August 04, 2004

Anheuser Busch rewards stadium construction workers with free beer "The brewery and the team provided a thank-you meal for hundreds of construction workers, and Anheuser-Busch gave each a six-pack of Budweiser brewed on Wednesday."
As appreciated as it might be, is this really the right reward for hard working men and women who use heavy machinery? Calling it Busch Stadium doesn't mean everyone there should be plotzed does it?
posted by es el Queso 20 years ago
  • is this really the right reward for hard working men and women who use heavy machinery? If they're not operating said heavy machinery while drinking (which was not implied in the article), I see nothing wrong with it. It's a thank you - a gift of freshly brewed beer (ie., something we'll never see in a can). That's it. Sometimes a spade is just a spade.
  • It's OK, it wasn't real beer, it was making love in a canoe.
  • I invite you to explain to any actual construction worker why they shouldn't be given beer as a present. Be sure to take a bag to bring your teeth home in. And for crying out loud, who can get plotzed on a 6-pack of Bud? Even if I could force down a half dozen of that insipid swill, the alcohol content would make it hard to get more than a mild buzz on.
  • A hard working man free beer. Gods made it that way - we just forget sometimes.
  • Wow, my last post makes no sense at all. I'm cuttin' me off!
  • I agree with vitalorgnz. My boss commonly sends a case of wine as a thank you gift, no one assumes it's meant to be drunk on the spot. At least, I hope not.
  • Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug! Has anyone noticed how hard the word "Chug" is to type?
  • That's why it's God's favorite baseball team, people. That's why it's God's favorite baseball team.
  • "Budweiser brewed on Wednesday" -- holy crap, are they idiots! That's referred to as "green beer". Even a good pale ale needs weeks for its flavor to peak. (yeah, I know, flavor is not a high point of mass-produced American pale ales)
  • roly, inexplicably that's Bud's new thing. There's the "born on" date, the idea being that the fresher it is, the better.
  • What else would Budweiser be expected to give as a gift? Honestly.
  • skirk, I love that joke, childish as it is.
  • Bud isn't a pale ale. It's a nasty-ass Pilsner wannabe.
  • As appreciated as it might be, is this really the right reward for hard working men and women who use heavy machinery? Stop by the nearest new subdivision project in your area still getting built. Marvel at the empty beer cans and cases littering a neighborhood which has no residents yet. And wonder about your house...
  • "...and in appreciation for your hard work and dedication, I am proud to present each of you with a six-pack of our carbonated corn&rice beverage..."
  • Pivo - I think those beer cans are from the concrete truck drivers.
  • rolypolyman - nah, I'm in Arizona, It's definitely the day laborer's doing :)
  • AB also has a long standing and well appreciated tradition of giving every one of their employees, from the CEO on down to the newest bottleman on the line, two cases of beer a month on top of their salary. This is a beer drinkin' town.
  • I can't remember if it was here or elsewhere that I learned the ASL sign for "Milwaukee" was miming wiping beer off your chin [see it here].
  • i used to live in st.louis; beer or no beer it is a horrible town/area to live in and i was glad to get out