When is enough enough?

​When is enough, enough?  Clearly not after 85 beers.  I bet you are thinking I am going to write about the raucous fans for the England - Italy Euro's final, but you’re wrong.  Truthfully, if our neighbors were paying attention, they must think we are serious alcoholics! 

It began one evening with a cool summer breeze coming through the window and an innocent comment from David, “wouldn’t a good English bitter taste good right now” and I dutifully replied (without a self-serving motive in my body😉) “yes it would, I’ll get right on that and order some to be delivered” …
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Somehow this is how the never-ending beer cycle began.  I place an online order for 2 - 8packs of ESB beer to be delivered before the BIG Euro Final.  And days before the game, 48 beers arrive. Not 16, but 48.  Not ESB, but 24 Peroni and 24 Meantime IPA.  I get back online to express my confusion and I get confirmation that it was their error, and they are correcting it. Wonderful.   That is when the second case of 22 bottles came.  Not ESB, but Peroni again. Not 24, but 22, the 23 and 24th bottle broke so the cardboard was like mushy sticky oatmeal – they clearly saw the problem, so instead of opening the box and removing the broken beer bottle that ruined any stability given by the once supportive cardboard and repackaging it, they just used an entire roll of tape to make sure it didn’t fall apart any more than it already had.  Again, I reply to the confirmation that, in fact, we did receive their correction beer, but still, the wrong beer and yet this time, broken.  She apologized and sent the appropriate LOL via email and said that they were right on it and will send out the new correct 2-8 pk of ESB by courier.  

You realize, the Euro Finals have long since been played.  Sadly, we could not drown our sorrows with beer.  Instead, something stronger was needed to erase the despondency felt for how close England came to winning after so many years of not.
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But again, we wait with eager anticipation.  This morning was the morning.  The courier rang, we joyfully retrieved our box and proceeded to open it.  YES!  It was ESB, but not 16!  Only 15?  It is comical now.  I am speechless.  We figure we may have lost out on 1 ESB we would have drank, but we gained 70 beers I am confident the kids will drink. 

A slight annoyance like this was made up by working with the nicest customer service person that had to handle the, what should have been simple, order from hell. I believe she earned the right to call herself an essential worker!  Certainly made us appreciate drinking a beer.

.... I had to update you all... I'm sure you are on pins and needles.  Another box arrived.  It's unbelievable, but true.  They got it right.  2  8-packs of ESB were delivered, unbroken.  We are ready to entertain now.  Please come on over!