FREE Pint Glass on Cinco de Mayo
By Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (128291)
Gainesville, Florida
May 5, 2026 5:29pm CST
My plans today were to get off early so I could grab a table at one of our favorite local Mexican restaurants to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. I live in a university town where the students look for every excuse to go out and drink, including Mexican holidays. Well, no such luck getting in anywhere, even before 2:00pm all the places I passed by had lines of people out the door. Which really sucks, because I was looking forward to a margarita or two.
By sheer luck when scrolling through social media, I came across a post from one of our local craft breweries promoting their Cinco de Mayo night. If you spend $12 (each beer costs $6), you get a free limited edition pint glass to keep.
So away to the brewery I went, and texted all my peeps to meet me there after work. We all had the minimum two beers to get our free pint glasses, enjoyed each other's company for a few hours, and then everyone went their separate way. Surprisingly, most of them didn't want to keep their souvenir pint glass, so I ended up with a nice collection of glasses to take home. A big win for me!
I've been invited out to a local pub tonight for karaoke, so I may or may not be embarrassing myself later. Stay tuned.
Any of you celebrating Cinco de Mayo, or doing anything special?
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@Ineeddentures (31419)
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11h
Any of you celebrating Cinco de Mayo, or doing anything special?
Oh Jeff
If I had known it was a special day I would have invited Yvonne's friend around for the evening
Bah humbug
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@moffittjc (128291)
• Gainesville, Florida
9h
Well, invent a fake holiday tomorrow, make it sound really interesting, and then invite over whoever you want to celebrate!
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@moffittjc (128291)
• Gainesville, Florida
9h
@Ineeddentures Yes, yes. Come up with a really good one. Something we can spread around the world as a legitimate new holiday!
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@RasmaSandra (96940)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
11h
You sure got a treat. I do nothing on this day,
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@moffittjc (128291)
• Gainesville, Florida
11h
I wonder if people outside of Florida, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and California even care about Cinco de Mayo?
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@moffittjc (128291)
• Gainesville, Florida
9h
@Juliaacv Haha, that's what I thought. Honestly, I think it's a bigger deal here where I live because I'm in a college town and the students look for any and every excuse to have a party and drink. Probably the Mexicans don't even celebrate this holiday.
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@snowy22315 (207010)
• United States
11h
Yeah, miraculous what a little scrolling can do. Nice glasses. I've done karaoke. I think I would have to be pretty toasted to get up there and sing..probably wouldn't be a pretty or very musical sight. 
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@moffittjc (128291)
• Gainesville, Florida
9h
I know for a fact that I am horrible at karaoke, and I'd have to be pretty drunk to actually get up there and sing. I decided not to embarrass myself tonight, so I am home now after going out for some ice cream.
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@moffittjc (128291)
• Gainesville, Florida
9h
I've got a collection of hundreds of pint glasses from bars, pubs and breweries, most of them I probably stole over the years, but a few I paid for! LOL
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@moffittjc (128291)
• Gainesville, Florida
9h
I decided to save the world from embarrassment and forego Karaoke tonight.
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@BACONSTRIPSXXX (17542)
• Torrington, Connecticut
Just now
We celebrated by having Chipotle for lunch at work
