• EvilMe@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Be glad you don’t live in the UK then. You have to be able to prove that you’re over 16, or 18 - I forget which. Luckily I don’t have to worry about that being 27, but it does get annoying when I forget about it and take a monster through the self checkouts. Normally I have to wait maybe 5 minutes for the overworked employee to notice me and authorize the purchase.

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      2 months ago

      Honestly caffeine should be age restricted to like 15+. Its a very addictive psychoactive drug.

      • Droggelbecher@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Energy drinks are 14+ in my country. No idea whether it’s enforced though. Only became interested in the during uni.

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      2 months ago

      Technically you dont have to, its not an actual law just supermarkets being melts

      • thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        hmm, there’s gotta be some agreement or contract that makes them.

        no business is going to willingly get in the way of their own profits like that. no companies id for alcohol because they’re concerned for your health lol. if there isn’t a law or legal incentive for them to do that then they have credible evidence that there will be if they don’t.

        you can’t survive as a business in 2025 if you willingly do things that could show down sales for something silly like “health and safety”

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      2 months ago

      Why do people have to be ID’d for an energy drink? We don’t have to be ID’d for them here

      • Patch@feddit.uk
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        2 months ago

        There’s no legal minimum age, but some retailers voluntarily limit sales of high-caffeine drinks to under 16s.

        UK retailers also mostly operate a “challenge 25” policy, which means for any age-restricted items (alcohol, tobacco, blades etc.) with an 18 or 16 limit they ask for ID from anyone who looks under 25, to make sure they’re catching people who look old for their age.