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argonautweakend 12/29/18 5:16:39 PM #1: |
There's this old guy we call grandpa(70s/80s) who comes in every day and gets a pint of Jim Beam Kentucky Straight. I don't think he has been a lifelong drinker or anything, but every single day for i dont know how long. I think when his wife died he didnt know what to do and took to drinking.
Anyways...he didn't come in for a month or two, and we were all worried and thought he might be dead. We have no way to contact him, and while he is a cool customer and nice gentleman we dont actually know him. But then one day last week I see his car on the curb, and go to open the door for him(heavy doors+cane dont mix well). I greet him and everything, but something has changed. He is now up to a 750Ml of Jim a day. that's....not good. I asked my coworkers and they told me he was in the hospital for a bit, now he is out, and they did notice he is buying a 750 rather than a pint(375) almost every day(but clearly he is consuming way more), but they didn't know why. He doesn't look significantly worse, but at his age this isn't good. There's nothing I can do about it because as far as I am concerned I sell it to him and what he does when he leaves is none of my business. I sell a lot of shit to a lot of every day regulars, but this is the first one I think I am actually seeing die in real time. While this isn't my problem, it is still sad. I've never been addicted to alcohol and can drink at my own leisure, but some advice i saw on reddit one time about alcoholism stuck with me: "Get the fuck out NOW" just felt like posting this story, even if Im not sure what the point is. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Ferarri619 12/29/18 5:26:18 PM #2: |
argonautweakend posted...
70s/80s Most don't even live past their 20s nowadays so he should consider himself lucky tbh. --- ~Nintendo 64. Get N or Get out. Coming Fall 1996~ ... Copied to Clipboard!
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JOExHIGASHI 12/29/18 5:35:53 PM #3: |
everybody is dying
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wwinterj25 12/29/18 5:38:30 PM #4: |
Nobody knows how long they have left.
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Mead 12/29/18 5:50:17 PM #5: |
Ferarri619 posted...
argonautweakend posted...70s/80s What u mean --- If they drag you through the mud, it doesnt change whats in your blood ... Copied to Clipboard!
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LinkPizza 12/30/18 12:50:21 AM #6: |
Mead posted...
Ferarri619 posted...argonautweakend posted...70s/80s I, too, as confused... --- Official King of Kings Switch FC: 7216-4417-4511 Add Me because I'll probably add you. I'm probably the LinkPizza you'll see around. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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faramir77 12/30/18 12:58:47 AM #7: |
I worked in a liquor store during university. I had a guy in his 70s buy a 750mL of whisky every day. He died about a year after I started.
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Bugmeat 12/30/18 1:11:39 AM #8: |
Start taking screen shots from the store surveillance system. Compile them over the next year, or however long it takes him to pass. Then put them together into a slide show of his slow decay.
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minervo 12/30/18 1:22:01 AM #9: |
Well, I can easily drink 20 ounces of hard liquor a day as long as its good stuff, and I can honestly say, Ive never felt better. As for grandpa, hes facing death like a champ so kudos to him.
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Zeus 12/31/18 1:10:20 AM #10: |
Well, you sell literal poison so you shouldn't be all that surprised.
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minervo 12/31/18 6:44:44 AM #11: |
Zeus posted...
Well, you sell literal poison so you shouldn't be all that surprised. Alcohol, literal poison? Get the fuck outta here. --- "how hard is it for people to understand that not everything you read will be something you agree with?" - Awesome ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Mead 12/31/18 6:47:21 AM #12: |
minervo posted...
Zeus posted...Well, you sell literal poison so you shouldn't be all that surprised. By definition it totally is --- If they drag you through the mud, it doesnt change whats in your blood ... Copied to Clipboard!
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minervo 12/31/18 6:55:46 AM #13: |
Mead posted...
minervo posted...Zeus posted...Well, you sell literal poison so you shouldn't be all that surprised. Food can be considered poison. So can water if drunk in enough quantities. --- "how hard is it for people to understand that not everything you read will be something you agree with?" - Awesome ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Mead 12/31/18 7:01:50 AM #14: |
minervo posted...
Mead posted...minervo posted...Zeus posted...Well, you sell literal poison so you shouldn't be all that surprised. Oh my golly --- If they drag you through the mud, it doesnt change whats in your blood ... Copied to Clipboard!
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minervo 12/31/18 7:03:04 AM #15: |
Mead posted...
minervo posted...Mead posted...minervo posted...Zeus posted...Well, you sell literal poison so you shouldn't be all that surprised. I know. Hard to believe you're wrong once again, but there it is, right in front of your face. --- "how hard is it for people to understand that not everything you read will be something you agree with?" - Awesome ... Copied to Clipboard!
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SmokeMassTree 12/31/18 8:26:31 AM #16: |
That's gotta be super depressing
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CacciatoPart3 12/31/18 1:02:53 PM #17: |
minervo posted...
Mead posted...minervo posted...Zeus posted...Well, you sell literal poison so you shouldn't be all that surprised. Only you could compare alcohol to water and think that comparison made sense --- "Why the f*** do you think I'm gay bro I'm not f***ing gay. I love p****, I'm in deep love with the female anatomy" - Nomak54/-Komaiko54- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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