Seahawks Fans Discover Beer Hijinks
Tickets to watch an NFL game aren’t cheap, and for those of us who don’t have corporate entities sponsoring our fandom and nacho habit, the opportunity to attend one is a big deal. We wear jerseys to be properly attired, take photos so we can be properly nostalgic and buy overpriced beers to get properly inebriated. And because we go through so much to make cheering on our football team a big event, most of us are even willing to splurge on the big beers. Support the team, right? Everyone is in this together.
Unless they aren’t.
Two intrepid Seahawks fans noticed something curious recently about the beer cups they had just purchased at Qwest Field in Seattle. The medium 16-ounce – which sold for $7.25 – and the large 20-ounce – which sold for $8.50 – held exactly the same amount of beer! Though it didn’t take a very complicated experiment to prove this hypothesis, the company that manages the stadium – First & Goal – was willing to admit the liquid discrepancy after an “internal investigation”. Representatives were also unsure how or when the conundrum began.
The other issue confounding First & Goal was simply why there was so much outrage. After all, people who paid only $7.25 for a 20-ounce beer should feel like they won a mini, alcoholic lottery, right? Some of them may have, but in cases like these, the more vocal group is typically the one who feels more slighted. And for the long-suffering Seattle fans who remember Shaun Alexander’s sudden loss of both knees and wonder why they paid an extra 5 quarters for the same amount of beer as their neighbor… Well, the offense taken was more than slight.
Qwest Field hosted a playoff game last Saturday against the defending NFL champion New Orleans Saints. All beers sold were both 20-ounces and $7.25. It appears that the consumer really is always right, especially when the consumer has Youtube and angry beer drinkers on his or her side.
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