• chaogomu@lemmy.world
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      14 hours ago

      I was a bit of an amateur mixologist as a child, and the top machine was my pallet.

      But what was more, the corner store gas station that was down the street from my childhood home had multiple machines, each with 4 or 5 different drink options.

      Years later, a friend of mine worked there as a summer job and told the friend group to avoid the fountain drinks so we did, and probably all still do.

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        2 hours ago

        Years later, a friend of mine worked there as a summer job and told the friend group to avoid the fountain drinks so we did, and probably all still do.

        Fountain drink dispensers just don’t get cleaned. I worked at a fast food restaurant for 3 years; I think I saw someone go after the ice maker once. The nozzles get soaked overnight, but the inside might as well as been a black box.