Day 26 - Slow and steady doesn't make you money!

Last night was such a slow night at the stadium for...selling beer, people getting into the stadium, the Cardinals scoring runs...

Oh and and if you didn't see the pictures from the wreck that caused an hour and 45 minute delay in my commute to the stadium last night...here is a the aftermath of the charred overpass from the semi on fire.



Yeah...awesome.

So as for last night...

They always say "Slow and steady wins the race"...HA, not when selling beer at a stadium!

It was such a bad week for those newbies to start up. A few of them haven't showed back up since Monday night...I don't blame them...but I keep my eye on the prize of that Home Run Derby and All-Star game...and it's a job and a sweet paycheck for the few hours I work each night!

I don't know if it was because of the perfect (to me it was perfect) 60 degree weather or the fact that it was a wednesday night or just the fact that there didn't seem like anyone was at the game...but no one sold hardly any beer last night.

Beer men that usually sell nothing less than 4 cases had trouble selling 3 full cases!

As for stories from last night:

There was this girl who had just turned 21 about a month ago that was consistently buying beer from me through the night. At one point during the game she looked at me and said, "I bet you have beautiful calf muscles." She then looked over at her friend and said, "Yes, I bet these guys all have beautiful calves from walking these steps." It struck me as odd, cause she didn't say I did...and she didn't say I didn't...but she was taking a good guess and I won't deny that she's right...well, by the end of the summer she'll be dead on right!

As I made my way down to the bottom of a section, I did my beer call and a guy sitting on the end of a row looked over at me. As he noticed that no one was buying beer from me...he said, "It's this weather. It's just too cold." I replied, "It wouldn't stop me." I mean, it was only 60 degrees and who doesn't want their favorite food/beverages while attending a baseball game?!?!?! It's like a tradition. It's something you want to do every time you go because you don't get to go every day of the week!

Just a slow night. And a slow night doesn't produce many stories...but check back again late tonight/tomorrow morning for another update!

Totals thus far:
33 Bottles of Water
40 Bags of Cracker Jacks
105 Bags of Peanuts
1429 Bottles of Beer