OT: Age-restricted

[Davey]

Why does a Stanley Thermos flask, purchased from Amazon, require somebody aged 18 or older to sign for it on delivery?

[Broadback]

Whoever decided that perhaps saw "Stanley" and jumped to knife?

[charles]

'cos it might be full of alcohol?

[Gareth's was W7 now W10 Downst]

There's a scientific conundrum there.

You know that a Thermos Flask keeps hot things hot and cold things cold, at any one time, how does it know which one to do? :-)

[alan_m]

It all depends on the cat you put inside being alive or dead.

[Brian Gaff]

Is it a glass internal type? Brian

[Brian Gaff]

That will be AI then. Brian

[Brian Gaff]

Actually though it gaols me to say it, but I imagine the reason is the obvious one ie its called Stanley as in Stanley knife and the idiots have never worried about the word after Stanley That brand is on almost everything from steel rules to saw blades sandwich boxes flasks indeed anything a handyman might carry, I guess if your name is Stanley it might apply to you as well. Brian

[Davey]

No, it's a standard Stanley stainless-steel flask. The smallest they make, although I doubt that that made any difference.

[Davey]

Could be.

The other confusing thing was that the pre-delivery blurb said that a picture ID would be required, but the East European driver actually asked for my date of birth, and scrolled the date on his device to enter it. No check apart from my say-so. And the fact that I do not look to be under 18.

[Chris Hogg]

A mixture of the two confuses it utterly!

[tabbypurr]

all delivery signatures are to be 18+, otherwise they're legally valueless.

NT

[Davey]

But this is the first time I have received notification of an 18+ signature requirement. And for a Stanley flask?

Quote: "A valid photographic ID will need to be shown to the driver on delivery, along with a signature. This is an additional measure to ensure our age verification requirements are adhered to by Amazon.

By sharing your ID, you are helping us to ensure items that are intended for people over 18 end up in the right hands.

Due to the importance of verifying age when delivering these products, age restricted items can only be delivered to the customer?s address, they cannot be delivered to a neighbour?s address or left in a safe place. In addition, they can?t be delivered to a locker or Pickup Point."

Note the middle paragraph.

[Bob Eager]

We had this for the first time yesterday. My (23 year old) son had some vape fluid delivered, and he had been warned but didn't believe the driver would check. he had to rush off and find his ID!

I had an oscilloscope delivered recently, and the package had a large label stating that it had to be delivered to the actual delivery address: not to a neighbour, and not by depot pickup. I guess that was by value, but I've bought more expensive things! New one on me.

[Gareth's was W7 now W10 Downst]

Professors Heisenberg and Schroedinger were driving along when they were pulled up by the ploddery. The plod asked whether they knew that they were doing 60MPH in a 30MPH zone which caused Heisenberg to exclaim that he was now lost. The plod then searched the car and said do you know that there is a dead car in the boot, to which Schroedinger replied that he did now :-)

[charles]

earlier this year I found a parcel, moderately valuable, left on the doorstep, It had been consigned "To be signed for".

[alan_m]

Aren't all signatures on those small electronic pads legally valueless?

[alan_m]

Perhaps you live in, or close to, an area in the country with a delivery blacklist due to a large number of fraudulent transactions.

[Bob Eager]

Someone I know was just age checked for a bench vice. Wonder if it was Stanley too.