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Last week I popped into my local well-know supermarket chain to pick up the latest issue of OPS2 and a packet of crisps. The woman behind the checkout ran the crisps through the beeping thingy, but the magazine forced the machine to make a loud blooping noise while the words “is the customer 18?” lit up on the screen. The woman looked as puzzled as I did. She turned to me and said, “are you 18, love?” at first; I didn’t know what to say because it was a playstation mag, not a copy of boobs monthly. I told her that I was 18, but that I hadn’t brought any ID with me because I wasn’t on planning on buying booze or porn today. I added that I’d never been asked for ID before and that the machine must be playing up.
She called over another attendant and relayed the situation, at which point she looked me up and down, trying to decide whether or not I was 18. She eventually decided I couldn’t have the mag if I didn’t have proof of age. I was quite angry with this. “But it’s a playstation mag!” I cried! She said, “yes but you could be any one – you could have been sent in by the police to check that we’re following the rules, and it’s a £5,000 fine if we sold this magazine to you. It is illegal to sell adult material to underage children”
I felt like a total plumb standing there arguing my way around a games magazine, like a little kid who was trying to get away with buying dodgy porn. So I took my crisps (which tasted like acid, by the way) and went home in a rather bad mood. Do you know why this happened? It’s not like your demo disc has offensive material on it, and its most certainly not got porn on it, that’s for sure. So please tell me what the hell was all that about?
I did actually write in to the official playstation 2 magazine, so if you see it in there I haven’t just copied it out.
She called over another attendant and relayed the situation, at which point she looked me up and down, trying to decide whether or not I was 18. She eventually decided I couldn’t have the mag if I didn’t have proof of age. I was quite angry with this. “But it’s a playstation mag!” I cried! She said, “yes but you could be any one – you could have been sent in by the police to check that we’re following the rules, and it’s a £5,000 fine if we sold this magazine to you. It is illegal to sell adult material to underage children”
I felt like a total plumb standing there arguing my way around a games magazine, like a little kid who was trying to get away with buying dodgy porn. So I took my crisps (which tasted like acid, by the way) and went home in a rather bad mood. Do you know why this happened? It’s not like your demo disc has offensive material on it, and its most certainly not got porn on it, that’s for sure. So please tell me what the hell was all that about?
I did actually write in to the official playstation 2 magazine, so if you see it in there I haven’t just copied it out.
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Last week I popped into my local well-know supermarket chain to pick up the latest issue of OPS2 and a packet of crisps. The woman behind the checkout ran the crisps through the beeping thingy, but the magazine forced the machine to make a loud blooping noise while the words “is the customer 18?” lit up on the screen. The woman looked as puzzled as I did. She turned to me and said, “are you 18, love?” at first; I didn’t know what to say because it was a playstation mag, not a copy of boobs monthly. I told her that I was 18, but that I hadn’t brought any ID with me because I wasn’t on planning on buying booze or porn today. I added that I’d never been asked for ID before and that the machine must be playing up.
She called over another attendant and relayed the situation, at which point she looked me up and down, trying to decide whether or not I was 18. She eventually decided I couldn’t have the mag if I didn’t have proof of age. I was quite angry with this. “But it’s a playstation mag!” I cried! She said, “yes but you could be any one – you could have been sent in by the police to check that we’re following the rules, and it’s a £5,000 fine if we sold this magazine to you. It is illegal to sell adult material to underage children”
I felt like a total plumb standing there arguing my way around a games magazine, like a little kid who was trying to get away with buying dodgy porn. So I took my crisps (which tasted like acid, by the way) and went home in a rather bad mood. Do you know why this happened? It’s not like your demo disc has offensive material on it, and its most certainly not got porn on it, that’s for sure. So please tell me what the hell was all that about?
I did actually write in to the official playstation 2 magazine, so if you see it in there I haven’t just copied it out.
She called over another attendant and relayed the situation, at which point she looked me up and down, trying to decide whether or not I was 18. She eventually decided I couldn’t have the mag if I didn’t have proof of age. I was quite angry with this. “But it’s a playstation mag!” I cried! She said, “yes but you could be any one – you could have been sent in by the police to check that we’re following the rules, and it’s a £5,000 fine if we sold this magazine to you. It is illegal to sell adult material to underage children”
I felt like a total plumb standing there arguing my way around a games magazine, like a little kid who was trying to get away with buying dodgy porn. So I took my crisps (which tasted like acid, by the way) and went home in a rather bad mood. Do you know why this happened? It’s not like your demo disc has offensive material on it, and its most certainly not got porn on it, that’s for sure. So please tell me what the hell was all that about?
