Today, I will be portraying the role of the curmudgeon, the old guy yelling at clouds. Why? Can I not let the trivia folks enjoy their day in the sun? This is as the moderator notes, a “flippant” month. If it brings people into a brewery taproom or pub, what does it matter?
Well, first let’s watch this….
Though not a perfect reenactment, for trivia nights to get this minor roasting on Family Guy means that there are enough people out there who have encountered that scenario. Though I tend to put my brewery visits into time slots where trivia nights are not, I have sat down with a pint only to see a lone person setting up a microphone and a computer and then noticing clumps of groups milling about.
Then the Charlie Brown Adults Talking occurs. It may be Star Wars trivia, football trivia, whatever the topic du jour, you will only ever hear part of a question. Who was the 19th……. Where is ….. located?
All phone and microphone issues aside, I know there are people, extroverts mostly, who dig nights out but I am always looking for that one person who was drug there or who is part of a work group and is not really participating. The person glancing towards the door. That is my tribe.
Not that I am against any brewery or pub activity. Darts or cornhole? Fine. Paint nights. Brush away. My problem is that I have a hard enough time talking to the bartender or a friend in normal times with the usual jukebox playing let alone when a persons amplified voice is in competition with the iPhone playlist and all the other conversations swirling around me.
For now, I will just avoid those nights as best I can and when I do run pint first into one, I will be the guy at the table in the farthest reaches probably close to the exit door.
You can read all of the Session posts about this topic right HERE.