Things beer store employees probably say about us

Mules need training.

 

'Nice ass.'

 

I work at a spot in KY and I can almost guarantee you no employees here look at BA's any different than our wine folk. All four of our locations have at least one person who is knowledgeable about craft and everyone here understands how picky BA's can be. Even though the craft community in my town is reasonably small the employees still know beer matters. I can't believe people in big cities with good sized craft communities have liquor stores that dont get it.

 

'Maybe we should have put a limit on the amount of BCBCS he bought'

 

Honestly, when you guys leave I just go back to talking to the beer on the shelves.

 

Nerd?

 

This!!!!!

People that come into my store and expect free s**t when they have no idea what our cost structure is kills me. Using semi-baked example, nobody realizes that our keg margins are less then 15% (duh your buying in bulk) while case margins are 20-30%. Why would you expect free stuff for buying a keg when I can sell 1 case of craft beer to another customer and make 100% more profit and that customer does not expect any free stuff.

 

It's hard to tell, hahaha. Probably something along the lines of "...poor guy. He doesn't he's the only one who buys this stuff. Sucker."

Just this past week I stopped in to purchase a bomber of Ommegang Three Philosophers; the bottle was $8.50. When I checked it out with some six-packs of locals, the lady at the register said, "That's one expensive bottle of beer."

My response? "I have an expensive sense of adventure."

 

What shop and where in PA do you work?

Enjoy

 

Awesome BEARD!!

 

I don't think they talk about us much at all.

 

I don't like it when the guy behind me with a 12 pack of Bud gives me the stink eye for buying fancy beer. I know what he's thinking. "You think you're better than me, don't cha"?

 

I have been directed to the Shock Top display before. Um, that's not what I wanted.

 

I work at a beer store too and I only talk about the guys who come in and get weird BMC (like chelada, worst crap on this planet) and the cheapest Vodka.

 

damn, are you following me around as I shop hop?
I've had both your comments directly said to me by shop owners (not behind my back).

 

"He's as bad as can!"

 

"great, this guy again...looks like hes been living in the woods for the past year, now he will go to the beer section and analyse the same stock he checks EVERY couple days! (20 mins later)...once his phone battery dies he will come to the counter, have his ID ready like hes doing me a favor....what an asshole!"

 

Like other beer store workers here, the overwhelming majority of the people who come in are cool, and I LOVE helping them. Real beer people make me happy. The ONLY customer's I've ever taken issue with are the few "PlinyAlpineKern" people that come in. It's all they ever want, and they never touch anything else. I mean, I have a massive wall of great beer that I want to show them, but nope, it's gotta be that PlinyAlpineKern. So when the planets align and we actually manage to score some PlinyAlpineKern, it's always out when they come by. All the regulars get first crack at it.

 

I'm a liquor store manager and always love chatting up any BA's I encounter. Usually asking for something we can't get unfortunately.

 

This is what you get for being too knowledgeable and doing a better job than the employees.