I'm not sure the point is to ever really bitch and moan about any particular thing, it is simply just to bitch and moan.
Must be an incredibly sad and pathetic life.
No Cold Beer in BC Govt Liquor Stores
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I'm not sure the point is to ever really bitch and moan about any particular thing, it is simply just to bitch and moan.
Must be an incredibly sad and pathetic life.
I know how much you love facts, or so you claim, so I thought I'd let you know that dumpster hasn't been on since before you posed your question.
So Sask, Ont and NS sell cold beer for the same price. In BC near 100 mile House also. In the USA they sell cold beer everywhere. In Japan they sell cold beer in vending machines on the street. I think most of the world, when they sell beer, its cold. That's how you're generally supposed to drink it.
I estimate that the BCGEU union in BC govt liquor stores will disappear in 5-10 years as privatisation moves forward from the distribution warehouses. To me, the issue of privatisation vanishes once the cheapest cold beer is available in govt liquor stores, then beer and wine stores-who charge more, aren't necessary. BC govt liquor stores, because they aren't selling beer like it should be sold, are redundant in this key area. It's a big picture think unions and their members have difficulty comprehending. It goes beyond contracts.
I estimate that the BCGEU union in BC govt liquor stores will disappear in 5-10 years as privatisation moves forward from the distribution warehouses. To me, the issue of privatisation vanishes once the cheapest cold beer is available in govt liquor stores, then beer and wine stores-who charge more, aren't necessary. BC govt liquor stores, because they aren't selling beer like it should be sold, are redundant in this key area. It's a big picture think unions and their members have difficulty comprehending. It goes beyond contracts.
It took quite a while for NB to start selling cold beer, because the thinking was that if they sell cold beer, more people will drink and drive. But we can buy cold beer at every liquor store for the same price as warm beer.
Yes, in Canada if we do anything to make things easier for the beer drinker, anarchy will result. It's the kind of argument I'm sure insurance people go for, because then you could be increasing "risk" and that is a no-no. Kind of like pot.
The beer drinker, a sort of awesome figure in the culture it seems. But it could be that girlfriends/wives just want their men to drink less and give them more attention, or do more work around the house.
I have seen cold beer for sale in retail stores in Japan (and on the street in vending machines), South Korea, and USA. This link says you'll find beer in convenience stores in China Convenience Store Showdown | Talk Magazine - The Authority on Shanghai Life Four countries with 1.5 million people, and their societies haven't collapsed. I'm willing to stick my neck out and say Europe has cold beer too. Plenty of Euro soccer ads for beer.
The BCGEU is so lame. Ten years ago the BC govt defeated them and they lost thousands of hospital workers to privatisation, same thing is going to happen with liquor stores unless employees rebel and do something radical, like get cold beer in govt liquor stores. But the govt doesn't want it, better for Liberal private sector chums. BCGEU union members have to not only fight the BC govt to save their jobs, but their union executive also.
I was in that airport, but only for a few hours, I didn't notice such a progressive thing among those capitalist reds. But I did notice a lot of nice looking girls there.
Law is the culture here, especially if you are in managment or aspire to be, but one should ignore such nonsense when one's job is going to be eliminated in the immediate future.