What is up with this?

[crundel04]

I was just wondering about the "beer nazi" at the Margarita Pub.  My husband and I really like the Sir Burno beer that is only served at this pub.  We were there on Sunday specifically to see the Lost Boys.  The first show of the Lost Boys was at noon.  So my husband went to get us seats and I went to get us a beer.  The beer "nazi" would not give me two beers.  Since my husband was not with me she would not give me two beers.  She would only give me one.  Was a little bothered by that.  The next time we stopped by this pub to get a beer.  The beer "nazi" would not give my husband a beer because he still had some in his mug.  She made a point of looking in his mug.  We stopped there because we were on the way to the front of the fair and would not be in that area for a while and thought we would get a beer while we were there.  Again she would only give us one beer.  I mean I felt like the guy in the Seinfeld episode with the soup "nazi".  She kept saying "no beer for you".  I mean what is up with that?  We were not drunk---we were not giving it to minors.  I have been at the NC Fair many of times and on Sundays and have never had this treatment before.  Is this something new or is this person just way out of line?  I know that in a couple of weeks when we come back to the fair to see the Pyrates Royale I will not be purchasing from this booth.  I am tired of being screamed out by the beer "nazi"!

I was just wondering if any one else had experienced this?

Thanks!

[Scotsman]

I visit your shire closing weekend each year and that has been the case for me each time ... one person, one beer. That is why I always surround myself with a group ... here hold this for me a sec ... can I get another of those please? Hey hold this for me a sec ... can I get one more. Before you know it I have three beers and am going down the road 

[Amras Elfwine]

They have that policy at Maryland, so Scotsman and I are practiced in the art of "Multiple Beer Acquisition Techniques 101"...

A possibility at CRF that day was that the county inspectors were having an audit/announced inspection day, and that will tend to bring mangement/beer nazi types into a "show" of doing the required regulation thing...just a possibility, anyway.

Cheers!

[Hibernian]

While the vendors' attitude sounds a bit harsh, one must remember this is the state whose ABC laws specifically restrict the verbal shouting or hawking of the sale of malt beverages at sporting events. In other words you will not find the beer man in the stands of the professional baseball and football games yelling for "cold beer!" Heck, its even illegal to sell beer at the local bingo game. What's a good Catholic boy to do?

Actually, the vendors actions were in line with the NC ABC Laws & Rules which tell us to sell "not more than one regular drink to one person at one time for their own personal comsumption." To do otherwise is to risk losing the ABC permit for the site, namely all of CRF. While the vendor could have been nicer and more diplomatic, your spouse already had one beer in hand, to sell another at that time would be against the rules. One never knows when the local enforcement agent is watching, best to follow the rules at all times.

That why M'Cracks travel in groups of two or more, easier to buy adult beverages!

[Scotsman]

That why M'Cracks travel in groups of two or more, easier to buy adult beverages!

Indeed ... safety in numbers!

[crundel04]

I guess we will have to travel in a larger group, because when I had my husband watch my beer and I went up empty handed and she told me that I could not get another one because I had just gotten one five minutes ago.

I guess I was just a little put off by ther mannerisms.  If she would have been a little nicer and had the patience to explain it to me why I could not have another I would have been a little more understanding.  I just thought my "mother" was at the fair telling me what I could and could not have.

Thats ok., it won't keep me from coming back.  I love the NC Fair.

[Hibernian]

Glad to hear it!

If you happen to be in Fairhaven that last weekend make sure to stop by the tailgate before opening cannon and say hi to everyone. If you miss us at tailgate, you can find a lot of friendly faces under the trees adjacent to the beer stand with the poor attitude. That stand serves Guinness which draws a lot of attention from those of us wearing saffron kilts!

[Scotsman]

I guess we will have to travel in a larger group, because when I had my husband watch my beer and I went up empty handed and she told me that I could not get another one because I had just gotten one five minutes ago.

I would have screamed and lite my hair on fire ... then shouted ... give me something to put this out with!
Your right .. I probably would have blown a gasket over that ... how can you be blamed for drinking too fast. Or if you spilled your beer, or a M'Crack stole it from you. I think I would have asked, "exactly what is the time between beers" I would like to know please and followed it with, Are the other pubs along the way aware of when my last beer was purchased?
I think I would have had something very smart to say ... of course coming from me it would have came out sounding stupid ... but in my head they are always good.

*my inside voice is much funnier than my outside voice*

[Raibeart OShea]

*my inside voice is much funnier than my outside voice*

WOW!  And here I thought it was just me.

Yeah...the Blue Laws suck so the best approach is the mass assault.  Get your friends (grab me if I'm around) and we can ALL hold a beer for you...(provided I'm not already encumbered).

[crundel04]

Ok, guys, I am going to hold you to it.  If I see you and I need help acquiring a beer I am going to enlist your help.  I am going to be back in Fairhaven the weekend of November 8th and 9th and I am sure to be thirsty!  .

Thanks for all your help in understanding the Blue Laws of NC.

[Scotsman]

I will be the Nov 15/16. And I am at your service!
That is a pretty good vent though ... I would be a bit smoked as well.

[Malkavian]

Everyone's dead on about the blue laws, but I might also point out: In the 3 days I've attended so far, I've seen more obviously inebriated people than in previous years (maybe I just wasn't paying attention before?) 

That in mind it could be that patrons are complaining about it, causing the servers to be a little more "tight" than might otherwise be the case.

[Scotsman]

Just my third cent ... then I will shut up about it ...

If someone wants to get trashed there is very little the faire can do about it ... I have seen plety of parking lot crusaders as well as flask totters! If you were to take all the flasks and outside beverages that come in and line them up end to end ...  I know there is something good I could insert right now but my mind is blank ... anyway there is a lot of outside stuff that comes in regardless of what faire sells.

[will paisley]

If you were to take all the flasks and outside beverages that come in and line them up end to end ... 

... then you're too sober to have been drinking out of any of them (if that line's anywhere near straight, that is ...)

... you could throw one hell of a party ...

... they'd reach all the way to the 16th century and back again ...

... you'd have a great idea for a white elephant gift exchange ...

... you'd have a hard time figuring out which one was yours ...

Come to think of it, your blank mind may have had the right idea in the first place.

[Lairde Guardn]

"Multiple Beer Acquisition Techniques 101"...

Class is a definite must in the curriculum of M'Crack Pets