But if you do, try to stay awake.
UPI.com has a story about two men in Swansea, Wales who stole $1,154 in liquor, stacked it neatly outside and then, like morons, went back in to the store and drank themselves to a point of unconsciousness.
Keith Cullen and Paul Wiggins were found inside the Kuehne Nagle Drinks Logistics by the police totally faced.
Mr. Cullen continued the trend of over refreshment by showing up for court too drunk to be allowed in the building; Mr. Wiggins just didn't show.
Both were convicted in abstentia.
Showing posts with label LCBO. Show all posts
Showing posts with label LCBO. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
581...Liquor On The Sly
Five finger discounts are up at the LCBO, Ontario's liquor monopoly.
Let those last two words soak in.
Liquor monopoly.
That means if you are a desperate person and you steal from the only game in town re booze you cannot go into that place and that would mean you would have to move elsewhere, like another province or state.
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario says that shrinkage, the industry term for shoplifting, is up revenue wise, close to a million. Six point five mill of booze is unaccounted for in the system. That represents about .18 per cent of the gross for the LCBO. The industry standard for shrinkage last year, outside of the booze biz, was 1 per cent.
Dean Beeby, Canadian Press, reports that 651 thieves were nabbed red handed leaving the store without paying.
WFDS
Let those last two words soak in.
Liquor monopoly.
That means if you are a desperate person and you steal from the only game in town re booze you cannot go into that place and that would mean you would have to move elsewhere, like another province or state.
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario says that shrinkage, the industry term for shoplifting, is up revenue wise, close to a million. Six point five mill of booze is unaccounted for in the system. That represents about .18 per cent of the gross for the LCBO. The industry standard for shrinkage last year, outside of the booze biz, was 1 per cent.
Dean Beeby, Canadian Press, reports that 651 thieves were nabbed red handed leaving the store without paying.
WFDS
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
414...Almost Liquor Strike Equals No Line Ups
For Canada Day.
At least at the outlets I surveyed.
[Surveyed, I love it when alcoholics, er, I mean, socializers, like moi, use euphemisms for their actions.]
Anyhow, I surveyed a couple or three beer/liquor stands in Ottawa Canada Day Eve and thanks to the panic that the almost strike by the LCBO caused last Tuesday, the line ups were virtually non existent at my stops.
Out of [almost] bad comes [pretty] good.
WFDS
At least at the outlets I surveyed.
[Surveyed, I love it when alcoholics, er, I mean, socializers, like moi, use euphemisms for their actions.]
Anyhow, I surveyed a couple or three beer/liquor stands in Ottawa Canada Day Eve and thanks to the panic that the almost strike by the LCBO caused last Tuesday, the line ups were virtually non existent at my stops.
Out of [almost] bad comes [pretty] good.
WFDS
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
358...Liquor Stores In Ontario Set To Strike
I live on the border, a 30 minute round trip from the liquor store in La Belle Ville de Gatineau [secteur Hull] so this doesn't really affect me but if you live in the centre of the province and you are friendly with Prince Igor, Jack Daniels and Johnny Walker, you may want to make your way to the Liquor Control Board of Ontario today because tonight, at midnight, they are going to be struck.
The issue, amazingly, is money. More to the point the Union wants less part time, lower paid workers and more full time employees who get more money and more benefits.
If the 6 or 7 thousand workers strike 800 managers will attempt to take up the slack which won't be easy going into this triple holiday [Jean Baptiste, Canada Day, July 4th] period.
WFDS
The issue, amazingly, is money. More to the point the Union wants less part time, lower paid workers and more full time employees who get more money and more benefits.
If the 6 or 7 thousand workers strike 800 managers will attempt to take up the slack which won't be easy going into this triple holiday [Jean Baptiste, Canada Day, July 4th] period.
WFDS
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