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没错，Costa咖啡，作为世界最大的咖啡连锁品牌之一，现在声称自己不“鼓励”把咖啡卖给未满16岁的顾客，每家店可以自行决定是否向疑似太年轻的顾客售卖咖啡。 "We do not encourage the sale of caffeine to children under 16 and it is at store discretion to question a customer’s age if they have any concerns,” a spokesperson confirmed to the Manchester Evening News. 一名发言人对《曼彻斯特晚间资讯》说：“我们并不鼓励向未满16岁的顾客售卖咖啡因，我们的店铺在产生顾虑时可以自行决定是否向顾客询问年龄。” 现在还不清楚Costa咖啡是不是允许自己的员工要顾客出示证件来证明年龄。这家连锁品牌的代表当时没有出来发表相关评论。 Costa咖啡本来已经在夏天推行过这个政策，但这个事件是这次才见诸报纸头条的，因为英国威尔士的一位父亲得知Costa拒绝向他12岁的女儿出售咖啡；他说女儿只是偶尔买来喝着玩。 “I had never heard of Costa doing this before,” he told the Daily Post. 他告诉《每日邮报》：“我还从没见过Costa做这种事。” "If they are concerned about health then perhaps they should also stop selling cakes or high calorie drinks to overweight children because obesity is a far more serious health issue in this country than caffeine consumption,” he added. | 
