..recently heard, pranked with room..

Alice Faber faber at HASKINS.YALE.EDU
Mon Jul 1 14:28:51 UTC 2002


GSCole said:
>Not sure if the following is jargon, but in a Whole Foods store in St.
>Paul, MN, at the juice bar, a coffee was ordered "with room".  When I
>asked about the meaning of 'with room', I was told that it meant to
>leave room for the addition of cream or sugar or other additive, as
>opposed to merely filling the container with coffee.

I've been ordering coffee in New Haven "without room" for almost 15 years.

Alice



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