The Daily Mail, a Brit fishwrap, tells us that that is the rule at the One Stop Shop in Harlow, Essex.
Monday October 17th the crack team of clerks at the shop asked Diane Taylor for proof of age when she asked for a bottle of whisky from her local One Stop Shop.
She is 92. Years old. Her face looks the inside of an old shoe. "It was the first time that the pensioner, who was born in 1919 turned 18 in 1937, has ever been asked to show ID when buying alcohol."
She was ready for the clerk: "The great-grandmother-of-three produced her over-60s bus pass, an OAP card and even her pacemaker certificate, but was still turned away because she could not provide a passport or driving licence."
The pinhead who runs the store, unnamed he is, told the Daily Mail that "Although we are very sorry for the inconvenience caused, staff at the store are required to ask all customers for ID as a condition of its licence to sell alcohol."
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