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You’ve got to be kidding!
Thursday, February 4th, 2010
My favourite news story of the week so far has to be that of poor old Christine Cuddihy - the 24-year-old woman who was forced to produce ID to prove she was over the age of 21 in order to buy…wait for it…a 51p cheese and onion quiche from Tesco!
For reasons best known to herself, the cashier said that as Christine didn’t look over 21 she would have to produce some ID in order to buy the snack, despite Christine arguing that there’s surely no age limit on buying pastry-based products. At first, like me, she thought it was a joke, but no, the cashier was absolutely serious, and a hungry Christine eventually relented, producing her driving license before handing over her cash.
A spokesperson for Tesco has said: ‘We are at a loss to know what happened.’ You and me both! I was going to pop out to Tesco later to buy something to eat. Better double check I have my driving license on me just in case…
Read Telegraph article here.
Louise Watson, Editor
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