You get what you deserve in life.......

[PatrickMcIrish]

I told this story to Strutt once and even posted it across the street once. The story is exactly true to the word at least the way I remember it.

One day around 8-10 years ago the wife sent me to get a bottle of liquor. Can't even remember what kind it was now but we were having a BBQ on a Sunday afternoon. I went up to a local store, it's the kind where the liquor store is connected to a big main store. May have even been an Albertson's. Anyway I get there and I show up about 10 minutes till 1. The store doesn't open till 1PM so as I wait a man strikes up a conversation with me. As he sits on the bench I can smell the booze on his breath....

Aftr I tell him what I am doing there he goes on to tell me what he is doing there. "I get here right at 1PM EVERY Sunday. This is the day the prices change on the booze and the lady that does them is always running behind schedule. So if I get in there right away I can usually find a bottle that is mismarked because she hasn't gotten to it yet. If I can find it first I get it free as they guarantee all the prices to be right or you get that item free. I don't have a quarter in my picket right now but for the last 2 months I have come by here and got free booze every Sunday. In fact starting around 1230 I have my wife call up here asking a lot of questions just to make sure it slows her down". As this man tells me the story he has a big grin on his face as though he is doing something he is really proud of. Well when the store opens this guy almost ran me over getting in the door. As I bought what I needed and headed out I could still see him going up and down the aisles looking over every bottle hoping for his jackpot.

When I made it back home I told them the story and we kind of laughed and forgot all about it. I never thought I would even remember it again. One day about a week or so later I have the news on and they are talking about the huge back-up on the bridge the day before. A car somehow sideswiped a semi, hit the railing and flipped several times before going over the side and into the bay. The driver was killed immediately. Right as I looked up they showed the picture of the driver AND IT WAS THE MAN AT THE LIQUOR STORE I was talking to that day!!! He had that same smile he had when he told me how he knew how to get free booze!! To this day my friends doubt me on this but it is very true. Anyway the point of this is there is nothing free in life. I really believe that. If you take a shot at someone it comes back to you in spades. I don't know that the man was drunk on the booze he got from the store with the mismarked prices but it wouldn't surprise me. You shop at books you know are dangerous trying to hawk bonuses or you take shots at folks don't be suprrised if you wake up in the sea one morning.

'Nuff said.

 

[THE SHRINK]

Patrick,

That man was my #1 BEARD!! I believe Charlie may have had something to do with this!

Just kidding...

In all seriousness, just a GREAT reminder for me of that old saying...

What Goes Around Comes Around!!

THE SHRINK

 

[BEANTOWNJIM]

HEY SHRINK ARE YOU PAYING MCIRISH BY THE WORD JESUS CHRIST THAT WAS A LONG BOOK TO SAY

WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND

I AM BEGGING MCIRISH TO STOP WRITING BOOKS EVERYTIME HE SAYS SOMETHING I KNOW THE IRISH LOVE TO TALK BUT THIS GUY TAKES IT TO THE EXTREME

JUST SHOOT ME IF I AM FORCED TO READ ANOTHER BOOK LIKE THIS

 

[Fishhead]

Classic

 

[SPIVE]

From "Player" advocate to "House" advocate...reminding of us of another old saying, "everyone has their own price."

Mr. McIrish knows where is bread is "now" being buttered.

 

[PatrickMcIrish]

I suppose so Spive.

The point is no matter who you are if you take a shot it usually comes back to you. Just as well if you are a book and take a shot at a player it all comes back to you 10 fold. This is just a personal belief by the way has nothing to do with the RX. So many times I see people think they outsmarted someone only to pay the piper later.....

Beaner I will try and cut back on the length. Always been a problem of mine being too long....

 

[SPIVE]

A method common utilized by those seeking victory is to find and exploit the weaknesses of their opponent.

If your opponent is incompetent in pricing their products, it should not be the fault of their customers, while integrity is found in those who are responsible for their own mistakes.

That is WHY the Boozer was capable of receiving free booze “every” Sunday...because the store was responsible for their own mistakes, yet incompetent in correcting them.

My point...shame on a store that holds their customers responsible for their own misappropriations (weakness)...the Boozer was merely exploiting a successful means to victory because he was more capable.

