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| Hey Bro, Tweet me that Beer. |
SEATTLE (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - Beer drinkers are about to take over Twitter. Starting Friday at the Seattle Mariner's home opener, fans can tweet vendor Kevin Zelko the location of their seat and he'll stop by with a cold one. Zelko says he still make the usual rounds through the aisles. But now he'll check his phone more often and hopes to grow a following and develop relationships with his customers.
As of 9:15 a.m., Zelco - @msbeervendor has 573 followers.
Of course for this to get enacted in Boston I'm sure we'd have to have some state house congressional hearings and figure out a way for Menino and the rest of his hacks to rake a profit before this happens. Similar to this brouhaha about mix drinks at Fenway that's been going on. I'm pretty sure Murph and Sully and the rest of the bleacher creatures aren't going to be anymore manic by the 7th inning just because they can now order goose and juice for $14 or whatever the hell they end up charging for that crap.
Anyway, back on point. Big week for the Twitter, first with the tweet mirror, and now with tweeting for beer at the ball park. Phenomenal development, you just can't stop technology. Just last week I thought it was awesome that you could order a burrito at Chipotle on your smartphone. This trumps that hands down. Amazing.
And while I thought the Tweet mirror was a disastrous idea, I actually think this is brilliant, convenient and safe. No more trying to run between innings for a beer but always ending up missing a two run homer because of the mile long line, or waiting 4 innings for the beer vendor to come back around. It's all at your finger tips. And safe because, have you ever tried to tweet while you're drunk? You'll be fat fingering that touch screen through extra innings trying to order a Bud Light. Simple rule, you can't ask for a beer in proper English, you don't get a beer.
