Soda fountain etiquette 

"wiffleballtony" (wiffleballtony) 04/11/2016 at 14:28 • Filed to: None

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I may be a rebel but I don’t think that a soda (or Pop, if youre one of those people) fountain station like the one above can only be used by one person at a time. If you’re using the Mountain Dew dispenser on the left I WILL use that Coke dispenser on the right. Be warned.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > wiffleballtony 04/11/2016 at 14:32

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Same side is a no go. But, with the ice in the middle, it is perfectly ok to go for one on each side. So yes, I agree.

crowmolly > wiffleballtony 04/11/2016 at 14:32

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I see Sierra Mist has not transformed into its new brand near you

Life and Times of Magoo: The People's Champ > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 04/11/2016 at 14:34

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Also agreed. Don’t try to hold my damn hand and everyone goes home happy

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Life and Times of Magoo: The People's Champ 04/11/2016 at 14:34

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And no one will get a drink thrown in their face.

OPPOsaurus WRX > wiffleballtony 04/11/2016 at 14:36

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u really wanna make someones head blow do mountain dew + sprite + HiC + lemonade

The Ghost of Oppo > wiffleballtony 04/11/2016 at 14:38

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Coke and Pepsi in the same place? Is this the democratic socialism all those rowdy millennials were hoping for?

Brian, The Life of > wiffleballtony 04/11/2016 at 14:38

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If we’re friends, you can grab some DP while I’m filling my Coke but NO CLOSER. And If I don’t know you, definitely stay out of my side of the ice altogether. Also, when using one of these things, don’t take so long! It’s just a soft drink, not a life choice!

The Dummy Gummy > wiffleballtony 04/11/2016 at 14:40

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I concur with your statement. It is just being efficient.

CounterTorqueSteer > Brian, The Life of 04/11/2016 at 14:40

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Thanks a lot Pininfarina.

McMike > wiffleballtony 04/11/2016 at 14:40

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Don’t forget to use your hand to activate the below levers (if buttons are not available).

Saliva always ends up on these things as customers get refills.

You’re welcome.

wiffleballtony > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 04/11/2016 at 14:42

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Absolutely, the same side is violating my airspace the other side is cool.

wiffleballtony > Brian, The Life of 04/11/2016 at 14:43

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I’m pretty sure same side sharing is illegal in some god fearing states. Also, I think it was a horrible idea to get everyone that level of choice.

wiffleballtony > McMike 04/11/2016 at 14:43

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I like that theyve deported the Hi-C, Trump approved.

wiffleballtony > The Ghost of Oppo 04/11/2016 at 14:44

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This is the Bernie Sanders utopia your parents are afraid of.

wiffleballtony > OPPOsaurus WRX 04/11/2016 at 14:44

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I’m pretty sure that combination activates the secret entrance behind the condiments area.

HammerheadFistpunch > McMike 04/11/2016 at 14:44

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I ain’t afeared.

Brian, The Life of > wiffleballtony 04/11/2016 at 14:45

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I love using those machines but I hate waiting for them.

wiffleballtony > crowmolly 04/11/2016 at 14:45

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I haven’t seen it on tap, however I always buy the Cranberry Splash during the holidays.

Jonee > wiffleballtony 04/11/2016 at 14:45

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Hell, I’d even sneak in some Coca-Cola Classic even if you’re on Hi-C or Dr. Pepper and you’d never even know I’m there.

HammerheadFistpunch > Brian, The Life of 04/11/2016 at 14:45

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p.s. these are horrid machines designed to torment and inflict mankind.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > wiffleballtony 04/11/2016 at 14:46

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I’m pretty sure that’s why there are two sides.

wiffleballtony > Brian, The Life of 04/11/2016 at 14:46

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BARQS ROOT BEER WITH LIME R U INSANE?!?!11

wiffleballtony > Jonee 04/11/2016 at 14:47

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So you’re the fabled Soda Ninja...

McMike > HammerheadFistpunch 04/11/2016 at 14:47

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Some counties (mine for example) won’t allow cup-activated lever machines. You won’t pass your health inspection with them.

wiffleballtony > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 04/11/2016 at 14:47

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You’d think so, until Doris gives you the stink eye for cutting in line

Brian, The Life of > wiffleballtony 04/11/2016 at 14:47

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Or orange! The sick motherfuckers would let you add ORANGE!

