Thank you but somehow not even close to the worst task I’ve had.
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True, but there is a high corelation between this job task and a whole lotta bullshit.
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”.
pfft nothing compared to changing the keg on a wooden real ale rig in a British pub.
Hell yeah. I only changed 1/2 kegs, but there was a time I needed to carry a full one by hand. Never again.
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.
sometimes i miss punching these
This guy knows. I actually don't know how else you would do it?
Bat Thumb!
Brute force
Nothing hits quite like freshly changed syrup and a fully charged CO2 tank
charged CO2 tank
I can still hear the sounds of the CO2 firing.
Did you all get high?
Non American here... What am I looking at?
Edit: thanks for explaining. Its not an american thing like I thought in the first place ^^
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.
What're your thoughts on SodaStream?
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?
So I'm thinking of picking up a used system off Facebook, good or bad idea?
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"?
Free-style is Coke's brand of pick-your-flavor touchscreen hell.
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.
you asked the one thing they told you not to...
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
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
Ahh didn't see the Coca Cola logo at first, I thought it was the ketchup boxes you hook up to the pump at the self service station.
Here's Heinz Ketchup/mustard keystone bags:
As a bonus, here's a used bag from a batch that probably should have been recalled due to a packager malfunction:
I have changed these in Europe, so yeah, not limited to the US.
That's only because the US is not limited to the US -_-
Soda fountains/soda machines dispense the beverages from a large bag of syrup (maybe the straight beverage itself if they are non-carbonated) that is usually like 3 gallons which mixes with CO2. So the Coca-Cola in the image is hooked up to a tube that funnels the syrup into the machine and mixes with the CO2 to create the beverage you want.
It is mixed with CO2 and lots of water. usually about 5:1, so this BIB makes 30 gallons of soda.
It's soda syrup. Fast food places buy these and CO2 dispensers to make soda that most Americans drink.
that's cooking oil right?
Soda concentrate. Good guess tho. Probably could cook with it.
This was my second favorite part of my job at Cracker Barrel after tending the fire in the fireplace.
Fair, but f**k those toasters, right? They should not get that hot.
I never had that problem because I remembered my training and used appropriate safety measures before cleaning the toaster.
I have to assume if you’ve handled one of these you’ll be able to answer – how’d it taste?
Kinda like extra sweet bbq sauce. Same stickiness too.
Also I seem to remember coke weighs like 30lbs, and diet coke weighs about 20lbs. That sugar really adds to it
That's actually really interesting.
Like suckling from God's teat
Thanx, they tasted pretty good too. Specially when you don't have enough for lunch.
I had a bigger problem digging out the syrup I needed from the haphazardly stacked boxes of other syrup
You gotta keep 'em organized!
For a few years, I kept them on a shelf at head height. That was a mistake that I let go on too long.
I hate people complaining that the coke is out. Go drink Pepsi, it's the same thing. Or better yet drink Diet.
Pepsi zero is perfection
It's my favorite as well.