Barstool Chicago's Got Beef And I'm Over It
There's been a lot of shrapnel thrown back and forth between Barstool Chicago and New York this week, and I think it's finally time Octagon Bob steps into the ring, because I'm sick and tired of seeing those spoiled bastard's free lunch all over my timeline every day. It's not the golf simulator, the basketball court, the state of the art kitchen, the cheaper rent, the universal praise, the fun times, and influx of hilarious talent, successful shows, and likable personalities I envy. It's the beef. I mean - look at this spread!
If you weren't aware, Big Cat and the powers that be at Chicago did the math last year and realized they could either have a little holiday party where everybody lingers around together after work and hopes nobody gets too drunk…..OR get free lunch catered EVERY DAY FOR A MONTH! You wanna guess what they picked?!?!
SPOILERS: It's the free lunch!!!
Over the past month I've seen beautiful spreads of Italian, Thai, Chinese, Mediterranean, burgers, pizza, beef sandwiches - even Chili's in that office!
CHILI'S!!!
….but us shmucks in NYC didn't even know this was an option, so we had our normal holiday party with stuff like chicken tendies, french fries, and onion rings to snack on as we crammed shoulder-to-shoulder into a random bar on the Lower East Side.
Not to say I wasn't grateful for that party - I scarfed down those finger foods like I hadn't eaten in months and small talked my ass off about Q4 sales and 2024 projections….but if I knew 31 days of free lunch was also on the menu, I mighta thought twice about that Happy Hour!
I guess I wouldn't have been able to write this clickbaity blog if we were part of the #CateredCrew, though, and I do like writing a clickbaity blog every now and then - I learned from the best after all….
….so it's all good.
P.S. Tune into the NEW unnamed Barstool Radio show on Monday at 11:30am hosted by Dave Portnoy/Kirk Minihane/Ryan Whitney for the actual Barstool beef talk….
P.P.S. Random unrealistic thought from a member of the Barstool New York office: I wish we could move back into HQ2 right now and all be working on top of each other again. Imagine that? Obviously the talent pulled to Chicago are irreplaceable, and the current physical office isn't our issue, but I still think a change of environment would bring some of the old school energy back. Again - just a random, unrealistic thought. I miss that place and the good times we had there.
Worst case scenario maybe the NY office could move into the old Chicago office….