Simple Coke For Simple Folk
Customer: “Excuse me, miss, but what is in your blackcurrant tea?”
Me: “Oh, it’s just blackcurrant tea.”
Customer: “But what’s in it?”
Me: “Dried blackcurrant tea leaves.”
Customer: “But what’s in it?”
Me: “Black. Currant. Tea.”
Customer: “But you aren’t telling me what’s in it!”
Me: “Ma’am, the tea distributors pluck leaves from a blackcurrant plant. Then, they dry them out, and package them. Then, we pour hot water over the tea leaves, which infuses the hot water with the flavor of the tea.”
Customer: “But what’s in it?”
(My boss comes over.)
Boss: “Ma’am, would you like a Coke?”
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