I love to not think about all the crazy bullshit that’s going on right now. And I’ll be honest . . . it’s because I don’t understand any of it. So I’ve been posting recipes and gun law stuff. But something happened to me today that I REALLY don’t understand.
Hey, maybe I’m dim-witted but this made no sense to me.
Here’s the scenario: People are coming over to my house to hang out. They want to drink. But I have no booze! So I go to the local liquor store which is about three miles from my house. I buy a half pint of Jack Daniels and a six pack of beer. Done.
But this wasn’t enough for my guests. Almost 6 hours later I got sent back to the liquor store. They needed more whiskey. So I got a fifth of Jack and a 12-pack of Olympia. I just happened to get the same clerk that checked me out earlier.
She said, “Oh. I’m sorry. I’m only allowed to sell liquor to a single customer once a day.”
I said, “OK. I’ll just take another 12 pack then.”
The transaction was made and I walked out to my car.
Then, like the Grinch, I puzzled and puzzled and puzzled ’til my puzzler was sore.
Here’s what I came up with . . . While I understand the reasons for their policy, it makes absolutely no sense!
They don’t want some drunk to get in a car accident or what have you, then tell the police that this particular store sold them the drinks that put them over the edge. They don’t want to be liable.
Seems smart . . . BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT . . .
What the fuck is the difference between liquor and beer?
Gee whizz, I’ll tell you!
ABSOFUCKINGLUTLEYNOTHING!
It’s the same damn alcohol in both. SO when I put down the bottle of Jack, I roamed the isles and picked out any beer or wine I wanted and as much of it as I could carry.
As I said, this is a liability for them. I said above this is so the store cannot be liable if an intoxicated customer kills someone. And that’s cool.
But do they not get that if someone drinks a 750ml bottle of 16% alcohol wine, and a few artisan beers like “La Fin du Monde” which weighs in at 9% (not to mention many other craft beers that are 12% and above), That person is going to be absolutely plowed?!?!!?
Like I said, I understood the policy but here’s the catch.
Liquor stores are few and far between hereabouts. The next closest one would be about 10 miles from the one I went to. So let’s check out this scenario:
Drunk drives to nearest liquor store after tying one on. He’s told he can’t be sold to twice in a day. So he drunkenly drives to the next nearest store 12 miles away through an area that routinely has heavy foot traffic, that store sells to them because it’s the first time he’s bought there that day . . . and wow.
If you think an alcoholic wouldn’t do that, then you don’t know one.
And this is what frazzles my brain.
This policy serves absolutely no purpose.
“You can buy all the beer and wine you want, but liquor only once a day.”
Fine then.
To paraphrase David Lee Roth, I’d say, “OK! Gimme a case of anything and a glazed doughnut to go!”
That’s my rant. I’ll go kick back now. I’m not telling anyone that they shouldn’t drink. If you want to, by all means do it! I think my point here is that alcohol is alcohol and it doesn’t matter what form it comes in. This experience just showed me how ignorant people can be and is an exercise in futility.
These people are just a bunch of dumbasses.
When you look at it, it’s just another misinformed restriction imposed upon us by the “powers that be.”
Love ya’, guys! 🙂
