unintentional innuendo

work chat. brilliantly uncomfortable for all parties. all because i was sipping a coke.

male work-associate: is vanilla coke so much better than regular coke?

me: yes. 

so certain are you
yes. 

well, i guess that settles it
it does. 

i guess me question is: i was never a coke guy, but does is the vanilla taste way different?

yes. 

what do you usually drink?

because this is nectar. no lie. 

sprite

i tend to obey my thirst

lame joke?

maybe

gross. 

to the drink AND the joke. 

yeah, i tried

sometime, you need to pour me a little drop of it into a cup

i want to sample your nectar

whoa!

that sounded messed up

so sorry

whoa. that's actionable. 

really

did not mean it like that

coming attraction: sexual harassment seminar. 

next week. 

huh

well, some time let me have some vanilla coke

that's all

nothing else implied

and that is the end of this ill-fated and somewhat ill-conceived conversation

fair enough. 


fin.