Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 12:08:45 EST
From: Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV maintainer
owner-LISTSERV[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UGA.CC.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: pop and soda
Here's an interesting variant. At the office Xmas party yesterday,
one of the people I was sitting with asked the waiter for "a soda."
He went away, and came back in a minute with a glass of plain club
soda. She was annoyed, because she wanted Sprite. (They look the same,
so she took a sip before realizing the error.) It was sorted out,
but I find it interesting that the waiter assumed that "a soda" was
plain soda water; I think my co-worker expected him to ask her what
kind.
Vicki Rosenzweig
vr%acmcr.uucp[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]murphy.com | rosenzweig[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]acm.org
New York, NY