Friday, October 2 2009, 15:17 BST
By Mayer Nissim, Entertainment Reporter

A woman was not allowed to buy a pack of five teaspoons at her local Tesco because she was unable to prove that she was over the age of 18.

Emma Sheppard, a 21-year-old from Malvern, had spent around £70 on food in the transaction before the purchase was questioned by the shop assistant, the Daily Mail reports.

Sheppard said: "When the assistant asked me for ID I thought John had sneakily put some booze in the trolley, but then when she held up a pack of spoons we looked at her like she was an idiot.

'We were both a bit taken aback really - what are you going to do with a packet of spoons that means you need ID to buy them?"

She added: "I didn't have my ID on me as I was only doing my weekly food shop and was not buying any alcohol.

"We couldn't get the spoons in the end, and I rather angrily threw my shopping in the trolley, breaking my eggs."

A Tesco spokesperson said: 'Some utensils, such as knifes, will carry a 'Think 25' alert when scanned through the checkout.

"There is an element of common sense involved and this was a mistake, for which we are sorry."

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/odd/a180173/woman-needed-id-to-buy-teaspons.html

I dont get it. Why do you need an ID to buy spoons?

A little ridiculous, IMHO. What can someone possibly do with teaspoons?

The only thing I can think of is from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves: "I'm going to cut your heart out with a spoon" :lol:

This is very dumb :rolleyes:

Well, people do use spoons to "cook drugs" with when they are ready to shoot up but I don't think that's a reason to card people for buying spoons... yet.

Say what??? :confused:

What? Thats stupid.

They would lose me as a customer.

Is there a terrible problem in England of people being stirred to death? :lol:

Is there a terrible problem in England of people being stirred to death? :lol:

:rotflmao: :rotflmao:

Is there a terrible problem in England of people being stirred to death? :lol:
I guess they like to be shaken but not stirred. :lol:

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I guess they like to be shaken but not stirred. :lol:
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That's weird, you'd think the cashier could've used common sense. I did have some shoe polish come up once as needing an ID. However I wasn't an idiot, and didn't ask for ID. I knew that someone put it in the system wrong.

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Needing an ID to buy spoons. That's a new one to me. Here in New Mexico minors can't buy lighters or spray paint anymore. Also you can only buy 2-3 forms of cough medicine at a time.

And I doubt those types of restrictions really drops the amount of drugs and drug users.

Is there a terrible problem in England of people being stirred to death? :lol:

:lol: in tescos case, yes. i used to work at tescos a few months ago this year as work placement for a few weeks. although i never encountered anything like that during my time over there.

Next time you see someone holding a teaspoon and they ask you one lump or two?...they may not be referring to sugar!

Next time you see someone holding a teaspoon and they ask you one lump or two?...they may not be referring to sugar!

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Next time you see someone holding a teaspoon and they ask you one lump or two?...they may not be referring to sugar!
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