Someone asked me about Sudsy Sunday the other day and why I stopped doing it. Here then is a brief history of Sudsy Sunday and why I “Trumped it” i.e. made it go away.
When I first took over Buzzy’s Country Store in 2007 I initially adhered to the Buzzy approach to closing as in I would stay open as long as someone was in the Store drinking. Back then I was still working on Base and covering every night at Buzzy’s til closing. Eventually I was lucky enough to have Chief Larry and Terri Yates cover 4 nights for me while I covered Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday nights.
Buzzy had implemented Sudsy Sunday along with Tasty Tuesday and Thirsty Thursday several years previously where he sold beers for $1 apiece. Buzzy reasoned that because Sunday was such a slow night, by having “happy hour prices” he could boost business. Here is a photo of Berta with the Sudsy Sunday sign appearing above her saying “No Sermons. No Songs.”
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| Photo by Barb Demko |
Most Sunday evenings the majority of folks would slip out of Buzzy’s Country Store fairly early to begin prepping for their coming work week. However, during football season a couple folks would stay until I pulled the Buzzy technique of turning off the lights to indicate that I was closing.
I would stay open late on Saturday nights. However, the Sunday night duty soon became a major pain because I had to get up and go to work on Monday morning. Thinking that Sudsy Sunday was a contributing factor to my having to stay open for 2 dudes drinking and arguing about what was or was not a football pass catch, I decided to eliminate Sudsy Sunday.
However, my plan didn’t work out because my Sunday night hangers on still stayed until I ran them out. And even then, they would want “one more round.” Turns out Sudsy Sunday wasn’t the reason they were hanging around.
Regardless, once Sudsy Sunday was gone, it was gone for good.
I always thought that this song was titled Hot Patootie: