Punk'd in LA

Just having a blast stocking David OG's shelves (he has a waaaaaay better selection that I do, and he has floor stacks!) while chatting with the lovely LA faithful.  Gotta share a quick story with you briefly - I got totally punked on the sales floor today.

 

I was emptying a shopping cart of booze into the liquor section when a tall, red-headed man came and started asking me about Pappy.  I explained the sad state of affairs and what we now have to do with our raffle system and he was perplexed.

 

"Really? Because I heard Costco and BevMO have it in stock right now."

 

Ahh.........sigh.  I was beginning to sweat.  This guy was nice enough, but he really wasn't getting what I was trying to tell him.  I began my little schtick about how there's a shortage of great Bourbon right now, so he countered with, "I just need something that's like 98-100 points. Isn't there anything here in the store?"

 

I had to take my jacket off.  Heat from both my exasperation and the flu were beginning to set in. Finally, he gives me a ten dollar bill and says, "Call me when the Pappy comes in."  I take his business card, but I hand him back the ten and tell him that I can't do that. 

 

"How about twenty?  Com'on! Twenty bucks, help me out!"

 

I refused but I told him I would do everything I could to help him out when the time came. I finally looked down at the business card he handed me to make sure his email was on it, and.....BAM.....there it was: Steve Ury - my longtime email and blogger penpal, there in the flesh.  We had never seen each other before so we didn't know what the other looked like.  He had figured out that I was me, but I didn't expect to get punked in my own store! The man behind Sku's Recent Eats is as funny in person as he is on his blog.  A very well-executed practical joke.  Nicely done!

-David Driscoll