“I’ll Just Have A Coke”
So what the fuck is up with putting an “I’ll just have” in front of your drink request?
Me: “Would you like a beverage, Ma’am?”
Passenger: “I’ll just have a Coke”
Me: “What would you like to drink, sir?”
Passenger: “I’ll just have a Diet Pepsi with 2 ice cubes, a water, and a black cup of coffee with cream and sugar”.
Placing “I’ll just have” prior to your request does not diminish the fact that I am still pouring you a drink, or am I “just having” a complete crazy town meltdown?
TRAVEL TIP: Just read the menu, order — throw in a please and/or thank you and all will be right in the world.
Jesus Christ.
Um, I think I do that…
What I do not do, however, is shake my head and say “no thanks, I’ll just have a water.”
Dude, a water is a beverage. End of.
I LOVE the black coffee with cream and sugar! How many times does someone say Coffee and you say Cream and sugar? and they stare at you like you asked if they wanted moonrocks as they ponder for the next 45 seconds!! DO YOU NOT KNOW HOW YOU TAKE YOUR COFFEE!!?!?!?
lol @ moon rocks
Thank you for validating my annoyance over the “I’ll just have..” response. That drives me crazy, too. Don’t act like you’re doing me a favor by ” just having” a coke.
It’s not just you!! xx
its clearly done by people who are recovering alcoholics. In some way, “just a coke” is a polit esubsitute for “look bitch, i really want a bottle of champagne, 3 vodka tonics (with lemon) and a beer, but as you’re glaring at me like Ted Bundy, i’ll ‘just have a coke’ ..”
tee hee
Okay this one seems a little touchy. It’s just a commonly used phrase. Most people use phrases like this in environments where alcohol is served, such as in bars, if they want to order a non-alcoholic beverage.
I have to say I would never have even noticed if someone said this or not; definitely seems like a non-issue in a world filled with truly irritating individuals.
I would also note that many people who are flying are under a lot of stress, either from travel itself, or from a possibly negative situation at their destination (say, the deathbed of a relative). Their minds are likely preoccupied such that they aren’t devoting 100% attention to semantic precision.
I guess what I mean to say is, what irritates me a lot about other people is when they bitch about nonsensical things that nice people do, while the jerks of the world continue to deserve that attention instead.
My hubby always says this at restaurants before proceeding to order half the menu. It annoys the shit out of me! (but I still love him, of course!)
You’d have no difficulty convincing me that conducting a mid-flight drink or meal service has got to be annoying as blue fuck, with the assumption that blue is the most wretched color of the fuck spectrum, of course. I’m pretty sure I could never do your job. I’d probably lose my shit on a regular basis, and that’s even if all the passengers were generally well-behaved, and how often does THAT happen?? But then I’m a bit of a misanthrope that way. (In fact, if I were ever to join a roller derby team, that would be my alias: “Ms. Ann Thrope” – perhaps a story for another time.)
However, I have to admit I’m guilty of the dreaded “I’ll just have a Diet Coke, please.” Honestly, I never considered it might be annoying to state it that way. Maybe I’m subconsciously thinking it would be nicer to have a Vodka Gimlet with extra lime, shaken not stirred. Or a Brandy Alexander topped with two hazelnuts. Or a half-caff low-fat latte with a dash of Madagascar cinnamon and two packets of Splenda. Nevertheless a mere Diet Coke is quite sufficient, hence “just a Diet Coke”. That’s my defense I guess. I sometimes use the j-word because I know what you’re doing can be a pain in the ass so in an effort to move things along, I ask for something uncomplicated. See?
Anyway, keep writing. Your blog’s a hoot!