The Search for the Fountain of Pop

In some places, people refer to carbonated beverages as "soda." In the southern part of the US, it is, across the board, known as "coke"- which confuses me (and the rest of the northern part of the US). In Zambia, carbonated beverages are called "softies." At the Southside Mini Mart, we call them "pop."

The other night I decided (in spite of a full-fledged tornado watch) to record all of the pop that I sold during my shift. I was hoping for some startling statistic. I was hoping to be able to blog something like, "I sold enough pop in one shift to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool," or, at the very least, enough to float me around a little bit.

Unfortunately, I only sold 36 twenty ounce bottles, 16 twelve packs, 9 cans, 7 one-litres, 3 two-litres, and a single twenty-two ounce cup of fountain pop. That comes out to around 27 gallons of pop. That's still pretty good considering the tornado watch. It will take more than a twister to get the good people of Staples to stop drinking gallons of Coke (the brand), Pepsi, and Mr. Pibb.

So I don't have any startling statistics for you this time. Twenty-seven gallons won't float me anywhere. But it would certainly get my feet wet.