i’ve seen it, and it ain’t pretty...
When We moved to Houston from Old Bridge,NJ back in 1969 we stayed in a hotel while Dad was at the Intergalactic Airport during construction supervising the AA section and searching for a house..
At breakfast the first morning Dad ordered Tea, Mom Coffee and myself OJ. The Waitress brings the drinks and sets down Mom’s coffee and then a glass of Iced Tea to Dad. He’s got this look on His face like WTF IS THIS!! He says I meant Hot Tea and the Waitress says I’m sorry I’ll be right back Sir. When She came back She told Us that down South you need to specifically ask for Hot Tea or your getting Iced Tea. Even at Breakfast.
The table also had a 1 hole shaker bottle that had Simple Syrup to sweeten your Iced Tea with instead of trying to get sugar to dissolve in the Iced Tea. I’ve noticed that that’s not as common as it used to be.
Just the beginning of the learning and transitions of being Yankee’s in the South. We eventually made Damned Yankee status when they realized We were staying.