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[–] Javi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 35 minutes ago* (last edited 32 minutes ago)

For a good ten minutes, I was trying to work out how someone would use such a small box to change out of. "does it fold out into some silly cardboard variation of a Victorian privacy screen..." etc.. thoughts until I finally re-read it. 

Damn skim reading got me assuming again.

[–] JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I feel seen & appreciated 🥹 I'm a 100lb girl and those syrup cartons are heavy as fuck and restaurant work is torture and I wanted to eviscerate everyone all day every day.

[–] trackball_fetish@lemmy.wtf 6 points 4 hours ago

FALCON PUNCH

[–] njordomir@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

It was my dream to throw one of these off the theater roof and watch it go splat. We never did that, but we did do syrup shots.

[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

Pouring out a glass directly from these was the best perk of the job.

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 13 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Thank you but somehow not even close to the worst task I’ve had.

[–] Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works 12 points 8 hours ago

True, but there is a high corelation between this job task and a whole lotta bullshit.

[–] fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net 32 points 14 hours ago

I forget exactly how, but at my first job I did manage to rip one of these before, covering the entire floor in Pepsi syrup. One of the assistant managers walked in shortly after, looked at the mess on the floor I was attempting to clean up and said “it’s fine, I needed something to do anyways, go back to cash”.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 44 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

These are also good stress relief. The flap on the front has to be opened to expose the neck of the bag, and you can't use a blade without risking cutting the bag. So the most common method I've seen (and used personally) is to throw a couple of right jabs with a closed fist right at the front of the box.

Punching the box is stress relieving.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

I prefer a palm strike to a closed fist punch

[–] yuri@pawb.social 3 points 8 hours ago

sometimes i miss punching these

[–] orangeyouglad@lemmy.today 18 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

This guy knows. I actually don't know how else you would do it?

[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 51 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Nothing hits quite like freshly changed syrup and a fully charged CO2 tank

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 10 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

charged CO2 tank

I can still hear the sounds of the CO2 firing.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 hours ago

You know? I probably would have forgotten that sound for the rest of my life if I hadn't read this.

Like when you reload the syrup and need to run the fountain a bunch, or when it's out and just endlessly goes psh psh psh psh psh psh

Did you all get high?

[–] FuyuhikoDate@feddit.org 22 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (5 children)

Non American here... What am I looking at?

Edit: thanks for explaining. Its not an american thing like I thought in the first place ^^

[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 15 hours ago (5 children)

BIB - Bag in a Box

Standard format for soda and juice sryurps around the world. Dispensed via a fountain or a bargun.

Feel free to ask me any thing, installing and maintaining soda equipment is my life.

Just don't ask me anything about freestyle machines, cause I don't know jack about those monstrosities.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 hours ago

How much would it be to install a single flavor fountain in-home? And what would be the most expensive parts?

[–] MrQuallzin@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago

What're your thoughts on SodaStream?

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

Feel free to ask me any thing, installing and maintaining soda equipment is my life.

What was the worst thing you ever saw? I'm guessing if you maintained them you occasionally were called I to fix things when something went wrong. So what went wrong?

[–] FuyuhikoDate@feddit.org 8 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (3 children)

installing and maintaining soda equipment is my life.

That is the first time that somebody made soda equipment sounds interesting and I am ready to dive into a new rabbithole while I cannot sleep 😆

What are "freestyle machines"?

[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 10 hours ago

https://youtu.be/-a29Ygyzc2c

I expected that response, see the fern video.

My reason for the dislike is it feels more like diagnosing a computer than a soda fountain. I enjoy old analog equipment. However the soda drinker side of me loves using them when they are working well.

[–] phailhaus@piefed.social 6 points 10 hours ago

Free-style is Coke's brand of pick-your-flavor touchscreen hell.

[–] mossy_@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

you asked the one thing they told you not to...

[–] Securus777@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

So I'm thinking of picking up a used system off Facebook, good or bad idea?

[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 25 points 16 hours ago (6 children)

Don't have to be American afaik. That's a box of soda/pop sodapop syrup. You open it up, and connect it to the hoses that connect to the fountain. Can lick tho cap before you toss it too, usually a bit of extra syrup in them. :3

[–] FuyuhikoDate@feddit.org 8 points 16 hours ago

Aaaah OK, no i KNOW that we have these syrup containers in Europe, but never saw one in my life for real. Always thought those where like giant plastic bottles

[–] mumblerfish@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I have changed these in Europe, so yeah, not limited to the US.

[–] lyralycan@sh.itjust.works 3 points 12 hours ago

That's only because the US is not limited to the US -_-

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[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

pfft nothing compared to changing the keg on a wooden real ale rig in a British pub.

[–] Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 hours ago

Hell yeah. I only changed 1/2 kegs, but there was a time I needed to carry a full one by hand. Never again.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 12 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

This was my second favorite part of my job at Cracker Barrel after tending the fire in the fireplace.

[–] Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Fair, but f**k those toasters, right? They should not get that hot.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

I never had that problem because I remembered my training and used appropriate safety measures before cleaning the toaster.

[–] Nasan@sopuli.xyz 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I had a bigger problem digging out the syrup I needed from the haphazardly stacked boxes of other syrup

[–] phailhaus@piefed.social 4 points 10 hours ago

You gotta keep 'em organized! altr

For a few years, I kept them on a shelf at head height. That was a mistake that I let go on too long.

[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 6 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

I have to assume if you’ve handled one of these you’ll be able to answer – how’d it taste?

[–] Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 hours ago

Kinda like extra sweet bbq sauce. Same stickiness too.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Also I seem to remember coke weighs like 30lbs, and diet coke weighs about 20lbs. That sugar really adds to it

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago

That's actually really interesting.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 9 points 16 hours ago

Like suckling from God's teat

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