Vanilla is bomb tho.

crowmolly > wiffleballtony 04/11/2016 at 14:51

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Xyl0c41n3 > wiffleballtony 04/11/2016 at 14:51

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That may be a soda fountain but the only thing it dispenses are cokes. #TexasForever

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > wiffleballtony 04/11/2016 at 14:51

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But if there were two lines... One for each side, like it should be, there wouldn’t be that problem.

Klaus Schmoll > wiffleballtony 04/11/2016 at 14:52

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But, but, will you reach across to get a lid because the ones on your side are out? That woul dbe like crossing streams!

Rico > wiffleballtony 04/11/2016 at 14:53

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Be warned? Is there a place that exists where this is frowned upon? I thought that was the norm.

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > wiffleballtony 04/11/2016 at 14:54

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Depends on how many dispensers there are, but generally I agree, two people can/should use them at one time.

McMike > wiffleballtony 04/11/2016 at 14:56

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Now, let’s talk about etiquette with the Pininfarina Soda robot.

These machines serve one at a time, meaning there is no way you can get ice while someone is filling up their drink or share the the machine like wiffleballtony suggested.

Here’s my question.

How long do you stand behind some kid who can’t make up his mind between cherry diet sprite, raspberry diet coke, or vanilla lime coke zero before you’re allow to yell “JUST FUCKING PICK SOMETHING!!!!!”

wiffleballtony > Brian, The Life of 04/11/2016 at 14:57

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That’s just demented, society is indeed crumbling. I will try the vanilla, after I stare and prod at the machine for 5 minutes like its an ATM.

Stapleface > Brian, The Life of 04/11/2016 at 14:57

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Coke freestyle machines are awesome. If you want to look like some soda wizard, download the freestyle app to your smartphone and then load in your custom mixes. You can scan the UR code on most machines and it will give you your own menu with your custom mixes.

wiffleballtony > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 04/11/2016 at 14:59

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I feel like this is a change initiative our political candidates should actually be addressing. #makesodafountainsgreatagain

Stapleface > wiffleballtony 04/11/2016 at 14:59

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Yeah, I try to stay out of the way when I'm using a machine like the one above, particularly if I'm using one of the ones on the end. I'll stand to the side of the machine and simply reach in to fill my soda.

Urambo Tauro > McMike 04/11/2016 at 15:00

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These machines are still new to a lot of people, and I’ll admit the first time I saw one, I hesitated. I thought I wanted root beer, but I wasn’t expecting CHOICES.

I ended up getting vanilla root beer. Sounds interesting , I thought. Then I facepalmed. It tasted like a root beer float (not bad!). I should have seen that coming, though.

FUN FACT: Vanilla Sprite tastes like lemon meringue pie (without the crust).

wiffleballtony > Klaus Schmoll 04/11/2016 at 15:01

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The risks of crossing the streams were clearly overstated, and if we assume that the lids and straws are analogous to the Stay Puft Marshmallow man, everything will be fine. But sticky.

Funktheduck > wiffleballtony 04/11/2016 at 15:01

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Totally agree. A lot of places have switched to the new coke machines with a few hundred options but only one spout.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > wiffleballtony 04/11/2016 at 15:02

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OPPOlitics. These are the issues that matter.

wiffleballtony > Rico 04/11/2016 at 15:02

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I feel like I get a lot of dirty looks when exercising my right to a carbonated caffeinated beverage at an open station. Maybe people are less territorial round your parts.

wiffleballtony > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) 04/11/2016 at 15:03

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Anything to the east or west of the ice dispenser is designated as a second station in my book.

wiffleballtony > McMike 04/11/2016 at 15:04

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It depends. If you’re Canadian then you stand there patiently. If you’re not then they get 45 seconds. I am unfortunately a mix, so I give them 2.5 minutes.

wiffleballtony > Stapleface 04/11/2016 at 15:06

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See that's being a courteous and efficient human. May your Taco Bells be kind to your digestive system.

wiffleballtony > Funktheduck 04/11/2016 at 15:07

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Its actually a clever social experiment.

vicali > wiffleballtony 04/11/2016 at 15:08

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You must be fun at a urinal..

wiffleballtony > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 04/11/2016 at 15:08

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Yes. However if it became an issue, by the time it made it through the bureaucracy there'd be 8 spouts but they'd only serve RC cola due to labor union laws and back scratching.

wiffleballtony > vicali 04/11/2016 at 15:10

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Its the perfect time to strike up a conversation about people's eternal soul.

