Thursday, October 6, 2005

Don't laugh at drink stall aunties

Ok, never laugh at people when they're making you your drinks... The drinks stall auntie in the canteen, of late, is always accusing me of laughing at her for making mistakes. The funny, imo, exchange between the drinks stall auntie and the girl in front went somthing like this;

Auntie : "要喝設麼" (Want to drink what?)
girl : "Teh C" (Tea with evaporated milk; Don't ask me why 'Teh C' uses evaporated milk while 'Teh' uses condensed milk)
Auntie : "Plastic ah?"

By plastic, the auntie meant to ask whether the girl wanted to drink in the canteen or wanted it to go in a plastic bag. But the girl seem not to understand what 'plastic?' meant. The auntie seeing confusion, tried again.

Auntie : "妳要Teh C還是要Dey C?" (do you want Teh C or Dey C), she asked pointing at the fridge.

Now... Teh C and Dey C sounded exactly the same to me. So i thought maybe the auntie was referring to refrigerated Teh C in a can like nescafe in a can. Though personally, i've never seen Teh C or Kopi C in any sealed packets or cans.
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More confusion.

To resolve the confusion once and for all, the auntie opened the fridge door, reached into the fridge and pulled out a packet of 'Daisy' milk.

Oh.. and today's coffee taste kind of bitter.

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