#117 Charles Shaw Wine

Let’s be honest for a moment, for a lot of the jobless people out there, being unemployed is kind of like being back in college again - except for pretending to study has been replaced by pretending to look for a job. With the majority of their unemployment check budget being set aside for having tons of fun while everyone else is at work, the unemployed are often skint by the end of the week and have to resort to eating and drinking cheaply.

Much like ramen is cheap enough to fill the belly and stave off hunger, Charles Shaw Wine aka Two Buck Chuck does the trick to fill the body with alcohol and stave off boredom. At two dollars a bottle and a taste that is slightly better than vinegar, Charles Shaw wine has been instrumental in pushing young and poor folk towards a career in alcoholism. Given the choice between spending $3 on a 40 oz. bottle of malt liquor or $2 on a classy bottle of wine (because anything not malt liquor or Pabst Blue Ribbon is classy) that goes much further given the alcohol content, the unemployed are obviously going to go for what’s cheaper, stronger, better: Good Ol’ Chucky.

When the unemployed graduated from college and got their first job, they slowly worked their way up in the price and point scale when it came to wine. In college, they acted like connoisseurs, telling people, “Why pay $4 for a bottle of wine when Two Buck Chuck tastes just as good?” But the minute they tasted $6 wine, they moved on to other high class options. The thing about Charles Shaw wines is while cheap and relatively good for its price range, boy does it cause a hangover regardless of whether a glass or bottle is consumed. But now that the unemployed have plenty of time to drink alone and subsequently sleep off a hangover, there’s no stopping them from sampling all the varieties of wine Charles Shaw has to offer - in one night if necessary.

Tags: Charles Shaw wine aka Two Buck Chuck, drinking alone, letting yourself go, stretching a dollar