I go through something like this all the time!
Me: Do you have Coke?
Waiter: Is Pepsi okay?
Me: Doctor Pepper?
Waiter: No.
Me: Root Beer in a bottle?
Waiter: No, sorry.
Me: Water, please.
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I am a Pepsi girl…?
I'm a coke woman :))) ^^
Coke! Always…..never got Pepsi………:-)
I used to be like this. Back before Coke started using HFCS which leaves an awful sticky-sweet aftertaste.
Now I don't give a shit.
🙂
I avoid the death drinks all together.
Seriously when you ask for a Coke you want a damn Coke. I hate when they ask if Pepsi will be OK? I always say,'NO' and that's all I say. I love the look on their face.
But then, I don't drink soda hardly at all anymore. Now I argue with them about tea.
XD +Kari Tedrick
So +Kari Tedrick if you had just sneezed a big booger out of your nose and asked someone for a Kleenex, would you turn down a Scotties? 😉
+Dean Reimer Maybe does Scotties taste as good as Kleenex?
{EDIT} I hope you realize how absurd your comparison was.
What ticked me off was when I would say, "Coke or Pepsi" and they would still come back, "Is Coke O.K."
Your brother has spare pickle juice if you're low on fluids. ; )
+Eric Sagel So true! Should avoid altogether, but no willpower. I would make a terrible, er, wonderful(?) alcoholic!
+Caroline Evebetty Yay!!!
+Max Love It's okay. More Coke for us! hehe I grew up on Pepsi and still like the occasional one, but it has to be in a glass bottle. Coke in the bottle is my favorite too. A good bottled Root Beer with no HFCS is king.
+Kari Tedrick Well, kinda. That's why I added the 😉 emoticon.
But they are both examples of the same phenomenon. When a brand name becomes inextricably linked to a product category (cola in the case of Coke, facial tissue in the case of Kleenex) it is common for people to ask for the brand name without really caring whether they get a generic or not.
Imagine you're a waitress. You ask someone what they'd like to drink and she says "Can I get a Coke, please?" By your logic, the waitress, knowing that they serve only Pepsi, should just say "No."
+Dean Reimer With something like food or beverage, I think the waitress should specify also. 🙂
But in the case of this post, it's not a brand name issue. It's a taste. There is a huge difference. Asking for a Kleenex and getting a tissue or asking for Tylenol and getting acetaminophen is perfectly fine, since the tissue does the same job as a Kleenex and acetaminophen is the same thing as Tylenol, but Coke is not the same as Pepsi. To most Coke drinkers, Pepsi taste flat, and a lot sweeter. To Pepsi drinkers, Coke is too harsh. So If I ask if I can have a coke and the waitress simply says no, I then would ask for a root beer or some tea. Neither of which matter which damn brand they are.
So yes, I agree the waitress should and could just say No.
Also, where would you draw the line? Pepsi, Coke, Mr. Pibb, Shasta (lol), Sam's Club Cola? Well, I might remove Mr. Pibb… it's more Dr. Pepper like. hehe
There was a restaurant in Tampa that stopped providing mayo and just had Miracle Whip
+Dean Reimer I'm calling the rescue squad, dude. +Keith Cramer we have a +Kari Tedrick spill-over! Emergency man, there's a life at stake! You distract her with a nefarious product substitution and I'll pull Dean out!
I hear you, Kari. There is a big difference, and back when I was too young to buy beer at the restaurant I was one of those people that would order root beer instead if all they had was Pepsi. In fact, my friends and I could be pretty douch-ey about it.
+Scott Cramer Standing down my friend, standing down. Call off the dogs
+Kari Tedrick You called +Keith Cramer a dog! LMFAO… oh, this is going to get interesting! hehe
p.s., glad you're back
Glad I'm back? Where'd I go?
Your pre m… attitude… you know…
Oh! the heart thing. no right after that went away there was the whole plane crash thing, just didn't interact much for a few days
?!?!!?
oh. sorry. check my post from Friday afternoon
I like Pepsi.
oh, and… it's spelled, "dawg."
+Keith Cramer Don't have Pepsi. Is Coke ok?
Yes, dawg. That's what I meant
+Kari Tedrick Coke, why yes that would be just fine.
See, it's just that easy. :-0
Of course, I like Coke too. 🙂
{sigh}
You can't weigh in on this one if you have no strong aversion to one or the other. It just doesn't count.
Besides +Scott Cramer called you in to diffuse the situation not drag me back into another debate, shame on you Dawg
hmmm… I'm thinking {sigh} isn't as good as a +1
+Keith Cramer #fail
lol
+Kari Tedrick I hate it when I get busted.
+Scott Cramer yeah #totalfail
Yeah… busted != brunski 😉
I totally ratted you out too , didn't I? my bad