I would go out of my way to order Coca-Cola and when they say "is Pepsi ok" look them dead in the eyes and say no just to fuck with them.

Ok but this kind of stuff is usually given to the place as promo gifts since they have a contract to supply the drinks.

Those bar ans restaurant owners all over the world aren't always big fans of Heineken, but if they give you Parasols for your terrace in summer, you're gonna put them up.

Do you think the server you are making uncomfortable in any way influences the deals the establishment does with other companies?

I remember seeing these things everywhere growing up 20+ years ago. Nowadays there are much fewer of them for some reason.

Hate this crap.

Breweries are more frugal and don't give much stuff away anymore. It also didn't help that representatives of the brewery would drive into towns and see their parasols at houses everywhere.

Pretty much every single bar/cafe I see in the Netherlands has these branded parasols, and the vast majority are beer brands (Heineken, Brand, Hertog Jan, Jupiler are all ones I regularly see)

They can probably buy them cheap from the brewery, or the bars are outright owned by the brewery.

I heard this from a bar owner I know, he had the experience with Grolsch that they could freeby him a few kegs of beer once in a while but not give merchandise other than small stuff.

Lucky Southern Hemispherian! It's been scorching hot here in the NorHem for two months straight. (June was of course more gay than straight.)

Yes, and it's the choice of the next generation.

In what country is this ski resort? :)

Soon they'll be broadcasting ads directly into our dreams.

https://youtu.be/XPGgTy5YJ-g

Cerro Chapelco, Argentina

We‘ll be picking up the baton soon, stay strong!

I'm sorry but if something so simple like sarcasm or facetiousness makes them uncomfortable then they probably need a life and stop being so freaking sensitive 🤦‍♀️

Sorry, this might be beacuse of my autism because I didnt understand any implied sarcasm and painted my own feelings regarding strong eye contact "focus" on the imagined interaction.

I still dont understand the motivation or reason to ask for coke and keep eye contact while declaring that pepsi is not okay. The whole situation reads bizarre, especially since the service personnell has no influence over the options of coke or pepsi, nor marketing merchandise use.

Nah, I'm with you on this one.

A good reason to carry markers

There are companies that give away restaurant furniture for free in exchange for advertising on the table. For a mom and pop restaurant or B&B that is just starting, that furniture is a landline. Most of the time the advertisers are local.

Now, if this is a corpo, wolf lodge, Marriot resort, then yeah, fuck 'em