A Simple Pleasure
Categories: General beer discussions
Written By: beer_scientist
Having worked to straighten out the beer section for a few days (I’m the beer guy at Whole Foods now), I’m dog tired. It’s amazing what will happen when a beer section is neglected. At any rate, I’ve had to bust my hump to get this thing in a good working order. Today I need to get our storage cooler back on par. I expect another day of hard work. You know the work days that I’m talking about, don’t you? Those days when you just come home and find somewhere to sit as though withering into that object. It’s been a couple of those days in a row.
Last night, when I got home, I simply wanted to sip a beer and relax. Nothing beats a nice beer at the end of long day. When I took my first drink, I pondered what a simple pleasure a good beer has always been. At certain times, that fact seems to strike with more force than others. For me, this is especially true when I’ve worked hard. I sit and think about the fact that for thousands of years after thousands and thousands of hard days of work, we’ve always been able to sit and a enjoy a beer. No matter what other historical disparities we might have with the rest of humankind (and there are a lot), beer has always been one of the simplest and most enduring pleasures.
November 12th, 2009 at 11:37 am
Great point! Isn’t it amazing how food has been such an important fact in human history and interaction?
November 12th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
Yes! I think that commonality will always be there. It’s inescapable that we eat and drink…and I love that I connect with the people in front of me and in history in that way.
November 12th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
Way to take one for the team. I always enjoy coming home and settling down with a nice cold beer.
November 13th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
I think my “taking one for the team” is going to be better for everyone in the long run. Personally, I know we will sell more and be more accessible for beer lovers (which is my real motivation).
November 13th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
I, for one, would like to see a before and after of the hard work. Then I want to go buy something to help make it all worthwhile.
November 13th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Unfortunately, I didn’t take pictures. Trust me, they did the best they could with the people they had, but it was a mess.
November 14th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
I know that if I walked into that Whole Foods Store today, I would say, whoever takes care of this department, loves beer and takes pride in what they do. “Work as unto the Lord”. I know you do.