/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.5124517]

My local joint replaced their 10 fountains with one of these and it's terribly inefficient and the cool factor wears off the first use. I guess it's easier for the place to clean.

>waiting to use it
>finally get my turn
>touch buttons are meh
>fill up soda
>let foam rest and settle
>line of people behind me at lunch
>foam settles down
>have to re-enter my soda choice
>fill up soda and hurriedly get out of the way
>4 people waiting for their drink

[Anonymous No.5124528]

How about when anyone older than 30 tries to use it?
They just kind of stand there and then have to ask an employee how to get soda

[Anonymous No.5124537]

It'll be alright, Ronnie. There isn't some time limit for how long you can take to dispense your soda. This isn't fucking Jeopardy. As long as you aren't fucking around, you're within your rights. If they didn't want to wait behind you, they should get there first.

[Anonymous No.5124545]

>>5124517
>let foam rest and settle

You are supposed to pour off the foam.

[Anonymous No.5124541]

>>5124537
/thread

[Anonymous No.5124562]

>>5124528

37 year old here, I ran into one of those at a fast food joint last year. The reason I stood there was because I was confused at why the teenagers were so impressed that a machine existed where you could press buttons to make it squirt different flavor sodas into a cup. I kind of figured kids these days, having grown playing with 4G iPads in their diapers, would be more jaded. It's basically the same thing we grew up with but with more options. From the way they were acting you'd think it was a food replicator from star trek.

As a kid yourself can you perhaps help me understand why this is such an amazing machine?

[Anonymous No.5124574]

My school semi-recently got two of them. Most people used it to get water, so there was always a long line in front of them, and it would take 10 minutes during the peak lunch time to get a cup of water. They finally decided to put separate water dispensers on the sides so there wouldn't be such a long line/

[Anonymous No.5124577]

>>5124562
probably because it has a lot of shitty flavors you cant get anywhere else

[Anonymous No.5124601]

>>5124562
Yeah I'm 35 and My 5 year old has an Ipad. My 64 yo mother has an Iphone. Who doesn't know how this thing works? EBT Obama phone retards can work this.

[Anonymous No.5124624]

>>5124537

Oh god, this is going to be in tomorrow's comic, isn't it?

[Anonymous No.5124671]

>>5124545
But that's wasteful.

[Anonymous No.5124691]

>>5124671
it ensures superior flavor

For beer you can even buy special foam knives to cut the foam off the top of a glass

[Anonymous No.5124694]

>>5124691
But that's fucking retarded euroshit. Just tip your glass at an angle when you're filling it.

[Anonymous No.5124707]

>>5124694
But then you lose so much carbonation

[Anonymous No.5124715]

>>5124545
>>5124691
>>5124707

[Anonymous No.5124720]

>>5124707
as opposed to having it all collect at the top?

If you can't finish your beer within five or so minutes, then you're doing it wrong.

[Anonymous No.5124722]

>>5124691
Nose grease makes foam go away.

[Anonymous No.5124743]

>consuming soda past age 16
>drinking the non alcoholic SFW Jewish ale
>ever

Seeing as this is an 18+ website, I seriously hope you guys don't actually still drink this corn sugar laden, artificially carbonated and chemically flavored garbage.

[Anonymous No.5124760]

>>5124743
Those of us who don't drink alcohol at 11:45 on a work day.

[Anonymous No.5124765]

>>5124760
that is what beer or wine is for

[Anonymous No.5124779]

>>5124760
>what is coffee/water

[Anonymous No.5124793]

>>5124779
>dirty bean water
i drink regular water but enjoy soda on the occasion

>>5124765
>beer or wine
>alcohol
wat

[Anonymous No.5124805]

>>5124743
I wonder if the le epic trolls who post this think they're actually clever.

[Anonymous No.5124806]

>>5124760
>not drinking beer as casually as tea or water

Just because it contains alcohol doesn't mean its purpose is to get you smashed. Any normal human can have a beer with their midday meal and feel no ill effects. Enjoy your artificially colored, artificially flavored, artificially carbonated JOO-M-O corn sugar tooth rot diabetic cancer. I'll have my naturally carbonated non pasteurized malt, hops, yeast, and clean water, thank you very much. Just like my ancestors had.

