self-serve soda fountains are supposedly unclean and harbor lot of bacteria in many places, so this is probably a good thing
How? They're just using the same machines to fill up your drinks and not letting you have access to them for refills. They're not getting rid of soda fountains.
McDonald's is quietly ending the era of self-serve soda fountains nationwide
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How? They're just using the same machines to fill up your drinks and not letting you have access to them for refills. They're not getting rid of soda fountains.
The change is about theft, but I've seen kids fill their cup to the point of submerging the nozzle, then do it again when they go for a refill after drinking it. Self-serve should never have been a thing.
The change is about McDonald's not wanting to staff enough to have people actually in the restaurants. They're slow rolling a change to only take out.
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#15All the people who get free water cups, then fill them with soda. Happens increasingly often now.
We are moving towards a low-trust society faster each day.
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#16Makes no sense, because labor dominates, as it always has. But every so often, some executive has a fit about a single, isolated cost statistic and this kind of thing is the result.
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How? They're just using the same machines to fill up your drinks and not letting you have access to them for refills. They're not getting rid of soda fountains.
The change is about theft, but I've seen kids fill their cup to the point of submerging the nozzle, then do it again when they go for a refill after drinking it. Self-serve should never have been a thing.
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#18self-serve soda fountains are supposedly unclean and harbor lot of bacteria in many places, so this is probably a good thing
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#19What is a dirty soda?
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#20No more half Sprite half Fanta option?