ME: Looks like you are drinking a cherry Sprite. Do you want a refill?
TEENAGE GIRL: It’s not, it’s a Shirley Temple.
(Okay, technically there is a difference, 1) Shirley’s should be made with 7 Up, not Sprite, but not sure you can find 7 Up anywhere except at a grocery store. and 2) A Shirley should have cherries in it.)
S. L. Ehrisman (c) 6/1/11
Your job would be so much easier without customers.
🙂 True. Those are the nights I walk home with $14 in my pocket.
and then she texted all of her friends:
“OMG this waiter so totally doesn’t know what he’s doing. He thought I was drinking a Cherry Sprite, and it was so totally a Shirley Temple.”
I forgot to mention, her mom looked at me and was chuckling.
Shirley Temple is a huge fan of skinheads.
You are not real.