Saturday, January 30, 2010

HAPPY DAYS!

Several months ago, they came and took away the soda machine from the staff lounge at work. This week, they came back with a new one, and then later they actually filled it with soda. In response to these events, the school office sent out the following email--

HAPPY DAYS!

POP MACHINE IN NOW FILLED WITH THE FOLLOWING DRINKS:

Reg. Coke ALL POP IS .75 CENTS
Diet Coke
Coke Zero
Fanta Orange
Sprite
Root Beer
20 oz. bottled water is $1.00

Unfortunately, this email is incorrect. It should read--

HAPPY DAYS!

POP MACHINE IN NOW FILLED WITH THE FOLLOWING DRINKS:

Reg. Coke ALL POP IS .75 CENTS
Reg. Coke
Coke Zero
Diet Coke
Diet Coke
Sprite
20 oz. bottled water is $1.00

Many people do not know that Fanta Orange is the favorite drink of the current Pope, Benedict XVI (pictured below). If His Holiness ever makes a surprise visit to our school, we will be unable to provide him with the beverage of his choice.

None of this actually matters very much to me, however, because in the eight-plus years I have worked at my school, I have probably only had two sodas from the vending machine.

2 comments:

Gray said...

Perhaps it should also read "POP MACHINE IS NOW FILLED" etc

Andy said...

Perhaps it should.

"Hockey ought to be sternly forbidden, as it is not only annoying but dangerous." Halifax Morning Sun, quoted in Michael McKinley's Hockey - A People's History