what drinks do you usually offer your visitor? what do they usually prefer?
By secretbear
@secretbear (19448)
Philippines
October 9, 2007 8:00pm CST
we just had an early visitor this morning. and I offered him coffee and he gladly accepted it.
I think the drinks preferred by visitors depend on their age. like, old people prefer coffee or tea while young people prefer juice drinks or sodas. I think there are only a few that differs with this general idea.
and also, of course, preferred drinks vary according to the weather right?? young people might prefer coffee during cold days or hot tea.
so what do you think?
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@ericajoyce (1746)
• Philippines
10 Oct 07
When I do have friends over, I usually over them juice or soda, but if there isn't any I would only offer them cold water.
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@jcyap888 (721)
• Philippines
10 Oct 07
well coffee is the first choice, for me i always ask visitors what do they like coffee or juice or softdrink ?
i always have coffee in my house but i dont drink coffee much once a day or every other day. if theres a kids or teenager, i serve softdrink for them with some biscuit.
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@trialrun01 (644)
• India
10 Oct 07
I generally go for cold drinks as they are easily available an you dont need to worry about the quality. I personally prefer Coffee but not from evey where it has to be from some good coffee shop.
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@recycledgoth (9894)
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10 Oct 07
I usually offer tea or coffee but also have a selection of cool soft drinks too. Most of my friends are coffee or tea drinkers though.
@angemac23 (2003)
• Canada
10 Oct 07
If someone drops by I give them whatever I have to drink. If they are not happy with that, they can bring their own! I don't have the money to buy things for everyone else!
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@wisconsin26 (3859)
• United States
10 Oct 07
I offer coffee as well.. If I have to make it fresh I will, I think a juice for a younger child is ok or Kool aid is ok as well.. Normally the child will say what they want and I would give it to them, Most of the time it's milk though...
@roniroxas (10560)
• Philippines
10 Oct 07
water hahaha....joke. well its hot here in the philippines so i usually offer iced tea. what do they usually prefer.... hmmmp they have no choice.... if they dont like it then dont drink it hahaha. mag-inarte pa daw ba. joke.
@cefaz_21 (2596)
• Philippines
10 Oct 07
WE often have visitors here in the office and I always ask them what do they want,water or coffee.or juice or tea or softdrinks.. and most of the time it's only water,for the foreigners specially asian they prefer tea,we have guest from china and korea and they love tea.
In my house,I only offer them water or coffee..so they have no choice..hehe!
@aseretdd (13730)
• Philippines
10 Oct 07
Well, i usually ask them to choose from the available beverage/drink that i have... like coffee, ice tea, tea, soda, or water... older people like my in-laws would always prefer coffe... young ones like my neices and nephews would choose soda... and the health conscious ones would always choose water or tea...
As for me if i am a visitor to a house... i would alway prefer to be offered a glass of ice tea or a can of soda...
@drannhh (15219)
• United States
10 Oct 07
Since one of our main purposes in having moved to a resort town upon retirement was to avoid having to entertain guests in our home, we very seldom serve beverages. We prefer to take visitors to entertaining restaurants or other local establishment in the business of serving interesting drinks. That way all the people can order whatever they want, and I don't have to keep an assortment of drinks on hand "just in case."
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@vicki2876 (5636)
• Canada
10 Oct 07
I usually offer a tea first because most adults around here drink tea. Then coffee. I think your right though for younger ones I would offer a soda. But I am actually seeing more and more people just ask for some water. Could be that I make really bad coffee or they see my fancy water filter and want to check it out. HEHE Vicki
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@prEttyNbluE (299)
• Philippines
10 Oct 07
for me water is still the universal drink especially these days wherein people are getting conscious with their health. way back home, it's always water. in most conferences that i've attended, water is always there, ready to be served. :-)
@a_year_older (636)
• Malaysia
23 Nov 07
well usually i serve cold drinks to my visitors on hot days and hot drinks on cold days but sometimes if i'm not really sure what to serve them i just ask them what drink they would prefer
^_^
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@OrangJuice (687)
• China
20 Oct 07
I usually offer visitors green tea at home. Green tea is a kind of common drinks for visitors here. And offering green tea means you are polite. But some young people here, like me, we just request water when hosts ask us what kind of drinks we'd like. So I also offer water in this situation.
I have to say coffee means modern here. But we seldom offer coffee to visitors here, because it's not popular here. How strange!
@navincp123 (442)
• India
23 Nov 07
we usualyy offer tea or coffee to a visitor. even the guests only prefer this.
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@chrislotz (8137)
• Canada
23 Nov 07
Old people,lol, like to drink other things too. Like diet soda, or juice, or hot chocolate. I like just about anything to drink. I just like to have a drink of something in front of me, always. Usually it's water, but quite often water just doesn't cut it. I am one of these old people you are talking about.
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