CRS
Chandler, Arizona, United States

There's an old saying. If you don't want someone to join a crowd, you ask them, "If everyone were jumping off of a cliff, would you?" Well, I have. So my answer would be "Yes". True story.
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Overheard Between Two Alcoholics

Wednesday, August 03, 2011

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I was at Target the other day, and I overheard these two gigantic twenty-something Natives talking while on break.

"I'm telling you, dude. There's this redneck bar thirty miles away that has all-you can drink beer on Tuesdays for fifteen bucks. It's shitty beer, granted, but it's fifteen bucks."

This boggled my mind. First of all, this is Arizona, and there are several reservations around, not to mention Indian casinos. So if you were going to drive 30 fucking miles, why not drive to a bar or to a casino on a reservation? Why, by your own admittance, would you go to a fucking redneck bar when you are Native American-- especially for shitty beer! Why the hell not just buy a goddamn 24 pack of your choice of beer and watch TV at home and call it a night?
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By the way, I told this anecdote to another Native American, and she took it as a commentary on Native Americans being famous alcoholics. That wasn't my point. My point was that people that drink go to weird lengths just to get their drink on.
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with love from CRS @ 7:50 AM 

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