Pot of Gold Found!

Amazing, isn’t it?

I remember crossing the border into Canada way back when on my cross country trip after college graduation. Just a few yards over the line and there it was… The Beer Store!

I had heard about them, but never thought I’d ever have the pleasure of being a customer. I walked in and was amazed by the brazen display of efficiency: no shelves, no shopping carts, no giant refrigerators all the way at the back of some huge store. Nope.  Just one wall behind a counter that displayed an empty bottle for every variety of beer the store carried. All I had to do was point to the beer of my choice, and seconds later, out rolled my sixpack on the conveyer belt that separated me and the lone Beer Store clerk.

Sheer genius!