Alright this is going to be about our North Carolina ABC stores and for any of you out of state in NC all wholesale and retail sales of liquor is a government enterprise. And I’m not going to rehash how that leads to much higher prices than competition would dictate. I have ranted about that in the past and so you can look it up.

What I am talking about is the just plain incompetence that results from government engaging in a business. Here’s my point. There is a certain gin that I like that’s very reasonably priced and apparently a lot of other people agree because it’s sold out regularly and no other gins are. I have both Tanqueray and Bombay Sapphire but that’s not what I drink every day mainly because they cost two to three times more than the one I’m talking about, which I’m not going to name since it already sells out to quickly, and also because they are a much higher proof.

Now here’s my point. If you were a private liquor store owner and you had a product that sold out quickly, you would increase your order size to accommodate your customers. That’s just basic business. However, that’s not what our ABC stores do. Apparently someone at the state level is in charge of ordering and they have the acuity of our idiot transportation Secretary—Mayor Pete! When you have no competition you can just say screw you. I’ll continue to do what I’m doing incompetently and you can pound sand if you don’t like it. BTW this is not a new problem, it has been going on for years!