In Nebraska, if you want a “black coffee” you order a “regular coffee.”
In New York, if you order a “regular coffee” you get a “coffee with milk and sugar.”
In Nebraska, if you want a “coffee with milk and sugar” you say, “I want a coffee with milk and sugar.”
In New York, if you want a “black coffee” you say, “I want a black coffee.”
This crisis in coffee culture affected a young Nebraska actress so much she left New York after a year and found success on a Los Angeles-based Soap Opera where she could order a “regular coffee” and get what she wanted.