Less Calories, More Placebos

(Because we have to have a certain number of people in the room at all times, my coworker is covering my lunch.)

Coworker: “Hey, are you off to the shop?”

Me: “Yes, need something?”

Coworker: “Can you pick me up another one of these?” *holds up half empty Pepsi Max bottle* “I don’t think it is going to last until the end of the day.”

Me: “Er, sure, but you know we have juice, right?”

Coworker: “Nah, I need the sugar.”

Me: “Er… You know that doesn’t have any sugar in it?”

Coworker: “Sugar, sweetener, same thing.”

(I pick up her sugar-free sugarfix, which apparently was the pickup she needed.)