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The Tea Maker
My friend from Glasgow is visiting at the moment so off we went to ADSA yesterday to stock up for the weekend. He wasn’t really in the mood for wandering around and hunting things down so he approached the first shelf stacker he met.
“Excuse me,” he said, “I’m looking for bottles of water.”
“Certainly sir, just follow me.” Off they went along the aisles with me bringing up the rear until the pair of them stopped at a shelf that was weighed down with every imaginable brand of vodka. The girl turned to my friend and asked, “Which type were you looking for?”
He stared at her and then at me and then back to the girl again. With a smile he said, “I’m sorry, it must be my accent. I didn’t ask about vodka. I asked about water.”
Her faced turned bright red and she couldn’t apologise enough. To save her further embarrassment, my Glaswegian friend said, “It’s ok, now that we’re here, I’ll take a couple of litres of Smirnoff.” He popped them into the basket and then asked, very slowly, “Now, what about the water?”
“This way.” she said, and off we went again.
We picked up a dozen bottles of spring water but before the girl went back to her stacking job, she said, “I’m really sorry about the mix-up. Is there anything else I can help you with?
My friend smiled at her again, “Do you have any Coke?”
“Of course,” she said, “what kind would you like?”
“Colombian?”
“I’m sorry but I think we only have Diet Pepsi at the moment.”
