The I've heard itall now thread

[DulwichFox]

Went into M&S this Lunchtime..

Bought a few things... Went to the Check-out to pay..

Bing...Bing...Bing...Bin..

Then I was told.. 'Sorry. Wait a minute.. That is a 'Restricted Item !'

Was I trying to buy Alcohol..? No..

Was I trying to buy Cigarettes..? No..

Was I trying to buy a Knife..? No..

Was I trying to buy Fireworks..? No..

Was I trying to buy Vegetable Sping Rolls..? YES..

I was trying to buy a pack of 6 Vegetable Sping Rolls..

Well I'm over 21.. even 25.. and seemed to pass all the necessary security scrutiny

and now have my Vegetable Spring rolls.

DulwichFox

[titch juicy]

Why was it restricted? What reason did they give?

[Earl Aelfheah]

Did they contain iceberg lettuce?

[DulwichFox]

Having had time to think about it....

... 6 Vegetable Spring rolls.. ?2.50

Probably to stop Restuarants / Pubs / buying all the stock and knocking them out at ?6.00 for 2 rolls..

Sort of price you would probably pay in the pub..

Foxy

[Loz]

A colleague of mine has this problem buying soup. Turns out one of the ingredients was sherry, so they restricted it.

Madness.

[BrandNewGuy]

M&S veg spring rolls contain rice wine.

[TheArtfulDogger]

God help us all

Just don't try to buy lemonade shandy foxy ... They will bring the full Spanish Inquisition into play if you do !

[DulwichFox]

BrandNewGuy Wrote:

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> M&S veg spring rolls contain rice wine.

Not in the list of ingredients...

Foxy

[uncleglen]

Fermented soy sauce?

[peckham_ryu]

I think sometimes the point of sale system can't tell what the use-by date is, meaning someone has to check the food is still in date before it lets the sale go through. That's just my theory based on when it's happened to me.

[BrandNewGuy]

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> BrandNewGuy Wrote:

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> > M&S veg spring rolls contain rice wine.

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> Not in the list of ingredients...

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> Foxy

That's odd, because it says so on their website.