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DonQOnIce t1_j899tfi wrote

I honestly don’t get why you’d wanna be there for 12 hours. I’d black out from boredom drinking before the game and/or go bankrupt.

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nucleosome t1_j89dwg1 wrote

Seriously. I don't have the physical endurance to handle keeping a table going for that long on a worknight.

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RJ5R t1_j89gc6t wrote

for real

i'd say a substantial portion of those in line there have 0 intention of making tomorrow a work day lol

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IntoTheMirror t1_j8a0gjk wrote

I already switched shifts with a coworker who will probably be too hung over to work tomorrow morning (I don’t drink so idc)

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LagerGuyPa t1_j8b8xsv wrote

I made a deal with my guys that if they work an extra hour M-F Last week (5 hours) , Monday would be comp time (8 hours)

worked well and I'll have a quiet morning to catch up on paperwork tomorrow

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erdtirdmans t1_j8as4kz wrote

It's safe to say you are a recovered dirtball, you god damn angel of a person

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nucleosome t1_j8a0nsm wrote

A wise decision. I, on the other hand, pushed my regular 1-on-1 with my manager to Monday at 9:30. He is a Bills fan and will have no sympathy

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GTSBurner t1_j8ant5c wrote

I am working from home tomorrow but I already cleared the morning meeting schedule

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Queeb_the_Dweeb t1_j89fc5e wrote

Can't drink all day if you don't start when you wake up!

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erdtirdmans t1_j8as967 wrote

This is how I justify slamming a case per day while camping BUT I didn't drink at breakfast, so it's not alcoholism

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Gabagoo44 t1_j89imkf wrote

I’d argue the same for tailgating at the Linc. I’m a big Eagles fan but no shot I’m drinking for 5/6 hours before the game, 1/2 maybe but anymore than that is just plain boring.

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i-void-warranties t1_j8a4wbv wrote

Tailgating for 6 hours is a marathon not a sprint. Gotta stick with the Miller Lites or something similar. If you start hitting the hard stuff it goes downhill real quick.

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redfern54 t1_j89xszb wrote

At least there you can throw a ball around/ make your own food / bring your own beer. But I’ve done like 2 all day tailgated in my life ha

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SupaflyIRL t1_j89me7r wrote

They have capacity limits and people are going to stay the whole game. People are going to be out of luck if they don’t get to a place real early.

Get in early or watch from outside.

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ThisHatRightHere t1_j89n52j wrote

But there are plenty of bars that offer reserved seating for groups. Like I’m sure most of the people in this line could’ve had a much easier time if they had any type of foresight.

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SupaflyIRL t1_j89nbuu wrote

The people who make reservations for groups and the people who stand in line in the morning to get into a place are a Venn diagram with no cleavage.

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ThisHatRightHere t1_j89pbtj wrote

Very fair. Just seems surprising to have people that think enough ahead to be out there first thing in the morning to wait in line but not reserve a spot somewhere.

Then again I’m sure this is mostly college kids and my brain definitely didn’t think these things out too clearly back then either.

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SupaflyIRL t1_j89pssq wrote

It’s more norm than exception to have even a full group of like 20 full grown professional adults at prime time not bother to call ahead for even a random night out and just show up.

“Oh it’s not an event it’s just Jeff’s birthday! Anyway there are 20 of us and we’re gonna complain all night about how you’re having trouble accommodating this surprise (to you not Jeff, we’ve all known for weeks)!”

Source: service industry PTSD

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LFKhael t1_j8ahtwl wrote

My high school graduation let out at like 10pm? It was a wednesday.

That IHOP went from dead to "Fire marshall's maximum stated capacity" in fifteen minutes.

At least two people quit instantly. The shift manager was cooking and coming out every five minutes to apologize.

We would have left but we were with people. :\

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thelehmanlip t1_j8btq5v wrote

Upvoted you to 666 points. Hope that helps a bit on consolation.

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WeebleWobb t1_j8a1g7j wrote

Most of philly places did presale tickets. Its a marathon not a sprint

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GooFoYouPal t1_j89bok9 wrote

Can you imagine having to work this shift ?? Dealing with drunken Kaylas and Connors for 10+ hours. I hope they’re automatic gratuity’ing the fuck outta them.

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RJ5R t1_j89euml wrote

lol Kaylas and Connors had me balling

but you're right. if there ever was a night to deserve a tip, it's tonight

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Alwaysangryupvotes t1_j89r3o6 wrote

Pray for me brother. I gotta keep working until 2am 😭

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sandwichpepe t1_j89hkvg wrote

literally me today 😭😭😭😭😭 and i’m sick too :(

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Katdai2 t1_j89iydj wrote

Hot toddy, your nonna’s best medicine

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GooFoYouPal t1_j89hw7e wrote

☹️ Make yourself a big ass whiskey and coke and sip it slowly throughout the day.

