Discrimination at Tesco

At my local Tesco they are not allowing any teenagers to enter the store without removing their rucksack/handbags and other "concealing" clothes items etc
However, anyone else out of the teenage age range is allowed free entry into the store without removing such items. How is this allowed, is this not discrimination, and against simple civil rights?


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I think it makes sense, the teenage age range are most likely to steal

I used to steal when I was a teen but I wouldn't do it again as I'm older and am pretty likely to get prosecuted whereas you're more likely to get a warning under 16 years of age

In the nicest way possible; it's kinda like the lower insurance for women. Statistically women are safer and statistically for this store teenagers obviously shoplift a lot. That said Europe and their meddling did indeed block the lower women's insurance, and this probably is discrimination.
However; unless you are a shoplifter it doesn't really matter. A lot of little shops have the same policy.

Of course it matters, that's the whole point. It's a real inconvenience to the 99% of us who aren't shoplifters.

well if it's that inconvenient you can take your business elsewhere; as the free market works

That doesn't justify it. Statistically black people are more likely to commit crimes, but you wouldn't demand only black people were stopped. Similarly men are also more likely to, but they wouldn't only target men. You're innocent until proven guilty, not assumed guilty because you're young. If I were the OP I'd make a complain.

In the nicest way possible; it's kinda like the lower insurance for women. Statistically women are safer and statistically for this store teenagers obviously shoplift a lot. That said Europe and their meddling did indeed block the lower women's insurance, and this probably is discrimination.
However; unless you are a shoplifter it doesn't really matter. A lot of little shops have the same policy.

Did you mean blocking the lower car insurance was discrimination or that women having lower car insurance in the first place was discrimination?

I certainly hope it was the former, as a sensible 18 year old trying to get insurance on a tiny car, I found that I'd have to pay £1,800 and have my car fitted with a tracker so I couldn't drive at night, as opposed to £900 with no restrictions if I was female. 3 years later and I have my full no claims bonus, and the prices have dropped down to about £400 for the same car. Isn't that just ridiculous? Even after getting 1 year no claims bonus, the cheapest quote I could find was still substantially more than if I was a woman (£1200 as opposed to £800) - can't be because I'm a bad driver, I'd gone through my first year of driving without claiming once!

sorry it wasn't clear; it was held to be sexist for women to have cheaper car insurance in the first place.

At my local Tesco they are not allowing any teenagers to enter the store without removing their rucksack/handbags and other "concealing" clothes items etc
However, anyone else out of the teenage age range is allowed free entry into the store without removing such items. How is this allowed, is this not discrimination, and against simple civil rights?


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