Coventry's a funny place

[bellinghman]

As a woman found out when she was carded for quiche.

ETA: there seems to be a certain amount of scepticism about the report. Surely, people, you don't disbelieve what's been printed in a bunch of British newspapers, do you?

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[perdita-fysh.livejournal.com]

A spokesman said: ''We're at a loss to say what happened here. We couldn't find the staff member who asked for the ID.
I don't believe that for a second so I suspect that means 'we think she made it up but don't think it is good PR to say so'

It would be trivial to identify the cashier from the information provided.

[knell.livejournal.com]

Plus, there's nothing you can buy in Tesco's which has an age limit of 21 on it, so it makes no sense anyway..