My life in dépanneurs
I finally got my hands on a PDF of an article I wrote for Maisonneuve magazine last year. It's a a personal story that recounts the dépanneur owners I've dealt with since moving to Montreal, and it's one of my favorite pieces of work from the past year or so. You can download a PDF of the piece here, or click on the page images below to read it online. Let me know what you think. And always be kind to your local dep guy (or lady).
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I haven’t read the article yet, but one thing everyone can do to be kind to their dep person is to sort their beer bottles before bringing them to the dep for refund. Apparently the deps have to sort the bottles before they give them back to the brewers; The McAusalan guy doesn’t want Boreal bottles, the Molson guy won’t take Labatt bottles, etc.
Because of that, an annoying and time consuming part of the dep person’s job is to sort the bottles that are brought in. That’s a lot of dreary and thankless work. For that reason, I always sort them (Griffon bottles in the Griffon box, Bierbrier bottles in the Bierbrier box) BEFORE I go to the dep. It only saves that person a minute or two, but if everyone did it, it would be a huge relief to them!
Hi Craig,
I read this last summer and really loved it. I thought it was a great piece of writing and inspired me to try to be a better writer. Thanks!
That’s lovely to hear, Dominique. Thank you. I hope it also inspired you to buy beer at your local dep.
Yes, of course, that too.
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Loved your dép. piece, Craig.
And congratulations on your website.
Great stuff!
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Hi Craig – congratulations on your nomination…so well deserved…this is hilarious.
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