Monday, October 22, 2007
Scene & Herd Beer-goggled
Posted by Andisheh Nouraee on Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 5:38 PM
A POURER'S VIEW OF THE GREAT DECATUR BEER FESTIVAL-GOER: I didn’t even have to say “act drunk.†It just sorta happened.
I was a volunteer pourer at the Great Decatur Beer Festival on Decatur’s town square Saturday. The job had two delightful perquisites.
First, I didn’t have to pay the $30 admission to taste many of the 100-plus beers available for sipping, or buy a ticket from the scalpers (yes, scalpers) wandering through Decatur that morning. All 5,000 of the tickets were sold online before Saturday.
Secondly, I got to hear several people tell how much they liked me and appreciated my work. Not my actual, thing-I-get-paid-for work, rather, my beer pouring work. Giving people beer without demanding money in return is a great way to make people like you – particularly people who’ve been been drinking nonstop for the previous five hours.
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