What I like about restaurants in the South

I know this is gonna sound stupid, but here goes. When I eat a meal, I require a lot of beverage to go with my food. It's just one of those things... I drink a lot of liquids with my food. I am forever asking the waitress or waiter to bring me more soda/milk/tea/whatever as the meal progresses. In fact, when I order I ask for the biggest glass of whatever they have and tell them to keep it coming. This usually fails to supply my beverage requirements anyway, so I often default to ordering a pitcher of beverage to keep my thirst slaked.

Now when I eat in restaurants in the American South, it seems that "bottomless Iced Tea" is required by law. It's on every menu, no matter what type of restaurant it is or how high the class of clientèle. And they don't fool around... usually the glasses are small barrels of 20 ounces or more, because hey it's HOT down here and people just might be thirsty! Well, tonight at dinner just underscored what I like about restaurants in the South. Not only did I get my giant barrel o'tea, but the waitress scrupulously filled the darn thing TWICE, when it was perilously close to being only one-third full! And then when we were ready to go, the waitress asked me "Would you like a tea to go?" With a tear in my eye, I said "Yes, ma'am." She brought me a giant fresh iced tea in a styrofoam "to go" cup topped with a huge lemon wedge. Just so I had something to take with me. It's the simple things in life, isn't it? Oh, and I love the South. And iced tea.