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31 January 2003 10:25![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_eggwhiteHuzzah! For the first time since the person working in the coffee shop downstairs started I was not asked if Iwanted diet coke.
Some history: Almost every every day, mid morning, I go downstairs and waste money on a can of coke. Up until now, the dialogue has always gone something like this:
[I Pick up either a pack of crisps or a kitkat and brandish it for the person behind the counter to see]
Me: This and a can of coke please.
[She walks to the fridge, opens it, looks like she's climbing into the thing, and then...]
Her: <accent="italian">diet?</accent>
Me: No thanks. <thinks>If I wanted diet coke, I'd have asked for diet coke</thinks>
Her: <accent="italian">sure?</accent>
Me: Yes, I'm sure. <thinks>No, I just thought I'd say it to see what happened.</thinks>
The even wierder thing? The previous person (also italian) did it too. What is this weird italian obsession with diet coke? Or is there a special part of their training that teaches them to always ask me if I want diet coke, just to wind me up?
But today she slipped and just gave me what I asked for, without even questioning my judgement once, let alone the usual twice.
Some history: Almost every every day, mid morning, I go downstairs and waste money on a can of coke. Up until now, the dialogue has always gone something like this:
[I Pick up either a pack of crisps or a kitkat and brandish it for the person behind the counter to see]
Me: This and a can of coke please.
[She walks to the fridge, opens it, looks like she's climbing into the thing, and then...]
Her: <accent="italian">diet?</accent>
Me: No thanks. <thinks>If I wanted diet coke, I'd have asked for diet coke</thinks>
Her: <accent="italian">sure?</accent>
Me: Yes, I'm sure. <thinks>No, I just thought I'd say it to see what happened.</thinks>
The even wierder thing? The previous person (also italian) did it too. What is this weird italian obsession with diet coke? Or is there a special part of their training that teaches them to always ask me if I want diet coke, just to wind me up?
But today she slipped and just gave me what I asked for, without even questioning my judgement once, let alone the usual twice.