Perhaps the store should have replaced the incompetent clerk with the more worthy Boozer?

[This message was edited by SPIVE on May 25, 2003 at 04:27 PM.]

 

[ericdixon]

I am not much for cliches and I don't believe you get what you deserve in life. I know plenty of shitty people whom just seem to get "phatter" and many very good people whom just keep getting hosed.

And in this case, just cause the guy liked his liquor, I don't really think driving off a bridge is what " he deserved"! What about all the "kids" that have died at war, I don't think they received what they deserved.

To summarize the cliche, "you get what you deserve in life" needs to be put to death as an anaology or general statement. What the hell what about cancer patients, I guess you get the picture now!

 

[PatrickMcIrish]

LOL. Spive, I don't think the store was complaining about it. Was their rule and they give him his booze. He really got one over on them too in the long run huh? Maybe they can fit that bit about "exposing the weaknesses of his enemies" on his tombstone??

I find if people put as much effort in getting ahead the old fashioned way as they do in finding ways to cheat they would be much further ahead. But frankly the story was just sort of humorous to me more than sending any sort of secret messages, LOL. Not funny that he died, just the way the whole thing came down where that was the man I saw using his system to get free booze. Ironic would probably be a better word.

If you can pick up a free bottle that way Spive more power to you...

 

[The Guesser]

"Players adocate" doesn't mean the Player is aways right, or the house is always wrong. McIrish is an eminently fair guy, from my observations and personal dealings. His appointment here will only help the fair player, who isn't trying to cheat anyone, and has a real problem. It will also help the fair books, who are reasonable and aren't trying to cheat anyone. The cheats on both sides, will suffer his Irish temper, I'd guess.

 

[Pickles]

Very sad story, Pat.
Interesting is how you interpretted it,hmmmm.

Lets see the man was in charge of making sure the prices in the store were marked correctly.
He got paid in merchandise for insuring the accuracy.
He was in a tragic accident and died.
and the moral of the story was what again???
....hmmmmm

 

[PatrickMcIrish]

Guesser - thanks for the endorsement.

Pickles - maybe I wasn't clear. The man didn't work there. He got there early as a customer so he could go in exactly at 1PM on Sunday's when it opened. He told me usually the clerk wasn't done marking the liquor with this weeks prices so he could get his booze free. He told me had his wife call the liquor store sometimes and ask the clerk things like "we are having a big party what do you recommend for 50 guests etc...."

He did this so the clerk who had to change the prices would not be finished when the store was open, LOL. I guess he was trying to slow her down. Then he would be there immediately to scoop up the bottles that were priced wrong when she opened the doors. What was ironic is that he told me that story and I never thought I would see him again. However not long after that the same man was in a tragic accident on the bridge. When they showed his picture I almost lost it, couldn't believe the odds of that happening.

Truth is he may not have even been drunk from what he got at that store. To me the whole thing just startled me as I told them when I got back home about the man and we all kind of laughed about how far people people would go to get free booze. I never knew at that time I would see him die in a car accident shortly after. I told the story only because it was sort of ironic, not to send any hidden messages to anyone. Don't want to say this was a "funny" story since someone died but entertaining maybe? LOL.

Kind of neat so many have an opinion on it though.

 

[SPIVE]

His wife is probably spending her time now-a-days calling lawyers, in attempt to sue the store for intoxicating he deceased husband...only in America.

Getting what you deserve?

Now that's irony.

 

[hamneggs]

Pat, I can't say that the guy deserved to fall off a bridge because he was scamming booze

Don't be so hard on the guy

You know those countries where they cut off your arm in public if you spit your gum out? Maybe we should start throwing guys off bridges as punishment for their crimes.

 

[Revere14]

Hey that is a good scam -- try to find out the store name. Now that this guy is out of the way it is open territory for free booze on Sundays! Just kidding.

Revere14

 

[Oren1]

LOL... If this story is true I'm expecting 100's of millions of Americans to drive their cars off embankments, cliffs, overpasses, etc. and crash in a pile of twisted metal, a gigantic fireball and fumes of smoke in the near future. It might be safer to stay off the highways for a while 'til we clear out all of the dishonest capitalists. Even still, I'm with you, Pat, people have no shame in today's society. It's all about #1.