Hey Free Rangers,
It’s incredibly humbling to lose- even for a limited time- the use of a regularly working part of one’s physical human machine, more so when the cause was user error. But this can be the acute result of catching a falling wine bottle while it is actively shattering. More humbling still is navigating the deliberately cumbersome American healthcare system which stands between the patient and the specialist (at an adjacent affiliated facility) that the ER docs recommended I see no later than Monday. We are now passed that day, I haven’t seen a surgeon, and I have been lied to and/or received incorrect information from two insurance companies (during six phone calls) and three reps from two renowned medical facilities, and am now awaiting a call from the doctor I am actually supposed to see, not the one that I was told I had to see. As a fully insured individual, with a viable worker’s comp claim, and access to some of the best hospitals in the world, I can’t get the appointment that the ER docs who sewed my little finger back together insisted I should make. But this is what a for profit medical system looks like under late stage capitalism, even for the reasonably well insured in our biggest and most prestigious city.
Buckle up kids, and try to keep your wine bottles in one piece and on the outside of your flesh leather. My personal insurance won’t cover me because the incident happened at work, and our workers comp insurance won’t cover me as an executive of the company (even though I work on the floor every day, unlike most other executives). So, if you happen to work for- or profit from- Amtrust and or Anthem Blue Cross, I sincerely hope you have a terrible day. Most especially to the Amtrust rep, who sent an additional e-mail with “new information” which I clicked through to see a reiteration that they are refusing my claim. Seriously, Adam K. Tiryakioglu – Claims Adjuster II, what kind of a monster are you to take an extra note just to twist the knife? And you’re sending the requested appeal information via US Mail, because that takes longer and there’s a statistically lower chance that I’ll follow through. This is the profit first model. … Clearly not the content for which most you come here, but it’s hard to get creative about the six squawking tourists looking to buy a single bottle of (crappy) rosé (that we don’t carry), or the jackass who made me describe every Mezcal in the shop just to abandon his chosen bottle on the front counter for a $4 fingerling whiskey, when the fate of my right hand remains a variable. Luckily for all involved, I can still type (mostly), and Derek- who is fully functional– has once again updated the sale pages for all of you fine folks.
The absolutely insane COST SALE page is still live, and while a number of sold-out bottles have been removed, a bunch of new ones have been added. There is so much cool whiskey here- Balcones, Heaven’s Door, Dalmore, Brother’s Bond, Jack Daniel’s, Buffalo Trace, Savage & Cooke, Garrison Brothers, etc.- at the lowest price(s) in the world! Check it out:
(!) Click here for COST SALE page (!)
This week’s in-store tasting showcases local liqueurs by Faccia Brutto. This Thursday, July 18th (5-7pm), please come enjoy FREE tastes of Faccia Brutto Aperitivo, Faccia Brutto Amaro Gorini, Faccia Brutto Fernet, Faccia Brutto Centerbe, and Faccia Brutto Centerbe Giallo. As an added bonus, all in-stock Faccia Brutto bottles are 10% off, on the website all week! Check that out here:
(!) Click here for Faccia Brutto sale (!)
Cheers,
Jack
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Free Range Wine & Spirits
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