“I want a large Mountain Dew without the cup, please.”
Ha.
When the author of Life 101 first arrived in California in the 1990s he put money in a machine for filtered water. It gushed out onto the floor. He didn’t know you had to get a gallon jug and position it under the nozzle before you paid. He thought it was like a cup coming down for a soft drink machine.
“That was my welcome to California moment.”