Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe WORCESTER, England, July 1 (UPI) -- A 37-year-old British grandmother said a grocery store refused to sell her a bottle of wine because she did not have ID to prove she was over 18. Melanie Allcott of Worcester, England, said she went into the Co-op store to buy wine for her dinner with partner Andy Lee, 38, but employees refused to sell her the bottle without ID, The Sun reported Thursday. Advertisement Allcott, whose 19-year-old daughter gave birth to a baby two months ago, said she had the employees phone the store's manager, who sided with the workers. "We all like to be told we're younger than we are -- but this was ridiculous. They need to use a bit of common sense," she said. Allcott said she went to another Co-op branch and was able to purchase wine without hassle. A spokesman for Co-op said the stores have a policy of demanding ID from any customers seeking to purchase alcohol who look under the age of 25.