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ogavs t1_j89maja wrote

Godspeed. May the tips be good and the patrons be cool.

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whitekat29 t1_j8cqrkh wrote

Lmao we here in the industry just call it “auto grat” but this gave me a good chuckle.

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Valnaya t1_j8b1dtk wrote

Wouldn’t you get a shit load of money though?

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famouspieceofshit t1_j8969j8 wrote

I mean I love a good sour monkey myself but Gahdamn

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LFKhael t1_j89fnd4 wrote

You'd have to be doing sour monkey by the shot to even have a chance of still being conscious for kickoff.

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darwinpolice t1_j8alnkl wrote

I cannot begin to fathom the hangover that would come from drinking Sour Monkey starting at noon until the end of the game.

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puddin__ t1_j89d8n3 wrote

Thank god I don’t work in the industry anymore lol

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yourfriendkyle t1_j8a6rza wrote

The dread that fills you for events that everyone else is looking forward to

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uey-tlatoani t1_j89zg8n wrote

What industry?

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Jolly-Cheek5779 t1_j899qyf wrote

HELL no

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[deleted] t1_j899xak wrote

haha maybe 15 yrs ago. i don’t have the juice to start this early anymore

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Jolly-Cheek5779 t1_j89a4ru wrote

You and me both.. kids have been up since 7 tho so maybe I can 😭😭

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themeatbridge t1_j89diq0 wrote

Yeah, my son had me up playing with legos at 630. Going to need a nap before the game.

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bukkakedebeppo t1_j89ct93 wrote

I suppose if you want to be spittin' distance from a climbin' pole, that's the place to be.

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_prettyhatemachine_ t1_j89kzj9 wrote

Cavs Rittenhouse was selling bar seat tickets for $500 and standing room for $200. Total joke.

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DonQOnIce t1_j8ail7b wrote

Is this an open bar/all you can eat set up? Cause then it might be okay.

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dandykaufman2 t1_j89a9gm wrote

I can’t imagine wanting to be at a bar for this. Anyway have fun.

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reggitor t1_j89e5hc wrote

I absolutely don’t have that kind of stamina anymore but being in a crowded room of fans rooting for the same thing is pretty awesome

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darwinpolice t1_j8amrln wrote

It really is. I haven't had the energy for that shit in a long time, but when I lived in Pittsburgh, Steelers bars on game day (especially during the post season, holy shit) were just the best.

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VorAbaddon t1_j89gh2w wrote

I was at a local bar (Tucson, AZ) for the 2018 game. Stress-drank the entire time. Blacked out the moment Gronk dropped that last toss.

Woke up on thebother side of a mountain. No fucking clue how I got there.

Never. Again.

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martymoran t1_j89iq2m wrote

how does this work???? you just sit there ordering waters? awful for wait staff

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pmd815 t1_j89u9n7 wrote

I used to be a waitress at a sports bar and you’re right, it’s absolutely awful. You’d think you’d make a ton of money but people sit for HOURS drinking whatever $2 beer is on special and their tab is maybe $150 by the end of it. Brutal.

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thehoagieboy t1_j8a1207 wrote

There are probably not $2 beers at Victory. There's the added bonus of an IPA or two that probably have upward of 7% ABV and it's gonna be along vomit filled, falling down, drunken night. Ahh to be young and stupid again.

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darwinpolice t1_j8alwgc wrote

Just gonna start downing pitchers of Storm King at noon.

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nnniiikkkkkkiii t1_j89dh0q wrote

This seems like hell

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nowtayneicangetinto t1_j89q3np wrote

Considering that mostly everyone I know is sick right now, seems like a bad time to be trapped indoors shoulder to shoulder for 10 hours.

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throwawayanylogic t1_j8a5urf wrote

Right? At my job we've had clients cancelling all week due to another big round of covid going around + several of us had the stomach flu. I'm happily sitting home making my own drinks.

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nowtayneicangetinto t1_j8a6e79 wrote

I'm very jealous. I'm forced to go back a few days a week. Went back for my first full week a week ago and got sick.

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VVnessaVV t1_j89o4ze wrote

I saw people lined up down the block for drinker’s pub and some people literally brought chairs for the line 😂 like it is 1 pm you are going to be destroyed by the time the game even starts what is the point of this? Hahaha

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ProphGhXXst t1_j8972u5 wrote

There was a time… 7 hours to go before kickoff. At this point in my life, longevity is the name of the game.

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andS0NS t1_j8980fi wrote

Go birds

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alittlemouth t1_j898o3v wrote

About as bad as the line outside of Sarcone's!

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Vexithan t1_j89wiei wrote

Wanted to get some bread this morning after a class we took our kid too. Noped the fuck out of there when we saw that line.

