Why was the OP buying beer at a 7-11 if he was going to a sports bar?
And considering we are in week 4 of the football season, has this habit of buying a case on Sunday extended through the 7 months of the offseason?
And I understand that: someone acknowledging you by mentioning a small personal detail is okay. Unless it’s, “What, no cart today? You lazy or something?” I think your reaction might be different.
That’s not what he said. “What, no beer today?” is different than suggesting “Hey, buddy, I think you made a mistake and you didn’t get near enough beer. Wanna think it over?”
Thank you for making my point for me so eloquently.
I was a clerk at a convenience store/deli/liquor store (it sold hard liquor as well as beer and wine, and also sold some pretty nice champagne). I worked swing shift, which meant that I saw a lot of people stop buy every evening after work, and most of them had fairly well established habits. There were the folks who would buy one can or bottle of name brand beer, and a 12 pack of Scheaffer (cheapest beer we stocked), so they’d have the one can to taste, and the rest to get a buzz on. And many of the regulars would want something from the deli for dinner, some beer or wine, and a pack of cigarettes. I’d usually have their preferred brand of cancer sticks in my hand when they came up to the counter, and if they didn’t have something that they usually got, I’d ask if the beer wasn’t in the case, for instance. If it wasn’t, then I’d run back into the big cooler and get them a pack. Most of the customers seemed to appreciate the fact that I remembered, and that I’d go get the stuff that they wanted. I don’t know how many times someone thanked me because they’d forgotten to ask for cigarettes.
The cashier might just have meant to be friendly, and he might also have wanted to know if the kind and pack you prefer isn’t up front in the cooler. If I had a customer who regularly bought a half or full case of beer, my first thought was that he was having a party, not that he was an alcoholic. Now, the folks who bought the one good beer and then the 12 pack of cheap stuff every night? I was pretty sure that they were alcoholics. But I didn’t comment on their choices, other than to ask if the Sheaffer was not in the cooler where they could reach it if they showed up with just the one beer.
OK, I’ll read it again (moving lips as I do to make you happy)…
Oh, so you are just making shit up. Again.
Don’t know… I am.
I wasn’t actually on the way to the sports bar, I was on my way home. You’ve never stopped off to get something and then later went out?
And yes, it happens to be football season. But for the last six months or so we’ve been watching baseball. (Which complicates things because the Rays are in the playoffs and there are only so many hours in a day.)
You’re kinda funny. If I’d loaded all those details into the OP, you’d probably have been the first one to post TL, DR.
Warning signs of alcoholism:
- Drinking alone
- Making excuses, finding excuses to drink
- Daily or frequent drinking needed to function
- Inability to reduce or stop alcohol intake
- Violent episodes associated with drinking
- Drinking secretly
- Becoming angry when confronted about drinking
- Poor eating habits
- Failure to care for physical appearance
- Trembling in the morning
Pay special attention to #7.
I always assumed this level of service is what everyone who regularly frequents a mini-mart/beer station would pray for. I see nothing wrong w/ this, and would adopt this store as my own new beer depot.
Every time I stop at the local chain store mini-market nearby, they always ask me if I need cigs (they know the brand as well). Do I assume they’re calling me a cig addict, I suppose on some level they are; but they’re not name-calling, they’re being helpful/friendly, believe it or not.
The thing is, I hate smoking/cigarettes. But it was my job to sell the damned things, so I sold as many as I could. If I lectured people about smoking, or drinking, or reading porn mags (which we also sold), then I’d have a lot of pissed off customers. On the other hand, if I told someone that the newest issue of <preferred porn mag> was out, I had a customer who was pleased…and who might mention to the owner how helpful I was.
I am now picturing you yelling across the store at some guy in a fedora and overcoat:
“YO BOB! THERE’S A NEW ISSUE OF “BIG BONDAGE JUGS” THAT JUST ARRIVED! THOUGHT YOU’D LIKE TO KNOW!!”
Okay, apparently not slowly enough. I was attempting to *rephrase my interpretation *of the implied value judgement so that you might better comprehend it. So yeah, I made it up. Again. People do that when the message doesn’t get through the first time. It’s called communication, not “making shit up.”
Just tryin’ to help.
7/11 is hiring.
Warning Signs of PMDD:
- Hypersomnia or insomnia
- Feeling nervous, anxious, and irritable marked depressed mood, and mood lability (crying spells for no reason)
- Feeling of sadness or hopelessness, possible suicidal thoughts
- Trouble concentrating
- Panic Attacks
- Decreased interest in usual activities
- Marked appetite change, overeating, food cravings
- Lack of energy
Pay special attention to #4.
I think the OP needs to chill out and have another beer.
You’re finding offense where absolutely none was present. This has been pointed out to you repeatedly, yet you still think the clerk was remarking on your alcohol consumption rather than your purchasing a different item than the one he’d come to associate you with. If you feel unhappy that he has come to associate your weekly purchase with you, then that’s your issue, not his. You are way too touchy about it, which seems to speak to you more than to him.
My question is…
What only 18 beers when you have friends coming over and want to make sure you have enough?
In my day we would be a round dozen per person, most in the time I would buy it in 30 bottle packs…and I was at the low end of the spectrum.
This is my favorite post of the day.
God, you’re a mean alcoholic. Just because you drink so much, you shouldn’t take it out on us.
I think you’re a fucking idiot.
Thank you. I hate suggestive selling also.
One of my favorite college professors would say that if he went to a fast food place and asked for a coke and was told “Is Pepsi Ok?”, unlike most people who would not care, he would say “No, I don’t want Pepsi, I want coke!”
However, he was probably trying to make a point. We all know that McD’s has cokes, while Taco Bell and KFC has Pepsi. More Americans know this than know their civil rights.
I (unlike some people - and not just in this thread) have no problem with clerks making friendly comments while ringing up my order. There was one clerk at the Harris Teeter who greeted me by name whenever I went to her register; she had a good memory for names and remembered it from the first time I’d been in her line.
And actually, using the cart is laziness on my part; I just don’t want to have to do the extra work of carrying things if I don’t have to. When I first got the cart I only used it if I was buying things that were heavy or bulky, like 14 lb boxes of cat litter or multiple bottles of juice. But after a while I started using it all the time.
goes to 7/11