Nija wrote:Reminds me of the time I was in L.A. for some kind of corporate training. First day there, while we were out to lunch I asked the waitress for some sweet tee.
She looks up and says pardon me. Again I say ‘may I have some sweet tee’ she is all pissed off and leaves. The others are dying laughing at me. I can not figure what in the hell is so funny. One of them states that out here you only ask for Tea. There is no such thing as sweet tea.
Put a hint of a southern drawl in the statement and you get
May I have some sweetie?
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Nija wrote:Reminds me of the time I was in L.A. for some kind of corporate training. First day there, while we were out to lunch I asked the waitress for some sweet tee.
She looks up and says pardon me. Again I say ‘may I have some sweet tee’ she is all pissed off and leaves. The others are dying laughing at me. I can not figure what in the hell is so funny. One of them states that out here you only ask for Tea. There is no such thing as sweet tea.
Put a hint of a southern drawl in the statement and you get May I have some sweetie?
Rimmel wrote:
I don't get it either, but then I ain't from around here.
LOL, I know people like that....Coke is everything.
The only thing that I've wanted but was not on the menu is sweet tea ... you know you're not in the south when they don't have sweet tea (and you have to make it yourself)!!!!
Down here if you ask for tea, it comes sweet--I don't even think they offer it unsweetened.
And if ya actually request unsweet...you get the one eyebrow raise [/quote]
There is nothing worse than going into a restaurant and asking for sweet tea and the waiter says, ever so kindly, "we only have un-sweet tea, but, there's sweetner on the table." UGH!!!! That just don't cut it!!!
I regularly eat at a cafe where the bartender (the owner's aunt) tells everyone: "Listen, this is not Burger King, you get it the way I give serve it."
Gave up tryng to argue with Miss Sheryl about ten years ago. Best place to eat in Northern Virginia.
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Rimmel wrote:
I don't get it either, but then I ain't from around here.
LOL, I know people like that....Coke is everything.
The only thing that I've wanted but was not on the menu is sweet tea ... you know you're not in the south when they don't have sweet tea (and you have to make it yourself)!!!!
Down here if you ask for tea, it comes sweet--I don't even think they offer it unsweetened.
And if ya actually request unsweet...you get the one eyebrow raise
There is nothing worse than going into a restaurant and asking for sweet tea and the waiter says, ever so kindly, "we only have un-sweet tea, but, there's sweetner on the table." UGH!!!! That just don't cut it!!![/quote]
Tea isn't tea unless it's sweet. :D
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BigSis61502 wrote:LOL, I know people like that....Coke is everything.
The only thing that I've wanted but was not on the menu is sweet tea ... you know you're not in the south when they don't have sweet tea (and you have to make it yourself)!!!!
Down here if you ask for tea, it comes sweet--I don't even think they offer it unsweetened.
And if ya actually request unsweet...you get the one eyebrow raise
There is nothing worse than going into a restaurant and asking for sweet tea and the waiter says, ever so kindly, "we only have un-sweet tea, but, there's sweetner on the table." UGH!!!! That just don't cut it!!!
Daisey wrote:There is nothing worse than going into a restaurant and asking for sweet tea and the waiter says, ever so kindly, "we only have un-sweet tea, but, there's sweetner on the table." UGH!!!! That just don't cut it!!!
Nope, it doesn't cut it at all . You can't make tea sweet after it's made....just doesn't work!
My boyfriend in high school was from Michigan. He called my Mother’s tea… syrup . I said, yeah what's your point :D
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SmileyTFJ wrote:
I got sooooo friggin' tired of that dumbass look....no I want Tea. If I wanted to drink sugar water I would go find a humming bird feeder somewhere!
Oh, come on Smiley, . It's got to be a little syrupy so when your ice cubes melt it doesn't get all watered down and diluted. .
Ya gotta love tea that'll make yer teeth hurt just a little.
Daisey wrote:There is nothing worse than going into a restaurant and asking for sweet tea and the waiter says, ever so kindly, "we only have un-sweet tea, but, there's sweetner on the table." UGH!!!! That just don't cut it!!!
Nope, it doesn't cut it at all . You can't make tea sweet after it's made....just doesn't work!
My boyfriend in high school was from Michigan. He called my Mother’s tea… syrup . I said, yeah what's your point :D
Mine gets called syrup all of the time! And I say back...."if you don't like it, then don't drink it...that leaves more for me."
... you know you're not in the south when they don't have sweet tea (and you have to make it yourself)!!!!
