The Sweet Summer Job

Working At A Beer Distributing Company Was A Lot Of Fun
After working at Dick’s Sales this summer I learned a lot of new skills and was a great experience

By Riley Hirsch

Last summer I worked for Dick’s Sales, a beer distributing company based in Little Falls, Minn. It was very convenient for me, since that’s my home town. I was not a salesman, but I rode along in the delivery truck which stopped at different bars and liquor stores. All the up to Longville, Minn., 83.6 miles north This was the best job I have ever had. I got to meet a lot of great people, I found out that it is a lot harder than it looks, and I had a lot of fun.

Everyday was a new experience; I would get up around 6:00 a.m. and head to work. The people I met on deliveries were all very nice, but if you were to catch them on a bad day it was not pretty. My company had great people; they were all very nice to us helpers. They would never get mad and always asked how things were going and made sure we were always doing great. They would work with our schedule, so if I needed to take time off, I just told them and they would understand.

The first two weeks of the job were very hard. I had to learn the stores and make sure you put the alcohol where they wanted. The mornings were the worst for me; I am not a very good morning person. On the truck I would fall asleep and wake up at our first stop ready to go. After the first two weeks you got the hang of it and knew where you were and where everything was supposed to be. We were always on the move at a stop, working hard so you can get in out of there for the customers. Some of the driver’s would say” work smart not hard” and it is true, you can do something that is so easy but make it really hard on you. Some days we would have around 1,000 cases on a truck; those were the worst because I would not get home until 9:00 pm. Other days we would have around 500 hundred cases and be home around 4:00 p.m.

I had a lot of fun doing this job. We went around the areas of Longville, Minnesota delivering beer, riding on the truck just talking, and just messing around. Every Friday we would wash the trucks, but we basically just messed around soaking each other. The company supplied us with uniforms of the different types of beer we delivered. That was also a nice thing, because we got all of these nice polo’s to and a pair of pants wear around and everyone would ask where we got them. We were spoiled and it was great. My favorite thing to wear was the Coors Light with khaki pants.