Conrad acknowledges the Martinez story, but he thinks the drink was actually concocted by Thomas in San Francisco. The bartender threw together what he had on hand - fortified wine (vermouth) and gin, and a few other goodies - and called it a Martinez, after the town in which the bar was located.” The city of Martinez stands by this story, she notes.Īnother story, told by journalist and drink historian Barnaby Conrad III, is that the martini was invented by “Professor” Jerry Thomas, the man who professionalized bartending and wrote several books on the topic. “The story goes that a miner walked into a bar and asked for a special drink to celebrate his new fortune. “Many historians follow the martini back to a miner who struck gold in California during the Gold Rush,” she writes. It’s everything we hope to project while ordering one.”īut it best-known origin story don’t sound terribly sexy, unless you like camping for weeks near a gold claim in the California backwoods. “There’s no cocktail more distinctly American than the martini,” writes April Fulton for NPR’s The Salt. With a name and a pedigree like that, you might imagine that “martini” comes from an elegant town in Italy or an attractive person’s surname. Just not good.I wouldn't recommend your product over others until you figure out how to adequately solve my problem.The martini comes with its own lingo–and, as James Bond famously emphasized, everyone has a preference in how the versatile drink is made. This week I have a couple of mid-week runs and a long run that I really need those gels for but have no hope they'll arrive at this point.Ģ.) manufacture and distribute to more than just a couple of storesģ.) don't commit to supplying the Boston Marathon unless you know you can manufacture and distribute enough of the gels for the race day, AND ALSO (equally important) the months leading up to the race so athletes can use your products and get used to themĤ.) improve your customer service team so their responses are not so automated, and then actually seek to help solve the problemĥ.) offer me a refund and ship more product as a gesture and apology for the disbelief you created that I fell for and was inconvenienced by I waited until the day before figuring maybe they'll show up that night, but nothing. I was relying on those gels arriving last week before my weekly long run. I wouldn't be upset if I wasn't running the Boston Marathon this year and training harder than I ever have. It's now been 7! And, when I emailed customer services the only answer I got was that you messed up the shipping. I ordered a pack of the gels and was expecting it to arrive in 3-5 business days.
So far the company and the service has been terrible.
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