Tea bags in?

Dad_of_3
Sat, 01 Dec 2012 17:02:32 +0000

When I first came to the US in '75 to go to grad school, I had only seen tea as loose leaves. When the flight attendant came for the beverage service, she poured out a cup of hot water and handed a tea bag. I clumsily tore it open and poured the contents in the cup, wondering how it was to filtered out afterwards. She was obviously quite upset, took back the cup, looking at me in a manner that you would do to a ■■■■■■■■ animal, poured out another cup and put the tea bag in it herself, and handed it over.

She then proceeded to give me some sugar. Till then I had only seen sugar scooped in spoons or in cubes. But fortunately I was one with good test scores and from a prestigious school (back home), and was a quick learner.

Boy, did her customer handling skills get tested; she didn’t do too well…