So a recovering alcoholic goes into an establishment that serves alcoholic drinks, took a drink of something without checking it, and is all pissed off because he got served the wrong drink (which happened to contain alcohol). Is this shit even news worthy?
These things happen, people make mistakes, if you’re so scared of falling off the wagon stay the fuck away from places that server alcohol. Stop blaming others for your carelessness. —Fuck run-on sentences
This article appears in Jan 20-26, 2011.
Great, the guy is a recovering alcoholic. Now all he has to do is beat his gambling addiction.
Any fine example of ‘the world revolves around ME’ – a mistake was made but that’s no excuse for acting like a menopausal baboon.
I think the guy was doing pretty good for himself, being strong willed enough to go out business as usual and live his life surrounded by the one thing that could ruin it. I have a hard enough time resisting the urge to drink when I draw the short straw and end up as the disignated driver.
So a recovering alcoholic goes into a bar….
aw crap, you’ve already heard this one?
On the CBC site they reported that he pretty much went ape-shit (my apologies to apes, fuck everyone’s sensitive these days) and smashed a glass, gave the wait staff a blast (no tip there I bet) and was promptly booted and banned for 3 months.
someone commented that he might want to brush up on his anger management skills also.
Ok…..wouldn’t you SMELL the beer before you drank it? I’m drinking one of those cup of soup thingies now, and I can smell it even before it hits my lips….beer has a very recognizable smell ffs! How can you confuse it with gingerale?
I once had a customer ask if I used any alcohol in the chocolate mousse (it does call for a little amount), people with addictions can be that serious. Cut the guy some slack.
found it baz
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story…
Coffee liquer Cranky?
I gave a 15+ yrs sober guy a piece of chocolate kahlua cheesecake… the whole thing had one shot in it….. gladly, he did not fall off said wagon.
I have nowhere to go with this one. Guy should be more careful. Beer does not look like ginger ale. Alcoholism is serious and who wants to fuck up decades of sobriety? Wait… what it all comes down to is what a lot of bitches on here come down to (bike riders, nearly getting hit at traffic stops, cross-walks, tools on buses)
LET’S PAY MORE ATTENTION TO OUR SURROUNDINGS, SHALL WE? (I include myself in this too)
I just feel bad, the poor server is probably going to get canned, lose everything, drink herself stupid, go to AA, recover, and then decide years later to go to the casino and while playing cards, order a nice… bubbily… ginger ale…
Thanks, PG. That certainly helps put things in perspective.
how’s the day progressing rosie? i came home from the shop, couldn’t feel my feet…making stew. i had folks ask for desserts with no booze, eggs, flour and sugar
I’d give them an apple and a paring knife. HeeHaw.
heehaw is right, tho we only said things if they were nasty. no flour or booze is easy, no eggs too, we always had lovely fruit salad and the creme caramel was awesome for those with celiac. we were extremely careful with allergies, but for severe nut ones i couldn’t guarantee that cake didn’t touch that one. i was thinking a piece of sugarcane admiral^^^
How the fuck do you confuse ginger ale with beer? I wonder if he does everything perfectly in his job, never making a mistake.
And I would think Bro Tim et al. that if he was as ‘allergic’ as he claimed he would have been HYPER-sensitive to the smell.
funny how alcoholics and smokers blamed everyone else for their addictions…at first i was on this guys side,but after reading the entire story,why would someone who has an addiction enter an establishment that caters to that addiction,then is surprised that a mistake was made…shake your fuzzy brain,grow the “f” up and accept responsibility for your OWN choices…
Think of it like this: someone with a food allergy goes into a restaurant and asks for specific items to be left out of the meal. Person eats meal and then finds out server screwed up. Person dies. Server doesn’t get tip.
Same thing here as far as I’m concerned.
Or maybe buddy was busting every time he took a card when he should have stood at 19?
why would the dude go to a bar in the first place, wrong drink i think is an excuse. if a recovering gambler goes to the casino he has a reason to be there.
