Fuck you Dermot Ahern…
I regularly finish work after 10pm. Which is fine by me as I’m not cut out for a 9 to 5 type routine. So far, so me.
And quite often I work 14 hour days in a relatively intense set up, which again is fine by me. I enjoy what I do and it keeps me off the streets.
After such days working sometimes I think to myself… “I’d murder a cold beer when I get home”. Just to unwind like.
And tonight is one of those nights. But unfortunately I’ve no beer in the fridge and there’s nothing I can do to remedy this.
So my problem is this… I can’t buy a beer, in a shop /off-licence etc, after ten o’clock on a Saturday night (i.e. on my way home from work) because our Minister for Justice doesn’t think I can handle that beer or two in the safety and comfort of my own home at such an hour. So instead he wants us all to go to Tesco and stock up on multi-packs of Stella for 27 cent or whatever ridiculous loss leader they put on as an incentive to get people into their stores.
Which is worse? Me picking up a beer or two after ten o’clock or people hoarding cheap beer during daytime hours to avoid having to be disappointed after dark? I know the answer to that question but unfortunately Dermot Ahern doesn’t.
So as I say… fuck you Dermot Ahern and the horse you rode in on. And don’t even get me started on your proposed fucking bejesusin’ blasphemy laws.
Maxi Cane said,
May 24, 2009 at 1:26 am
It doesn’t make sense alright.
Working in hospitality for years, I never found the off licence hours much of a contributor to any late night trouble. They used to close with the pubs, so if you didn’t have it by then, tough.
I’ll bet Tesco and Dunnes have lined his pockets.
Meadow said,
May 24, 2009 at 2:58 am
It’s just stupid. Most local pubs will do a ‘carry out’ but it’s not always convenient.
Or you could sweet-talk your pyjama clad buddy?
annie said,
May 24, 2009 at 10:55 am
It’s fucking bizarre.
I actually get really annoyed when I think about it because it’s such a makey-uppy rule with no thought behind it.
Lets go get locked out of out heads in the pub instead.
NaRocRoc said,
May 24, 2009 at 7:52 pm
I wouldn’t doubt it Maxi. They’re the real winners in all of this.
Meadow, I’ll never be that thirsty!
Annie, it is indeed bizarre. Intoxicating Liquor Act me hole!
Red Leeroy said,
May 25, 2009 at 7:52 am
I was just raging about this the other day, it was 9:58 and I was sprinting to get a few cold bottles of wifebeater, all because some filthy bastard dreamed up this bullshit law, I want it repealed like prohibition, but without the violence. Wait, with more violence.
NaRocRoc said,
May 25, 2009 at 10:05 am
I’m all for the violence Red. Not enough civilian upheaval these days.