Don't Deny Me My Milwaukee's Best Premium

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I am not usually one to openly complain to strangers. But, today at the grocery store, I got pushed over the edge.

As we were walking into the store, I realized that I had forgotten my purse, so I made sure that Lee had his wallet. He did. We proceeded to shop, buying some beer and some wine. We get to the checkout and the lady said "I need to see your id's." I noticed the plurality of id's, but ignored it for the time being while Lee gave her his id. She said "Maam, I need to see yours too." Are you kidding me? You're going to card me WHILE calling me maam? That's like some sort of oxymoron irony BS, isn't it?

I told her my id was in the car and she made me GO OUT AND GET IT. "I'm sorry, but we have to card everyone now. It's a state law." That makes NO sense. So, if I am shopping with Taryn, are they going to card Taryn? She said "Well, we don't think that an adult is going to give their child alcohol." What if it was a sibling? A niece or nephew? Where is the line and how exactly are you going to enforce this?

The bagboy was confused and thought that Lee didn't have his id which really makes me think the cashier was just being a biatch. I begrudgingly walked out to the car in the 300 degree heat to get my id, but only after yelling out "I'M ALMOST 30 FOR GOD'S SAKE." (You know I'm mad if I am admitting to being close to 30!) When I brought my id back in, I don't even think she looked at it long enough to see the date.

As we were leaving, Lee said "You know, it doesn't help that you're wearing a West Side Cheerleader t-shirt." Yeah, but the thing is 18 years old. (Wow, that just made me take a hard look at my wardrobe. I have a shirt that could legally vote and buy cigarettes. And I wear it. Often.)

I guess in the end, we got our beer and wine and the only thing that it cost me was a trip out to the car and about 5 minutes of my time. But, for some reason, I'm still bitter. Perhaps one of those Milwaukee's Best Premiums would help calm my nerves... It's noon somewhere.

Some of these are so true!

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If alcohol were labeled more accurately...

As is the case with most products from Mexico...
I kind of disagree with this one. PBR is cheap and tasty.

Lee can attest to this.

Thank goodness I never drink Tequila!

So true...

Even with no money, I don't stoop to Natty Ice! Busch Light baby!

Ah, memories.

If Fubar made liquor labels.

That's a lot of dimp

This Australian man was spending $972 a week on beer. Wow. That's over $50k a year! (No surprise he ended up with 7 DUI's with that regimen.)

I remember being shocked when I met with a financial panther ("Get him Sheba!") and he had me figure out how much I spent on "entertainment" (ie, booze). It turned out to be more than my rent at the time, but it didn't come CLOSE to $972 a week!

The magistrate declined to jail the father of four, Michael Leary, noting he had quit drinking since his latest arrest, but he banned Leary from buying or even holding a beer for 12 months.

Ouch! He can't even hold a beer & snuggle with it. Wait, did he just ban him from buying a beer or holding a beer? I could totally find a way around that one. "Somebody buy me a beer and pour it in my mouth!" My favorite part of the article:

The magistrate also poked fun at Leary's favorite beer, Melbourne Bitter...

''(That is) poor judgment on two counts there -- drinking that much and drinking Melbourne Bitter,'' magistrate Vince Luppino was quoted as saying.

Best holiday ever!

Happy Beer Day!!

75 years ago today they began to allow 3.2% alcohol beer to be sold. This was near the end of prohibition. Thank goodness I wasn't around in those days. I guess with the 3.2% beer you just need to drink twice as much. Phew, I'd be peeing a lot!!

Oh, and later in the article, we have the lame-o party poopers:

"It is the product of choice for underage drinking," said Michael Scippa, advocacy director for the Marin Institute, an alcohol industry watchdog group.

Um, I think that is probably a good thing! Do you prefer the underage kids test their limits with hard liquor?

Interesting article. I suggest checking it out!

Note: this picture has nothing to do with the article. Lee just happened to send it to me and I thought it was appropriate.