If he never learned to tell the difference between ginger ale and beer, he must not have been a really good alcoholic either.
I didn’t read anything about an alergy, did I miss something?
His behaviour was uncalled for. If I tell my food sever that I don’t want olives in my salad…
Umm, bet ya he wasn’t on a winning streak!
It’s a stupid bitch, somewhat. The op never mentioned bar. It could of been a family reunion in a restuarant that is licensed. Just asking. Either way, his snark was uncalled for. Life threatening allergies are another thing.
yeah, i agree, if you got a booze problem, stay out of bars and don’t order shit if you do go in. fuck, peop;e are stupid.
He confused ginger ale with beer. What a NOOB.
I did that too, Judge, 14 times, honestly. Blame the establishment, not me!
If he is that hyper-sensitive, wouldn’t the smell trigger the same reaction? I think dude is glossing over his freakout.
It was at the casino, puss – it was in the news.
Dude was at a casino… not a bar, not that it matters. He himself, in the TorStar, described it as an allergy, demanding that staff be trained to treat alcoholic drinks in the same way food allergies are treated. It might not have stated that in other articles for editing purposes.
I’m just wondering if the beer was for the guy next to him, but because he was so wrapped up in his game (paraphrasing his words) he just assumed it was his and grabbed it. The server was standing there with his gingerale in hand going: ‘Wtf?’
Ooops! Sorry ralmn, I meant to edit out the line about the casino since you had just said it. My bad 😉
This might be a case of replacing one addiction (alcohol) with another (gambling), but I don’t know enough details to be positively sure about that.
@ orgasmatron L O L… I was actually thinking along the same lines when I read his bitch. THe real reason he popped off was because he was losing !
IF you’ve that addictive a personality, that decades go by & the smell of a beer sets you off !
You shouldn’t even be allowed in a store selling scratch tickets, never mind being allowed in a Casino .
Exactly, 195! We know he has an addictive personality because he had an addiction…and, you have to be pretty into what you’re doing to mistake beer for gingerale. As soon as you bring it up to your face you can smell it…I mean, servers DO make mistakes, and I don’t think this server meant any harm.
But, if you have an issue (alcoholism, allergies, etc…) you have to take it upon yourself to be aware of what’s going on. I was reading on a health message board that bartenders will sometimes not put diet soda in drinks because they don’t think it’s a big deal and if it’s a drink for a chick they think “probably only trying to watch her weight, whateves” because this had happened to this girl who posted (who was diabetic), so when she orders drinks with diet at bars she says “I’m diabetic, I need diet” and they always comply.
Pull the allergy/diabetes card and you’ll get what you want every time.
Cheese and crackers, More, wtf’s up with all your sensible posts lately? LOL. I agree 100%
I love that the guy was terrified of alcohol but had no trouble at all blowing his cash at the casino.
Wow.. This is Hilarious. I can’t believe people like that exist. Not for 3 months, ban him for life. Reason? He’s unstable and is a threat to the other patrons.
Also, you can so tell the difference between beer and ginger ale. He just never bothered to look.
I took a fall PK.
Cracked my skull wide open, concussion, whip lash, pulled muscles in my back. Its all good though I can still lift weights, 12 ounces at a time, with either hand ~;)
Must have knocked some sense into the gray matter… give me some time, I’ll get better ~8p
I knew it! Something was…a bit off 😛
PS: hope you’re doing alright — that sounds like a nasty spell of injuries!
Heheh… I like the “cheese and crackers”, exclamation, PK – it sounds so baptist or something! I’ve heard “cheese & rice!” before as an exclamation. Makes me giggle.
Get better soon More, coherent and sensible thoughts are not welcome amongst the bitchers. ha ha.
Ha Ha, ralmn said you weren’t normally coherent and sensible, More = )
I hope you recover quickly, but take it slow…damage like that needs much care.
I don’t remember a time in my 30 years where I didn’t know EXACTLY what I was ingesting by aroma alone. This prick should be dragged over the coals both sides and heavily fined for not being responsible for himself