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"Is Pepsi okay?"
Restaurants offering a substitution because they don't have something isn't really comparable.
This is more like being offered something other than what you ordered off the menu every single time even though they have what you ordered.
I imagined it as being offered in place of the onion soup from your comment.
"I'll have the onion soup."
"Is Pepsi okay?"
"Uh no. Can I get the clam chowder?"
"Is Pepsi okay?"
"What? No, no Pepsi. I'll just have a French dip with au jus."
"Is Pepsi okay?"