Fear the spoon wielding teenagers! O.o

[crazylegs]

Are the spoons plastic or metal, or is the policy non discrimantory?

[Aethian]

I would love to see someone trying to get high by inhaling cheese

I have seen it and it was funny as hell when one of the guys actually shook the can and then handed it to his buddy... See if you don't shake the can you can get just inhalant.

[fish3k1]

Can cheese has the same inhalant.

I would love to see someone trying to get high by inhaling cheese

[Aethian]

And here I thought white-out, superglue, and spray paint was silly. At least the medicine and canned air (dangerous inhalant for "highs") made sense.

Can cheese has the same inhalant.

[Kogarashi]

Sudafed is restricted for the same reason -- it contains a meth ingredient.

I've got one response for the paper and spoons: O.o

And here I thought white-out, superglue, and spray paint was silly. At least the medicine and canned air (dangerous inhalant for "highs") made sense.

[thegiraffe]

Gabrielle - that's anything that has pseudophedrine in it - what *used* to be the main ingredient in sudafed. I think you're thinking of advil cold and sinus, which would have pseudophedrine in it. Now, they use phenylephrine (PE). Pseudophedrine, in large quantities, can be used to make meth. Therefore, everything that contains it is now over the counter and there are quantity restrictions on it.

Just another example of the masses suffering due to the stupidity of a few.

[Gabrielle Proctor]

^This. XD Tho there wasn't one this week.

Spoons; not a bloody clue.

Heroin maybe? I know you have to be 18 in the US to buy certain advil medication. They also take your name and number and register you into a system to track how much you buy. Some ppl use it to make meth.

[Lace Neil Singer]

^This. XD Tho there wasn't one this week.

Spoons; not a bloody clue.

[cheese]

Well the Times age restriction (and a lot of other Sunday papers) is because they very often contain a free age-restricted DVD inside. Never heard of the teaspoons thing though

[Trayol]

Teaspoons and Time

There must be stories behind these age restrictions. You will tell us them.

[Lace Neil Singer]

Three stories today; including two age related ones. Oh joy. -.-

1. Class War.

This was quite early on. I was sitting at my till thinking "I don't want to be here" as is my wont on a Sunday morning, when these two kids came up to the till with a trolley load of goods. They were both obviously private school kids; I'm not meaning to sound snobbish, but their accent, manner and everything pointed that way. I on the other hand am either working class or lower middle depending on whether you're using general or the census to class me.

Anyway, the first thing I picked up was a copy of the Sunday Times. Now, this is one of the items that has an age restriction on it; namely, only to be purchased by over 16s. Neither kid is aged anywhere near that. I tell them that I'm sorry but they can't buy the paper. Here is the dialogue, as well as I remember it:

Kid 1 - K1
Kid 2 - K2
Me - Me

Me: I'm sorry, but I can't sell this paper to you.
K1: Excuse me? It's only a paper.
Me: I'm aware of this, but the Times has an age restriction on it. You have to be aged over 16 to buy it.
K2: You're kidding.
K1: It's a stupid rule.
Me: It is, but I have to abide by it. Are your parents around?
K2: They're outside.
Me: If they came in, they could buy the paper, but I can't sell it to you.
K1: Don't bother, we'll buy it elsewhere.

Please assume that all their dialogue is given out in a snotty, master addressing servant voice. I dread to think of the terrible SCness they will end up giving out when they're grown up if they act like this while kids.

2. The spooooons! Fear them!

Teaspoons also have an age restriction; it is 18. Yes, you heard me. You have to be aged 18 to buy spoons at the supermarket. It has caused much merriment when I've been forced to ID someone buying teaspoons; so far I haven't had anyone be nasty, but I've had lots of people who didn't believe me and had to be shown my screen with the age restriction up. It's ridiculous. -.-

3. Charity begins at home.

This really knocked me for six; I didn't say anything, mostly due to not wanting to be yelled at by the trashy mum who did this, but I was shocked at it. She stole a huge handful of those plastic daffodils from the Marie Curie charity box and gave them to her kids; and no, she didn't donate a penny.