Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 13:14:39 EST
From: Larry Horn LHORN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]YALEVM.CIS.YALE.EDU
Subject: Re: pop and soda
Well, yes, but...
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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
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...if was basically a bartender, it might be understandable. After all, if
you ask for a scotch and soda, you expect him to siphon in some seltzer or
club soda without asking whether you wanted Sprite, root beer, orange, ...
Larry