Fizzy drinks

[Eirikr]

There was an experiment done many years ago back when work places kept pop in the fridge and you'd just stick 50 cents into a can.  People not actually paying for the pop (theft) dropped by some ridiculous amount (75%+) when they taped a pair of eyes to the change can.

What is this "pop"?

Aaaaaaaaaaaand go!

;D

[Perth]

What is this "pop"?

Aaaaaaaaaaaand go!

;D

I think he means "coke."

[trying]

No it means any carbonized drink.

[Chenier]

No it means any carbonized drink.

And here I thought "lollipop".

[Penchant]

And here I thought "lollipop".

Pop=Soda, its the same thing.

[Stabbity]

I think he means "coke."

Coke as a generic word for soda is the worst slang ever! It refers to a specific type of soda! I can't tell you how many times when I used to work in a restaurant some Texan would get all mad after saying they wanted a coke and got a coke. "But I wanted a fanta!"

[Indirik]

He he he.... we had the same thing happen when I was in the Navy. :D

[Stabbity]

He he he.... we had the same thing happen when I was in the Navy. :D

Yea, I encountered it in the Army too. I mean seriously. You order a *insert alcoholic beverage here* and coke, and you're going to get a tiny splash of booze mixed with a cola product and drowned in ice. Everyone knows this. So when you ask for a coke, you should expect to receive a cola product.

[egamma]

I'm friends with an army brat, and he actually calls it "cola". He's the only one I know who does that.

[Jaden]

LOL, why are we even having a thread titled "Fizzy drink"  ::)
On another note, I know it as soda.

[Perth]

Coke as a generic word for soda is the worst slang ever! It refers to a specific type of soda! I can't tell you how many times when I used to work in a restaurant some Texan would get all mad after saying they wanted a coke and got a coke. "But I wanted a fanta!"

No.

If someone asks for a Coke, you ask "what kind?"


Granted, the guy shoulda known something was wrong when you didn't.

[Stabbity]

No.

If someone asks for a Coke, you ask "what kind?"


Granted, the guy shoulda known something was wrong when you didn't.

No. If someone asks you for a coke, you give them a coke!

[Eirikr]

No. If someone asks you for a coke, you give them a coke!

Even as someone who has ordered a soda as a "Coke", I agree it is a fair assumption to just bring the person a damned Coke.

That said, I'm usually pretty happy with the result either way.

(Until the Dave and Busters waiter mixes Coke and Sprite [50-50] in response to my request for Ginger Ale, of which, they apparently had none.)

[Stabbity]

Even as someone who has ordered a soda as a "Coke", I agree it is a fair assumption to just bring the person a damned Coke.

That said, I'm usually pretty happy with the result either way.

(Until the Dave and Busters waiter mixes Coke and Sprite [50-50] in response to my request for Ginger Ale, of which, they apparently had none.)

Ginger Ale?

Man card. Hand it over.

[vonGenf]

Soda!
Cola!
Let's call the whole thing off.....

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