Wednesday, June 21, 2006
They still make Tab soda?
At the office we have communal refrigerators in the lunchroom. As I was putting my leftovers in there, I caught sight of a can of Tab in there. Tab? They still make that shit? I looked closer and noticed that the label said “Energy” on it and the can itself was shaped like a Red Bull can. I haven’t seen tab in decades, yet here it is, resurfaced in its new form.
In a ziploc bag. Um, why? To keep the germs off, I guess? This person must also spray Lysol on the lip, just in case, before opening it up and drinking from it. I know there are a lot of germaphobes out there, including many of you readers. But some of the things they do are just weird.
This Tab sighting reminds me of a little story from my childhood. We were on some family trip. My younger sister (only 1.5 year difference) and I were laying out in the back of the Pinto station wagon (can you picture it? Yeah, lovely. I’ll have to tell you more about it sometime.) Our mom passed a can of Tab back to us. I took one sip and said, “Eww! This tastes so gross, here!” My sister took the can, sipped it, and sputtered with distate as well.
Her: That is gross. Here, you take it.
Me: I don’t want it, you drink it.
Her: *takes another little sip* No, it’s yucky. I don’t want it.
Me: Drink it.
Her: But-
Me: Drink it!
Yeah I was a bully. I’m not proud of it. I can’t remember now what happened to the icky can of Tab soda. My mom’s biggest peeve in the whole frickin world is to waste food. It didn’t matter if it didn’t taste like food. We likely gave the can back to her. At least I hope so. That was some nasty shit.
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