Fucking children here. Do you still eat fucking fruity pebbles for breakfast? Do you stock up on goddamn sour punch straws and zebra gum when you stop at the gas station for a fill up? Why the fuck are any of you drinking soda?

[Anonymous No.5124822]

>>5124805
>somebody posts truth

Definitely le epic clever troll. Stay asswrecked, Herman Toothrot. What soda is /ck/ drinking tonight?

[Anonymous No.5124824]

>>5124528
>How about when anyone older than 30 tries to use it?
>They just kind of stand there and then have to ask an employee how to get soda


ITT: 10 year old child over states the still level it takes to use a simple device.

[Anonymous No.5124827]

>>5124824
ITT: co/ck/ can't spell "skill" or "overstate."

[Anonymous No.5124828]

>>5124806
>>5124806

0/10

Dial it back a bit next time.

[Anonymous No.5124833]

fuck you, this machine makes you into a gotdamn bartender. #mixindrinkslikamofo

[Anonymous No.5124837]

>>5124833
>eating my lunch in peace
>see some kids by teh machine
>"I'm going to put everything in it"
>Kid puts every available drink and syrup in his cup
>He walks over to a table with friends and they dare him to finish it
>He did.

[Anonymous No.5124840]

>>5124806
>Do you still eat fucking fruity pebbles for breakfast? Do you stock up on goddamn sour punch straws and zebra gum when you stop at the gas station for a fill up?

m-maybe

[Anonymous No.5124841]

>>5124827
>ITT: co/ck/ can't spell "skill" or "overstate."
Gotta keep the speeling at the preferred 10th grade leve.

[Anonymous No.5124843]

>>5124828
Lel. I bet you drink lots of diet soda. Specifically the ones containing aspartame.

[Anonymous No.5124845]

>>5124806
>not chewing zebra gum for 10 seconds to get all the flavor and adding a new piece
>repeat until pack is gone

[Anonymous No.5124849]

>>5124537
Well, fuck you too, cunt.
P.S.: The point of the machine IS to fuck around and try new combinations. That's why they have every fucking soda with half a dozen different flavors.

[Anonymous No.5124852]

>>5124845
>not straight-up eating bubblicious

[Anonymous No.5124853]

>>5124601
My girlfriend works at KFC.
You SEVERELY overestimate EBT Obama phone retards.

[Anonymous No.5124870]

>>5124852
>not taking a bite into the roll of bubbletape

[Anonymous No.5124896]

>>5124517
this machine has a major design flaw.

This thing replaces what, 10-15 individual drink dispensers. When one of those lines goes out or for some ungodly reason breaks, no big deal, just get something else

what happens when this fucker breaks?

Design flaw?

[Anonymous No.5124911]

>>5124896
americans curl up on the floor if no soda

[Anonymous No.5125598]

>>5124853
>associating with people who work at a fast food restaurant
>calling other people retards

ok

[Anonymous No.5125618]

They're "easier" in the fact that the syrup is now in plug-and-play containers instead of large heavy cardboard boxes that requires you to screw a hose to a small spigot after tearing open a little flap on the cardboard box.

[Anonymous No.5125626]

>>5124911
I once saw a grown man weep when his sippy cup full of sweetened Mountain Dew fell on the ground.

The town still refers to that spot as Ground Zero and built a somewhat tacky monument in its place.

[Anonymous No.5125635]

The first time I saw one of these, I was in a Moes in the shopping center where I work. I only have a 30 minute lunch break, and there was a line of kids and parents and old people in front of me. The parents and old people couldn't figure out how it worked. Just press the fucking drink you want and pick a flavor if you want; the big one in the goddamn center is regular! Jesus!

And the kids. Those fucking asshole kids! They wanted to mix flavors together. "I want vanilla coke and cherry Dr Pepper! And the parents, instead of doing what my mom did at the Icee machine when I was a kid and saying "No, Tim, you cant mix them together. You can get red, blue, or Coke! Goddamnit, you little shit! RED! BLUE! OR COKE?! So, you don't want one?" as she started walking away. "Mommy! Ok, blue! I want blue!" They were trying to figure out how to mix their kids' vomit flavored sodas.