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ogavs t1_j89lwhz wrote

I understand wanting to to be with other folks to enjoy the energy and atmosphere but gd I am stressed looking at this. I'm just gonna watch and drink at home.

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megaphone369 t1_j89n2d9 wrote

But why tho?

Wouldn't it be better just to go to any of the other 10 billion bars nearby instead of waiting in line?

I'm new to Philly, so am I missing something? I like their beers, but is there a tradition about specifically drinking Victory during important sporting events?

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jackxaniels t1_j89vez6 wrote

To be fair pretty much every bar with a TV is going to be like this to some degree

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yourfriendkyle t1_j8a7675 wrote

No. In fact, most people don’t give a shit about Victory brewing

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darwinpolice t1_j8anei1 wrote

It seems like an awful place for this kind of event, too. Don't get me wrong, I really like Victory and that location is a perfectly nice place to drink, but Victory doesn't make a lot of beers that you can drink all day without getting absolutely shitfaced. If you're showing up at a bar at 11 in the morning and planning on being there till later in the evening, you want Miller, not Hop Devil.

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IMtehUber1337 t1_j89vej4 wrote

Been away for a while... Didn't that use to be the TGI Fridays?

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squee_bastard t1_j8a8sga wrote

Just said the same thing up thread, drank way too many Long Island iced teas here in the late 90s. Left philly in 2004 so it’s been awhile.

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IMtehUber1337 t1_j8aae56 wrote

I worked around there and would go for the lunch all you can eat with co-workers. Glad to see the building bring the crowd out.

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squee_bastard t1_j8agvxz wrote

I was more of a nights and weekends gal, this one was far less crowded than the one on south street so we’d always go here. I had friends that lived in the building to the left (it was Oakwood at the time) so I spent way too many late nights here before stumbling home to my apartment up near the art museum.

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CheeseAndTits t1_j89f7ki wrote

All from Jersey too I bet

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IllustriousArcher199 t1_j89l1rk wrote

Philadelphians don’t go there?

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ogavs t1_j89n555 wrote

It's still new-ish and on a stretch of the parkway that has hotels and office building towers. So you have commuter and traveler crowd. The only time I've been in there was to stop in for a beer after going to the Barnes with my sister who lives out of town.

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Kraz31 t1_j89jaop wrote

Might be cheaper/easer to attend the actual game in Arizona.

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magellan315 t1_j8a3bsy wrote

No lines at my place, or a line at the bathroom, or an extended delay when ordering food.

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sjm320 t1_j89i0je wrote

Ooof. No thanks.

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Orionbear1020 t1_j89qe4g wrote

Prepping all day for the pole climbing party after. It takes a lot of brews, to climb a greased pole.

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SnapCrackleMom t1_j89rby4 wrote

Lol this makes me feel so old. I would need a camp chair. Have fun young'uns! Tip the wait staff/bartenders well!

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icdogg t1_j8a4a1u wrote

I do have some Victory Prima Pils on hand for tonight

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Capkirk0923 t1_j8a63hz wrote

Doesn't look even midly fun to me.

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brk1 t1_j8aa3m6 wrote

Guys smashing their mushroom heads together.

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philasyr t1_j8aj821 wrote

There is a really nice TV here at my house.

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FawltyPython t1_j8azfhk wrote

Wow, they really built up Downingtown, look at those skyscrapers.

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Minqua t1_j89g235 wrote

Go Birds!

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themooniscool t1_j8a5ohu wrote

Shout out to all the bartenders and servers working today ✌️ make dat money

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squee_bastard t1_j8a8iwq wrote

Jesus I’m old, i remember when this was a TGI Friday’s in the 90’s.

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RE1392 t1_j8bk3on wrote

Just to be packed in and have to fight to get to the bar

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Affectionate_Drop_87 t1_j89wx9z wrote

Line at marchiano’s was all was down the block at 11am this morning

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Badkevin t1_j8a63q6 wrote

Why what’s going on today?

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BreezyViber t1_j8a769q wrote

Reminiscent of State College in the 80’s.

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tansugaqueen t1_j8aifa1 wrote

Are they going to stay there all day, ? party I am going to starts at 5:30, I don’t want to go until 6:30, going to be a long night

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73Wolfie t1_j89l0fi wrote

Lots of loud cheers already on the Parkway

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Impressive_Friend740 t1_j8axrer wrote

Is this the old public house? Man I have lived in the suburbs too long lol.

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flip217 t1_j89h7yw wrote

What’s the line like at McMennamin’s in Mt. Airy? Man I miss living in Philly? Go Eagles!

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Rich_Librarian_7758 t1_j89kwma wrote

Their beer isn’t even that good! There. I said it.

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NotUnstoned t1_j89ifix wrote

Every post from this dickhead is about New York. They just mad the Giants got that ass whooped.

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