Stapleface > wiffleballtony 04/11/2016 at 15:11

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Now let’s not be too ridiculous and wish things that just can’t happen.

Speaking of Taco Bell, I feel that ideally 4 people might be able to use this dispenser, they’re spaced far enough apart to me.

McMike > Brian, The Life of 04/11/2016 at 15:14

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Don’t get me started on those things.

As an ex-restaurant owner, I can’t imagine anyone thinking those are a good idea. The first time I saw one, I started having nightmares about them.

Shit breaks all the time, and sometimes it takes Coke a day or two to come out. If you have a fountain break on a traditional machine, guess what? Everyone has a second choice, and you are left with 7-8 working fountains. “Sorry ma’am. but the Sprite line isn’t working right now, ” and she got lemonade, diet coke, or whatever.. There’s always a second choice.

This new thing? It has ONE fountain. If it breaks, you’re done, leaving customers often with nothing to drink.

And lord help you if you have a soda machine OS failure? You’re dead. Nothing works. (I can’t believe I just said “soda machine OS” Why did we need to invent an operating system on a soda machine?)

And the choices? God, do we have to cater to everyone now? What was wrong with offering six choices? I can hear it now, customers complaining that they can’t get their orange lime vanilla Coke Zero. This isn’t Starbucks, it’s a sandwich shop. Drink diet coke and squeeze a lemon in it like your parents did, sit down, and eat your fucking sandwich.

This Coke machine is one thing we didn’t need.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > wiffleballtony 04/11/2016 at 15:15

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This is very accurate. :(

OPPOsaurus WRX > wiffleballtony 04/11/2016 at 15:20

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lol perhaps that is where one finds the fountain of the secret sause

wiffleballtony > Stapleface 04/11/2016 at 15:25

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Four people at a soda dispenser? I don't see that happening until we've achieved Star Trek levels of civilization.

wiffleballtony > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 04/11/2016 at 15:26

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wiffleballtony > OPPOsaurus WRX 04/11/2016 at 15:26

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It open your mind, man!

buford-t-justice > wiffleballtony 04/11/2016 at 15:32

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As a Canadian I just tend to talk verysl sarcaticly to my chum in hopes they hear and hurry up.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > vicali 04/11/2016 at 15:46

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Just don’t sword fight and its all good.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Urambo Tauro 04/11/2016 at 15:47

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Vanilla sprite was the worst soda mistake I ever made.

wiffleballtony > buford-t-justice 04/11/2016 at 15:55

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I think its unfortunate that most fountain hogs lack the mental capacity to understand sarcasm.

Brian, The Life of > Stapleface 04/11/2016 at 16:27

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Whoa. That's rather compelling. Must try.

Tekamul > Brian, The Life of 04/11/2016 at 16:31

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Those things are THE WORST

They take forever, and I don’t care how much use it gets, the coke always has hints of fruitiness.

NO BUENO

DrJohannVegas > wiffleballtony 04/11/2016 at 16:42

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Fun Fact: The reason why replicators are single-user devices is because of the Great Replicator Queue War of 2317.

wiffleballtony > DrJohannVegas 04/11/2016 at 16:45

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Humanity just wasn't ready for multi use yet.

Frank Grimes > wiffleballtony 04/11/2016 at 16:50

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sweet. i am the same and i hate people who spend all this time standing in front of the diabetes dispenser. how freakin long it take to get some soda water?

Frank Grimes > Stapleface 04/11/2016 at 16:50

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saw one of these what the heck are the buttons on the lower part for?

wiffleballtony > Frank Grimes 04/11/2016 at 17:12

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Time is money, people. I've got things to avoid doing.

Frank Grimes > wiffleballtony 04/11/2016 at 17:15

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haha. hurry up i need this sugar in my body!!!!!

LoveTheWagon > wiffleballtony 04/11/2016 at 17:30

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What witchcraft is this? A machine with Coke and Pepsi?

Rico > wiffleballtony 04/11/2016 at 17:51

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Lol I live in NYC where the goal is to do shit as fast as possible.

Stapleface > Frank Grimes 04/11/2016 at 19:35

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They aren’t actually buttons. They just tell you what the big buttons up top are. Really makes no sense.

Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious > wiffleballtony 04/11/2016 at 23:23

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I am the annoying third person who will muscle in between Coke and Mt. Dew to get my ice while I wait.

Frank Grimes > Stapleface 04/12/2016 at 21:47

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i guess so children can get diabeetuns too