thomasaurus rex
Well-Known Member
Here in Kansas City the Boulevard Chocolate Ale release brews up a **** storm of titanic proportions. You would'nt think it, because outside of the city the beer lingers on shelves. I've been a beer retailer for both occasions it was released. My store collectivly decided to adopt a first come policy. The advantage of that is you get to avoid the butthurt that comes with not making the list. The disadvantage is 140 ****ing people swarm your store at 9am and wait 6 ****ing hours in the store for the beer truck. You're fine with it for the first couple of hours, then all these people start rubbing up against you like sandpaper. The children get dragged in with the parents to wait in line for beer, they start crying even shitting their pants. The adults at some point begin acting like children themselves, complaining of line cutting, continual queries on when the beer truck is going to come from the same people, as if I knew what or where it was. As the day drags on all the hundreds of eyes just watch you for hours, and make you self concious in an akward way. As people trickle in more you realize that some of these people had to park several blocks down the street because your parking lot has long been occupied, and the real customers that wan't to come in and just pick up a six pack? Forget it, they're not going to stop there. Its like if 140 people walked into a resteraunt sat down and ordered nothing. In my tiny store that sort of thing hurts. When the beer truck arrived there was literally no place for them to unload beer because of space limitations, forcing me to ask a number of people to move their cars wich made one woman irate. As for the phone, it was wringing nonstop. I eventually decided to just pull out the line from the phone jack ending the incessant ringing.
TL;DR
limited releases are the worst.
That and talking to my beer driver recently reflecting on the event told me that he was a followed by a car full of young men that, when stopped at the destination, said they were there for the chocolate ale and they were just going to take it off the truck. They only thing that dissuaded them was the truck driver telling them stealing alchohol off a truck was a federal crime, and gets you a hefty prison sentence.
TL;DR
limited releases are the worst.
That and talking to my beer driver recently reflecting on the event told me that he was a followed by a car full of young men that, when stopped at the destination, said they were there for the chocolate ale and they were just going to take it off the truck. They only thing that dissuaded them was the truck driver telling them stealing alchohol off a truck was a federal crime, and gets you a hefty prison sentence.
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