When a white-haired man tried to buy wine, she was refused "I can not confirm my age"

A 72-year-old male with gray hair from head to beard tried to purchase wine at a supermarket, but he said to the clerk, "I can not sell alcohol because I can not confirm that it is over 21". I can not say that it is not young because it is gray hair, but this man is alright regardless of how I look.

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Tony Ralls who lives in West Kirby not far from Liverpool in the northwestern part of England is a supermarketMorrisonsGo toCabernet · SauvignonI tried to buy two. He is 72 years old, the hair is pure white, the beard is almost white and it seems to be considerably older, but the store has returned wine to the shelf "I can not confirm it is over 21".

"I was not getting mad if I asked for my age as a woman about 40 years old at a cash register flickering his eyes, but I actually heard with a completely serious face," Ralls says. In addition, "Since we had been fined before, the staff should have explained that everyone is supposed to be asking if customers are over 21 years old, but the manager did not have any sense of humor at all "We admire the efforts to prevent children like drunk at the street corner from buying alcohol but this is too ridiculous."

Meanwhile, Morrisons spokesperson has a serious obligation on alcohol sales and states that every store will tackle the challenge of checking the age at alcohol sales.

By the way, Ralls is such a person.