“You’re One of Those Internet Tequila Hoarders!”
This is what the store owner said to me after he asked if he could help me (about 20 seconds after I entered the store) and I responded “Do you have any Fortaleza?” (I do this when I want them to stop asking me questions).
I took great exception to his labeling me, and to his dismissive approach, and I then pointed out how in fact, I was not ONLY a collector (Hoarder is such an ugly word, Merriam-Webster says it’s “Someone who buys too much and doesn’t throw anything away, even as the stuff piles up and impedes normal life.”) but also a lifelong tequila fan and drinker of the spirits I buy. Further, I went through a list of additive-free Tequilas that I own, drink and seek out regularly — Tapatio, Arette, Pasote, Ocho, Cascah