Posted on 05/26/2023 5:26:21 PM PDT by Morgana
Truck drivers who deliver Bud Light have been flipped the middle finger and vendors have been called homophobic slurs, according to beer distributors reeling from slumping sales in the wake of the Dylan Mulvaney fiasco.
Several top officials at beer distribution companies told ABC News they have been put in an untenable position by Bud Light’s St. Louis-based parent company, Anheuser-Busch, which has seen sales of its top brand fall six consecutive weeks since the April 1 tie-up with the trans influencer.
Aside from harassing truck drivers, distributors have faced intentional collisions from shopping carts as they drop off Bud Light and vendors have been called “gay beer salesmen,” officials for the family-owned businesses told the outlet.
“I feel like my main supplier has put the wholesalers and their employees in a really bad spot,” one Anheuser-Busch beer distributor told ABC News.
“It’s frustrating.”
Another Anheuser-Busch distributor based in the Pacific Northwest told ABC News: “It’s sad that they [the boycotting consumers] can’t make that disconnect between the independent wholesale and a big corporation — it’s disheartening.”
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It sucks when your bosses are sick deviates who want to hit on children.
Honestly if things go bad on Memorial day? I would tell these truckers to switch companies ASAP. The Titanic is sinking and it’s time to man the life boats.
LMAO! Good one! Clever. Post of the day.
The truck drivers don’t deserve that abuse. This could have happened to any brand of beer sold in America. All the driver does is deliver and pick up. With Road Rage becoming so common, calling drivers ugly names or giving them a ‘double-bird’ is a bad idea.
good luck wi that, men don’t generally do coupons
sounds like fun...
I saw a Bud Light truck go by yesterday.
You could almost hear the driver saying:
“Someone please paint this truck so it says anything but Bud”
> The truck drivers don’t deserve that abuse. This could have happened to any brand of beer sold in America. <
I totally agree. It could have happened to any brand, period. And I don’t buy the “he should quit” thing either. Some poor slob honorably works his way up in a company. He’s now making a decent living for his family. And he might be too old to start at the bottom somewhere else.
This guy has done absolutely nothing wrong. Complain to his bosses about company policy. Leave him alone.
Keep up the good work, folks.
You should never speak a vulgar word around a truck driver. The poor dears are so sensitive.
Spent 15 years building Quick Trips in the DFW area. Built 90+ stores, from the underground storage tanks to the finished stores. We were the GC.
Dirty secret, ExxonMobil provided the fuel/gasoline.
QT is mormon owned.
And going into women's bathrooms.
No matter how sick you think it is, it is much worse.
They will sell you tobacco and beer at an accelerated price. They are dirtbags.
I think of the "epic" Hungarian truck driver who went after the "refugees" who were attacking his truck. I learned every Hungarian curse word there was.
I can insult people's mothers in eight languages not counting English. I don't. But I can.
The truck drivers shouldn’t take abuse for their company management’s stupidity.
These guys should not be the objects of anyones hate. They just drive trucks. They have zip to do with corporate policy.
They still havent fired the woman vp of marketing whose grand plan this was.
> I think of the “epic” Hungarian truck driver who went after the “refugees” who were attacking his truck. I learned every Hungarian curse word there was. <
Ha! I remember that video. I’m of Hungarian descent, and I speak the language rather well. But I learned a few new words there too.
Anyway, I just did a quick search for old times sake. This might be part of the video. Or maybe not.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/30/calais-lorry-driver-youtube-video-swerve-refugees
There is a longer version. But YouTube removed it, as it was deemed to be “hate speech”. Can’t have those crazy Hungarians running around cursing people!
At this point I don’t think there’s 10 honest FBI employees much less 1%. Too many lies and criminal violations and nearly 100% of their employees walk the crooked line the FBI walks. At times the mafia has showed more ethics.
As this downturn continues and establishments change from being a "Bud house" to being a "Miller house" or a "Coors house", the sales volume on the branded beer will continue to drop. This is similar to being a Coca Cola place or a Pepsi Cola place.
One thing about snowballs - they seldom go uphill.
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