I recently picked up a night shift job at a convenience store to pass the time. You’d be appalled by the amount of people that are buying shots in their way in to work
a lot of people are not full blown alcoholics, but alcohol dependents, as if they don’t get shit faced, but they need a drink to function in ordinary situations.
I have known people like this. They can’t interact without people without alcohol. So at work, at a party, or just getting a coffee… they have to drink. And most stealth way to do this is a nip they can drop in their coffee or whatever. Typically they are not drunk or visible intoxicated, but without drinking they feel anxious and miserable.
it’s called Alcohol Use Disorder, or if you go by the alcoholic stages, it’s stage 1-2 on that scale.
Oh I get it. But how alcohol is legally able to be served AT GAS stations, where there is a high probability you drove there, is the real head scratcher. It’s almost entrapment.
Can get shots at gas station, but can’t buy alcohol after midnight and not on Sundays at all in some states (7pm and not on sunday in SC). Fucking wild what is and isn’t allowed.
a single drink isn’t enough to go over the BAC limit. You typically need 2-3.
Alcohol rules are state by state and every state has different history. In my state happy hour is illegal due to MADD, and they have tried to repeal it several times and each time it gets shot down. A lot of it also has to do alcohol businesses wanting limited hours and less competition.
Norway had a Christian party as part of parliament in the late 90’s and early 00’s, so that couldn’t happen here. Can’t buy alcohol up to 4,7% before 9 or after 20 at the grocery. Anything harder can only be bought from the state regulated monopoly from 10-18 on weekdays, 10-16 on Saturday’s.
Also, if you want to have beer over the Easter weekend, you’d better stock up early. I found out the hard way that Norway takes Easter much more seriously than anyone else earlier this year. Wednesday night, I was thinking about stocking up at the Kiwi next to my hotel for food and drink for the rest of my stay, but thought, “Nah, I’ll go first thing in the morning.” And that’s how I learned the entire city of Oslo basically shuts down from the Thursday before Easter all the way through Sunday. I think there was a 4 hour window on Saturday to hit up Vinmonopolet and grab the rest of your food and beer from the larger shops, and otherwise you were at the mercy of restaurant prices.
We did luck out a bit in that we had stocked up on some aquavit and gin coming through the airport, so drinks didn’t hit too hard for us, despite being there for a music festival. The worst part was honestly the cost of eating out. We had some surprisingly good pizza, some absolutely terrible nachos, and then were quite pleased when the Kiwi opened up again on Saturday. This was also helped by the fact that even the worst rated budget chains still had consistently higher quality and service than anything comparable back home.
On the other hand, we were pleasantly surprised that Norway isn’t as ruinously expensive a place to visit if you just cook for yourself. Honestly, now I wish I could find knekkebrød and skinke for those prices back home, but skinke I would have to import or make myself, and knekkebrød has been relegated to the domain of health foods, so the packs I was getting for like 20kr would run closer to 150kr a pack back here.
Who knows, though, I might head back for a seasonal job next year, and I’ll just have to see how much of them and lefse I can smuggle back home when I leave if that comes to pass. Of course, if that happens, I’d have to survive moving north of Tromsø in February, so I should probably take things one step at a time for now.
I used to think this was the norm everywhere as I live in a very conservative state in Mexico, but I once was visiting monterrey and we were partying until like 4am and then went to a convenience store for more buzz at around 5am or so.
My mind was suddenly opened. And I didn’t even drink.
I recently picked up a night shift job at a convenience store to pass the time. You’d be appalled by the amount of people that are buying shots in their way in to work
Yo, wtf is up with that. Can get mini bottles of liquor at the counter, next to the 5 hour energy drinks. Literally inviting drunk driving.
it’s how they cope with their miserable life.
a lot of people are not full blown alcoholics, but alcohol dependents, as if they don’t get shit faced, but they need a drink to function in ordinary situations.
I have known people like this. They can’t interact without people without alcohol. So at work, at a party, or just getting a coffee… they have to drink. And most stealth way to do this is a nip they can drop in their coffee or whatever. Typically they are not drunk or visible intoxicated, but without drinking they feel anxious and miserable.
it’s called Alcohol Use Disorder, or if you go by the alcoholic stages, it’s stage 1-2 on that scale.
Oh I get it. But how alcohol is legally able to be served AT GAS stations, where there is a high probability you drove there, is the real head scratcher. It’s almost entrapment.
Can get shots at gas station, but can’t buy alcohol after midnight and not on Sundays at all in some states (7pm and not on sunday in SC). Fucking wild what is and isn’t allowed.
And then Louisiana stumbles into the party with its daiquiri drive-throughs and just leaves the rest of us confused.
Yes! Saw that in arizona. Hear other states have liquor on one side, beer on the other, drive through barns. They just put it in your trunk. Wild shit
a single drink isn’t enough to go over the BAC limit. You typically need 2-3.
Alcohol rules are state by state and every state has different history. In my state happy hour is illegal due to MADD, and they have tried to repeal it several times and each time it gets shot down. A lot of it also has to do alcohol businesses wanting limited hours and less competition.
My favorite is the people who come up with a cup, an energy drink and ask for some shots. On their way in to work. You’re not slick.
Norway had a Christian party as part of parliament in the late 90’s and early 00’s, so that couldn’t happen here. Can’t buy alcohol up to 4,7% before 9 or after 20 at the grocery. Anything harder can only be bought from the state regulated monopoly from 10-18 on weekdays, 10-16 on Saturday’s.
Also, if you want to have beer over the Easter weekend, you’d better stock up early. I found out the hard way that Norway takes Easter much more seriously than anyone else earlier this year. Wednesday night, I was thinking about stocking up at the Kiwi next to my hotel for food and drink for the rest of my stay, but thought, “Nah, I’ll go first thing in the morning.” And that’s how I learned the entire city of Oslo basically shuts down from the Thursday before Easter all the way through Sunday. I think there was a 4 hour window on Saturday to hit up Vinmonopolet and grab the rest of your food and beer from the larger shops, and otherwise you were at the mercy of restaurant prices.
Yeah, what you don’t get by Wednesday, you’d have to be quick on Saturday to get, or spend your entire budget in a bar.
We did luck out a bit in that we had stocked up on some aquavit and gin coming through the airport, so drinks didn’t hit too hard for us, despite being there for a music festival. The worst part was honestly the cost of eating out. We had some surprisingly good pizza, some absolutely terrible nachos, and then were quite pleased when the Kiwi opened up again on Saturday. This was also helped by the fact that even the worst rated budget chains still had consistently higher quality and service than anything comparable back home.
On the other hand, we were pleasantly surprised that Norway isn’t as ruinously expensive a place to visit if you just cook for yourself. Honestly, now I wish I could find knekkebrød and skinke for those prices back home, but skinke I would have to import or make myself, and knekkebrød has been relegated to the domain of health foods, so the packs I was getting for like 20kr would run closer to 150kr a pack back here.
Who knows, though, I might head back for a seasonal job next year, and I’ll just have to see how much of them and lefse I can smuggle back home when I leave if that comes to pass. Of course, if that happens, I’d have to survive moving north of Tromsø in February, so I should probably take things one step at a time for now.
I used to think this was the norm everywhere as I live in a very conservative state in Mexico, but I once was visiting monterrey and we were partying until like 4am and then went to a convenience store for more buzz at around 5am or so.
My mind was suddenly opened. And I didn’t even drink.