Last night, I saw some death-defying lifts (see above!) at the World Figure Skating Championships at the Staples Center here in LA. However, I ran into some trouble when I tried to buy a beer.
Me: Hi, I’ll have a regular-sized beer please.
Guy Selling Beer at Staples Center: Oh, we only have large cups, so I can only sell you a large.
Me: Well, can you just put a regular amount of beer in a large cup and sell me a regular?
Guy: No.
Me: Why not?
Guy: We’re really selling the cups.
Me: What is it, some sort of special, collectors’ cup or something?
Guy: It’s a plastic cup.
Me: Can’t you just fill it with a little less beer?
Guy: No, we’re selling the cup.
Me: You’re charging me $9 for a plastic cup? Not for the beer inside of it? I really don’t understand.
Guy: Hang on, I’ll see if we have any regular-sized cups left.
He reappeared about three minutes later with a “regular” cup which he filled with a “regular” amount of beer. Normally, I wouldn’t care, but the beer was totally overpriced anyway and I didn’t want to be forced to spend $2 more. I am completely lost as to the “We’re selling the cup” logic. If I brought my own cup, would I have gotten a free beer?
3 responses so far ↓
Merri // March 27, 2009 at 4:21 pm |
You always seem to have to most interesting interactions with people…it must be your aura! $9 for a beer…should have given you a forty for that price!! nice photo by the way
Ian // March 28, 2009 at 5:06 pm |
Did you keep the collectors plastic cup?
Tina T // April 7, 2009 at 7:41 pm |
I love the idea of you bringing your own cup next time and seeing if they’ll fill it with beer for free. It can’t hurt to try.