It is commonly agreed and fairly well known that Finland has a drinking problem. Alcoholism is one of this Nordic country’s most pressing social issues, and something the government has been determinedly trying to solve.
The appearance of a new mobile business that sells alcohol door-to-door, however, is not likely to help the situation. Over the past few weeks, a bright yellow van has been delivering Estonian hooch to Finnish customers’ homes. Aptly calling itself Alkotaxi, the innovative company takes orders for cheap Estonian alcohol online and then delivers them to the customer.
Finnish health authorities are far from happy about it, reports SIKUnews, and have opened an investigation into the legality of the business. Although Alkotaxi has only been open a short while, it has already delivered to more than 50 customers, mostly in Helsinki.
Vasili Visnapuu is the man in charge of driving the yellow van and delivering the booze. He told the YLE news service that the business is completely legitimate because the imported alcohol is delivered for free and the money transfer is handled through the Internet.
“It would be illegal to import alcohol for sale in Finland. The purchase is actually made in Estonia, we simply don’t charge for delivery,” said Visnapuu. Kari Paaso of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health admits “the law is quite unclear on this issue, which is why the parliamentary ombudsman has requested an inquiry on the matter.”
A generalized, juvenile comment drawing from tired racial stereotypes. I’m sure we can do better ?
Regarding the Alkotaxi, an excellent idea from the Estonian. All the best for him and his entreprenourship in these trying financial times.
Thanks for the psychoanalysis, Alfred.
It sounds like you had a great time during your visit to Finnland.
Maybe next time you should visit Fiji or maybe Italy – the people there are generally happy and relaxed, the world is just as it should be, they display all their emotions all the time, they drink in moderation or not at all, and the women won’t sleep with you unless you marry them!
I agree Alex. Anyway Alfred didn’t wrote the truth, he was just ****** off as usual. And I wish he’ll tricked -even worse- by Italians very soon, so he’d be also able to insult them (so I’d owe him a favor)
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The root cause of the Finnish alcohol problem has nothing to do with where, when and how much alcohol can be purchased. Finns always find a way to drink too much no matter what restrictions their government puts on alcohol. The real problem lies in the reason WHY Finns have an alcohol problem – it is because of their dark, angry, frustrated and obsessive minds. To them, the world is not the way it should be – the way a Finn thinks it should be – so they pickle their brains to deal with their hostile feelings. What makes things worse is that they spend most of their lives acting like a stone statue. No expression, no communication, motionless at times. They think that this is good, the most cultured and superior way to be. Amongst themselves they laugh at and mock people from more expressive cultures (that means ALL cultures other than their own). All the while they are suffering inside, full of frustration and anger, trying to deal with it. The only escape is booze and suicide. You are not so clever and superior after all, are you “Jaakko”.
One result of all this alcohol and introversion is the promiscuity of the Finnish women. Anyone who has seen the international statistics knows that Finnish women are consistently at the top of the list for “one nighters”. Drunk sex with strangers is a way of life for many Finnish women. This is one instance when Finns DO like the foreign men! Yes they sure do! But typical of the Finnish desire to twist things in order to make themselves look good and to feel superior to other nationalities, Finnish women say that this sleeping around is because they are “more liberated” than women from other countries. No, the real reason is that Finnish women are often extremely drunk, have low self esteem and are unable to establish normal relationships with Finnish men (who are drunk, rude and egotistical). What a mess! Keeping Alkotaxi from delivering booze isn’t going to change one thing for a society of alcohol abusers with such deep neurotic problems.