons from her local Tesco’s in Evesham, Worcester.
The check out operative has studied the ‘Think 25′ scheme, and wonders if Emma is old enough – over 25 – to buy teaspoons.
Emma is 21. She is with her partner John, who is 20.
Says Emma:
“When the assistant asked me for ID I thought John had sneakily put some booze in the trolley, but then when she held up a pack of spoons we looked at her like she was an idiot.
“We were both a bit taken aback really - what are you going to do with a packet of spoons that means you need ID to buy them? In this crazy world we live in, you have to be over 18 to buy teaspoons it seems.”
Well, no, you need to be over 25, it seems.
Indeed, Anorak thinks you need to be over 65 – because tea is a privilege, not a right. The youth can have their alcopops and breezers but the experienced deserve their tea, and their teaspoons.
Says a Tesco spokesperson:
“Some utensils, such as knifes, will carry a ‘Think 25′ alert when scanned through the checkout. There is an element of common sense involved and this was a mistake, for which we are sorry.”
Tsk! They back down too easily. Join the Anorak campaign Think 65 – working to keep goods for the goodly. Other goods to bear the Think 65 label:
Marmalade – thick cut
The Daily Express
Mills & Boon paperbacks
Tissues
Single-bar fires
Your thoughts for inclusion…
Posted: 2nd, October 2009 | In: Money Comments (5) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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October 2nd, 2009 at 4:53 pm
I was stopped and asked to provide ID when I was in Washington DC at a great BBQ cook off in Pennsylvania Avenue. I wouldn’t have minded but the girl did not look anywhere near 21 and I was 51 bald with a 2-3 inch long beard. Still I did get a couple of very nice girls on the ‘Wolfe Blass’ stand to give us a wristband that said we were old enough to buy alcohol. Much to my wife’s relief.
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:09 pm
They must have picked up on all the times I’ve threatened to stab people to death with a blunt spoon, a special torture reserved for my worst enemies…
October 2nd, 2009 at 10:42 am
Bread to toast for the marmalade using the single barred fire, and a good old fashioned toasting fork to hold said bread, (and to totally gummy up Tesco’s tills.)
BTW I am not 65, am I allowed to contribute?.
What would be nice, instead of asking do I need help to pack, just get on with it and I assume I cannot manage. Its not an age related thing, its just nodding off through sheer boredom of queueing
October 2nd, 2009 at 10:25 am
Husband of a certain age similar to mine (
) was asked for ID to buy a small tube of grease for his bike wheel. He queried…. ‘in case you swallow it, its poisonous’. Hmmm. Dubious reasoning there but I think he was secretly thrilled to be asked!
October 2nd, 2009 at 9:59 am
How about - and this is one of my (few) serious suggestions. Well semi-serious anyway: A set-top box that tunes itself in. Or at least one that has another layer of software over the EPG and the menus. Perhaps a channel with a friendly virtual TV repairman who will chirpily, yet respectfully chat away while doing the job of retuning for the elderly owner. On-screen menus give the option to offer a virtual cup of tea and biscuit; or the user can pick from a set of old favourites for the virtual agent to whistle while he works. Then with a ‘don’t fo anything I wouldn’t do, luv’ he switches the set back to Bargain Hunt before he wanders off - screen left - until the next retune.