Date:  Thu, 14 Dec 1995 12:08:45 EST

From:  Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV maintainer

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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