I did actually write in to the official playstation 2 magazine, so if you see it in there I haven’t just copied it out.
YOu should have came back with your ID, swore at her, then walked away :D
Thats odd. Did the magazine have an 18 restriction on it?
Did it have Vice City footage on the DVD?
By the way, Are you 18?
Did it have Vice City footage on the DVD?
By the way, Are you 18?
he said he was, but he hadn't brought his ID because he wasn't buying booze or anything
Rosalind wrote:
> Thats odd. Did the magazine have an 18 restriction on it?
> Did it have Vice City footage on the DVD?
> By the way, Are you 18?
The magazine did not have an 18 restriction on it; come to think of it I’m not sure now whether it did have vice city footage on the DVD and no I am not 18 I am 16. But I still should have been allowed the mag.
> Thats odd. Did the magazine have an 18 restriction on it?
> Did it have Vice City footage on the DVD?
> By the way, Are you 18?
The magazine did not have an 18 restriction on it; come to think of it I’m not sure now whether it did have vice city footage on the DVD and no I am not 18 I am 16. But I still should have been allowed the mag.
He said he told her that he was. That doesn't mean that he is. Some people lie about their age. Not me though *honest*
I got asked for ID once when I was buying Champagne for my Boyfriends 21st Birthday. I'm 7 months older than my Boyfriend.
I got asked for ID once when I was buying Champagne for my Boyfriends 21st Birthday. I'm 7 months older than my Boyfriend.
maddmun wrote:
> he said he was, but he hadn't brought his ID because he wasn't buying
> booze or anything
I said that so they would think i was 18. :)
> he said he was, but he hadn't brought his ID because he wasn't buying
> booze or anything
I said that so they would think i was 18. :)
Cam Jones wrote:
> The magazine did not have an 18 restriction on it; come to think of it
> I’m not sure now whether it did have vice city footage on the DVD and
> no I am not 18 I am 16. But I still should have been allowed the mag.
If it didn't have a restriction on it then you should have been allowed it obviously, but then the cashier was only doing her job, and probably didn't know much about the mag you were buying. I hope you managed to get hold of it elsewhere.
Welcome to the forums by the way.
> The magazine did not have an 18 restriction on it; come to think of it
> I’m not sure now whether it did have vice city footage on the DVD and
> no I am not 18 I am 16. But I still should have been allowed the mag.
If it didn't have a restriction on it then you should have been allowed it obviously, but then the cashier was only doing her job, and probably didn't know much about the mag you were buying. I hope you managed to get hold of it elsewhere.
Welcome to the forums by the way.
Rosalind wrote:
> Cam Jones wrote:
>
> The magazine did not have an 18 restriction on it; come to think of
> it
> I’m not sure now whether it did have vice city footage on the DVD
> and
> no I am not 18 I am 16. But I still should have been allowed the
> mag.
>
> If it didn't have a restriction on it then you should have been
> allowed it obviously, but then the cashier was only doing her job, and
> probably didn't know much about the mag you were buying. I hope you
> managed to get hold of it elsewhere.
>
> Welcome to the forums by the way.
Nope I haven't managed to get hold of the magazine since and thanks for the welcome, I think I’m going to enjoy it here.
> Cam Jones wrote:
>
> The magazine did not have an 18 restriction on it; come to think of
> it
> I’m not sure now whether it did have vice city footage on the DVD
> and
> no I am not 18 I am 16. But I still should have been allowed the
> mag.
>
> If it didn't have a restriction on it then you should have been
> allowed it obviously, but then the cashier was only doing her job, and
> probably didn't know much about the mag you were buying. I hope you
> managed to get hold of it elsewhere.
>
> Welcome to the forums by the way.
Nope I haven't managed to get hold of the magazine since and thanks for the welcome, I think I’m going to enjoy it here.
And this has what to do with the age of consent? Did she offer to give you the mag if she slept with you! lol!
Anyway an amusing enough story to lighten up a sunday morning. The moral of the story is get a driving licence. even is its Just a provisional, and just carry the photo card bit in you wallet.
Playstation magazine! how amusing, I went into my local department store, and bought a 12 inch cookin knife the other day, the blooper thing came on and she hardly even looked up, despite the fact that i could have been some nutter about to go wild in the streets.
Anyway an amusing enough story to lighten up a sunday morning. The moral of the story is get a driving licence. even is its Just a provisional, and just carry the photo card bit in you wallet.
Playstation magazine! how amusing, I went into my local department store, and bought a 12 inch cookin knife the other day, the blooper thing came on and she hardly even looked up, despite the fact that i could have been some nutter about to go wild in the streets.
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