RC Cola Executive

I got off to an inauspicious start today with my plan to play off a fake identity on somebody who came into the winery where I work. What I wanted to do was have somebody mention they were from Arizona, and then I would say something to the effect of "Oh, really? Where?" Then if they told me Flagstaff I would say I had worked in Pheonix for a time, and if the told me they were from Pheonix, I'd claim Flagstaff. We usually have a fair number of Arizonans come through and they are invariably from one or the other of these cities. Then I was going to say I had been there for only six months or so working at setting up a regional HQ for RC Cola. Then I would ad-lib about RC Cola and make it look like I wasn't aware I was giving the impression that RC Cola was areally rinky-dink operation. For example I am comically young to be as high up in the RC organization as I would claim. Also, I would act like I thought moving 100,000 cases of soda nationwide in a month was spectacular. Hilarious!

But nobody from Arizona came in and I wasn't comfortable claiming any other state. There was a point where I was speaking for a long time with some Floridians and I was going to go into my schtick and say I was in Orlando or some damn thing. But then they told me they were visiting Napa in honor of a wine loving friend of theirs who had died in a car accident a month ago and I felt bad.

Finally at the end of the day as I was pouring for my final pair of people (we had just locked the doors) I figured I'd better go for it.

"Where are you two from?" I asked.
"Louisiana."
"Oh really?! Where in Lousiana?" I said as though surprised.
"Baton Rouge."
"Oh sure. Actually, I was working in New Orleans for about six months for trying to set up a regional office for RC Cola of all things."
"Oh yes?" The woman asked.
"Royal Crown, you know," I added archly. Then I had to go pour for some other people and when I came back that couple was ready to go pretty much. So it really wasn't inventing a personality so much as just telling a pointless lie.