A Coke, please!
Published Oct 07, 2002
I've always ordered beverages one simple way - "A Coke, please."
Lately, though, this hasn't seemed to work. Waitresses now often respond, "I'm sorry, we don't have Coke. We have Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, 7-Up, Mr. Pibb, Fanta ,Yahoo and Red Bull."
Tired of listening to the long list of soft drinks, I thought I'd make life easier. So one day I simply asked the snack bar lad at a movie theater for a "dark, cold, carbonated beverage."
The young man behind the counter chuckled and asked, "Ok. But, sir, would you like a long, thin, cylindrical plastic sucking device with that?
Originally published November 14, 2002.