Finally 15 minutes in to my lunch break, I got up there. And holy shit! Grape ginger ale! I love this motherfucker!

[Anonymous No.5125636]

>>5125598
I knew a few people in university who worked at fast food places part-time. It's not that big of a deal.

[Anonymous No.5125652]

Only one place in town has one, a BK, and one of the employees said they were planning to replace it with a conventional fountain.
He said it costs too much to operate and maintain. Like $400 a month or something.

I tried it myself and found the touchscreen would NOT respond to regular taps. Maybe something was wrong with the screen, but I had to press with some force for it to respond.

[Anonymous No.5125663]

these are the worst thing ever. most places don't clean them properly ever so any drink you get just tastes like everything mixed together into shit.

[Anonymous No.5125665]

>>5125652
> it costs too much to operate and maintain. Like $400 a month or something.

sounds like an ex-gf of mine

[Anonymous No.5125675]

>>5125635
Wow, that was an unexpected turn.

I remember when I first saw one of these machines. I was like oh that's cool, too bad I don't drink corn syrup. It was essentially the same reaction I have to any new automated system. I was really more impressed with the machine they have at Jack In The Box that takes your order so you don't have to talk to anyone.

[Anonymous No.5125680]

>>5125675

I don't have a Jack in the Box around where I live. Or, at least, there are none that I can think of or that I've been able to find. But that order-taking machine sounds pretty cool.

[Anonymous No.5125686]

>>5125665
HEYOOOO get a load of this guy!

[Anonymous No.5125692]

I hate this touch screen bullshit, it's been stuck in so many places and made things much worse (like cars use everything as touch instead of buttons which makes shit slower and less responsive).

Heptic feedback > touch. I can browse songs through my steering wheel/zip clip with real buttons a gazzilion times faster than a touch screen and I don't have to look away from the wheel.

[Anonymous No.5125693]

>>5125675
they have club soda and tonic buttons

[Anonymous No.5125700]

i hate them. i only like regular Sprite and it ALWAYS tastes like shit out of these machines. ALWAYS.

thankfully i only get soda when im out of water in my work van.

[Anonymous No.5125707]

>>5124601
>Bragging about 5 year old having an ipad

[Anonymous No.5125710]

>>5125707
>butthurt about not being able to afford an ipad

for real tho, its valid to his point.

[Anonymous No.5125718]

>>5125710
More butthurt because my degree specialization is in children and I don't approve of the trend that parents are giving their children different pieces of technology before they should. Five years old isn't too bad, but I get really rustled when I see a parent who has a 2 year old with one, since they shouldn't even really be watching tv even until age 2, and some parents use it as a babysitter for their children.

There's nothing wrong with owning things, and your children having things, just mildly annoyed at the timing of such

[Anonymous No.5125729]

Lime Ginger ale Masterrace.

[Anonymous No.5125736]

Orange ginger ale master race
vanilla root beer second place

[Anonymous No.5125772]

>>5125718
>shouldn't be
Why?

[Anonymous No.5125791]

>>5125718
Yeah I have to agree with this. At such a young age when the child's brain is rapidly developing they should be playing with actual real, physical objects, and like, going outside and shit. How are they going to develop spacial cognition on a 2D screen? Plenty of time to listlessly stare at screens later in life.

[Anonymous No.5126572]

I am more disappointed in the taste of the soda rather than the functionality of these machines. I was very very disappointed to see that all the Coke variations taste like shit, since i'm a Cola addict. The Coke taste just a little bitch like Raspberry sweetner was added, the cherry coke is no longer cherry coke, orange and lime are terrible. I'm not a fan of the vanilla flavors so i never tried them. I sure hope Mc D's, Jack In The Box, Wing Stop and Carl's Jr don't convert to these pieces of shit.

[Anonymous No.5126582]

>>5125791
This. Those devices are so user-friendly there isn't a need to start them early. It isn't command-line.

[Anonymous No.5126592]

VANILLA SPRITE MASTER RACE

[Anonymous No.5126596]

>>5126592
>Vanilla anything