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After twisting their arms, Glenn Kruger finally got the boys to change the post-work drinking venue to the newly opened Le Coq Et La Bouche Cafe – a local French-inspired beer cafe.
Occupying the former Cattleman’s Hotel site on the corner of Cordillo Rd and Marlboro Street in Betoota’s Old City district, the trendy new Francophile watering hole is the place to be seen around town.
“That should’ve been the first warning,” said Glenn’s mate Mike, who agreed to meet up for a few quite jugs with the fellas after work.
“It’s a real dive of a joint. They don’t have any real beer on tap, just those pale things you’d find in ScoMo’s fridge or something. All I wanted to do was to head down to the local and enjoy a cold schoon of Betoota Bitter and be home for tea,” said Mike.
“And they fucking sting you for it, too. I only agreed to go because it’s been ages since I’ve seen the boys.”
Switching venues from the Betoota Hotel, home of the famous $1 hot gold tin special, was also a red flag for Sam Reynolds – the last of the trio to accept the venue change. He too had similar motivations to Mike.
“Yeah, look. I went to that French place with the missus the other day and rest assured, my suspicions were correct. This waiter rolled his eyes when I asked for an English menu. Cunt, we’re in Betoota, not Bordeaux. He’s lucky he’s still got the use of his legs after that. Anyway, it’s just a few beers after work, what could go wrong?”
Something did go horribly wrong.
Glenn brought a mate from work, who many around Betoota’s construction management community refer to as a ‘nice’ but ‘hard work’.
“He fucked up the jug-to-boy ratio. There’s three schooners in a fucking jug, not four. Mate, I was lost for words. I can’t even remember what his fucking name was, but he drank dark beer and wouldn’t go near the Tiger jugs we were hoeing through,” said Mike.
“Fuck’s sake. So a shout went from a $12 Tiger jug to that and a fucking $8 schooner of some shirt-lifting cappuccino porter or something to that effect. Day ruined.”
More to come.
