Maybe If You Put Enough Butter On It…

I’m working at a snack stand in an amusement park; I’m outside on the register while my coworker is in the kitchen making popcorn. I find the smell of fresh popcorn intoxicating, and the craving wins out. I don’t want a lot, though, so I just grab a drink cup and pass it through an opening.

Me: “Hey, man, could I get some popcorn?”

Coworker: “Sure thing!”

He sees my hand with the cup reaching through the wall.

Coworker: “What’s this for?”

Me: “Could you just put it in that?”

He takes the cup but looks really confused.

Coworker: “But this is a cup?”

Me: “Yes?”

Coworker: “But the drinks are out there.”

Me: “I know, but I just want the popcorn in the cup.”

Coworker: “But popcorn isn’t a drink!”

Me: “[Coworker], you know you can put things other than drinks in a cup, right?”

Coworker: “Let me just get you a box.”

Our popcorn box holds about three times as much popcorn as I want, so I just give up.

Me: “Just forget it.”

I went inside with my cup and scooped some of the popcorn into it, and [Coworker] stared at me. I honestly think he possibly expected the popcorn to turn to liquid and me to actually drink it. I still don’t think he really understands that you are allowed to put solids into drink cups.