Sep 13, 2006 12:36
So there I stood in my local Subway restaurant with a lucious tuna sandwich and one hand, and money to pay the man behind the counter with in the other hand. As I look to my right, I see the pop machine. Ordinarily I would ignore it and drink water, but as soon as I saw Raspberry Iced Tea as a choice, I paid for the cup and walked over to the machine.
I know what you're thinking. This story is dumb. But in all seriousness, I could've died at Subway today because..
When I was pushing the ice maker to put ice in my cup, I glanced to the left of the Raspberry Iced Tea and saw that Cherry Coke, my other favorite drink of all time, was right next to it. THIS, my friends, HAS NEVER HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE. There has never been a store so wonderful to have TWO of my favorite choices, let alone right next to each other.
While this was "a blessing to say the least", it was also a CURSE FROM HELL! I stood at this stupid pop machine for nearly 15 minutes, no exaggeration. I let people go ahead of me. I tried Cherry Coke, poured it out of my cup, then tried the Raspberry tea. I even tried other kinds of pops just so that I wouldn't hurt Cherry's or Raspberry's feelings if I decided on one from the other.
Soon enough I knew it was time to decide. So I gathered up enough courage to very quickly pour ice into my cup, rinse it out with water, and then, chose Raspberry Iced Tea.
I am not regretful of my decision. It's really good. I had to stay true to my tea roots.
Sorry Cherry Coke. You'll be in my thoughts and prayers. I'll drink you next time.