Store employees embellishing?

So what is it that makes you more of an authentic beer enthusiast than them? I'm not seeing the relevance of their age or clothing choice.

 

I apparently have the opposite problem with stores around me. Unless its a mega hyped beer, most employees that I ask questions to about new arrivals and such don't know what I'm talking about and I have to play 20 questions with to figure out a simple new release.

 

Next time you catch one of those lowly store employees in a lie, you need to put them in their place RIGHT AWAY. Tell them about the whales you tick and how many loons you got stored horizontally in your cellar. If they keep going, just remind them they work RETAIL. That oughtta learn em!

 

Pretty popular place on the river in Ft. Lauderdale insisted to me one morning that he was the only account in all of Florida to get Gentlemens Club (all 3). By this point they had already been out 7 months and were available everywhere.

 

In my little town, I'm the teacher and the store is the student. Sad, but true.

 

No, see, if you were REALLY serious about getting them out of there, you'd be throwing FULL cans at them... I mean, that's what 30-racks are for, aren't they? High capacity magazines.

Look, I've spent my time on the other sde of the counter, and there's times I've exaggerated things a bit... not often and not to that extent, except the one time someone was yelling at me about a mis-racked coat that I had to sell it to him at the price on top of the rack (I was working in a discount clothing store at the time - hey, it was summers in college, to get coffee and beer money...) I just put my hands on the desk and told him I was a pre-law student working blah blah, and that I had looked up the laws because I worked there, and there was no such law on the books. He shut up, paid the price on the tag and left. The manager on duty did give me a high-five on that one...
I never exaggerated or flat out lied to impress someone, if I thought I had to there was a reason behind it... usually to gain credibility... and something like the OPs experience obviously does nothing for credibility.

 

2008 Bigfoot was never released in 4- packs.


Some shit is going on there. ..

 

Embellishing a story about embellishing?

 

Anytime I get that kinda crap while grabbing beer I just respond "Yeah i've got some small batch aged coors sitting in my fridge, waiting another year or so to crack it open" then get this really excited look on your face.

 

Maybe one or two of those college kids might help you out and get one for you... not all college students are douche muffins.

 

Too bad they post in the morning. A local liquor store in my area is pretty good about this, they post at around 5 pm, just when people are getting off work. Kind of gives most people a fair chance of landing it.

 

No man, this guy was flat out, in-your-face making fun of you. You and everybody else that took this affront so seriously.
Every one of you.

 

I was in State College, and the guy told me that Sucks was a great strong ale. I just said "Brown Shugga is the strong ale and Sucks is their IPA, and I agree its awesome". He said, "No, I'm pretty sure it's a strong ale."

So I said, "Well, I don't fucking want a strong ale." And then I threw the bottle at him.

I guess I overreacted slightly, but it was my first time at Penn State, and it was overwhelming being so far from Pitt.

 

Been a lurker to the site for ages, love the avy.

COYS, always love to see a fellow Yid!

 

Maybe its just cuz I'm a little high and a little drunk, but I don't understand one word of that.

 

I've had it happen to me. I just ignore it.

 

i once had a guy behind the counter at a local distro tell me that "hoppy beers get better with age" during a conversation about ipas...i did a scooby doo double take but didnt say anything...wish i did...either he thought i was ******ed and trying to sell me outdated ipas or he genuinely had no clue what he was talking about...neither would have surprised me and needless to say i dont go there anymore

 

This whole thing is laughable.

Seriously, who gives a shit? whether the employee is lonely and looking to make a friend or conversation, is full of shit, or is just trolling you because he's bored, does that suddenly mean every bottle of beer in the store is now full of cat piss?

you're acting like you walked in and the guy was shoving veal up his butt while beating a small child.