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Originally Posted by Captain Snooze
I am often asked when I am paying for my coffee at a favourite coffee shop "How was everything?". I understand it is not meant to be taken literally; I am being asked how was my coffee. I have often considered going into a tirade of questions trying to determine what they mean by their question.
Me: "Was" past tense. "Everything" encompasses.... well everything. Are you referring to my early childhood, the state of the universe, the history of Poland?
Coffee shop staff: Huh?
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Context solves that. They only care about your coffee experiance so they are asking how was everything about your visit.
That will be the basis for a longer response to @
MuseChaser on tuesday. I only post from my phone but this will be much too long so need to wait til I'm back to work on a computer.