I have been googling too, because I just want to know about the waitress thing. It sounds like they had cashiers and also people running around refilling the machines. This one looks like a normal diner, with dessert in the automat part.
Overwhelming? How much more than whelming would that be exactly?
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Sophia Brooks - Jan 19, 2015 5:20:54 am PST #4876 of 5827
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Typo Boy - Jan 19, 2015 6:44:10 am PST #4877 of 5827
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I ate in an automat as a kid. 60s. Don't remember if it was in California or during a trip to New Jersey. Given existence of vending machines that sell burrito, and the existence of buffets/salad bars don't think health codes would prevent revival. Think that they were made oboselete by the dim sum system where you are dharged by the number and color of empty plates. Same labor savings, lower capital cost. and still get chared for what you eat rather than having an all u can eat system. Seen it in regular cafeterias, not just din sum places I know classjc dim sum is they bring a cart around, but I've seen dim sung done cafeteria style.
DXMachina - Jan 19, 2015 8:05:11 am PST #4878 of 5827
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
A cafeteria with snack machines is essentially the same thing as the automats I've been to. And the food was just as bad. (Worse, actually. The CC where I teach has a culinary department, so the cafeteria has some really good student cooks.)
SailAweigh - Jan 19, 2015 8:14:16 am PST #4879 of 5827
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
The wheels of death you see in some vending machine areas could be considered the modern automat. Never get a tuna fish sandwich out of those things.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 19, 2015 8:34:43 am PST #4880 of 5827
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I always wonder why they seem to choose all mayonnaise salad things in those cafeteria sandwich vending machines. Egg Salad, Tuna Salad, even ham salad! If I want to eat a sandwich of questionable freshness, it would not include mayo.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 19, 2015 1:25:27 pm PST #4881 of 5827
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I thought that the mayonnaise actually didn't tend to go bad, it was the meat used in those -salad dishes that goes hinky after being unrefrigerated too long?
I mean, a tuna steak sandwich that's been sitting out at 75°F for a couple of days isn't going to smell like a rose despite the lack of mayo.
Cass - Jan 19, 2015 2:07:40 pm PST #4882 of 5827
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
It's usually the protein, yes. I mean, a jar of mayo stays good in your fridge for ages.
Jessica - Jan 19, 2015 2:59:24 pm PST #4883 of 5827
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Mayo is acidic enough that it actually acts as a mild preservative. (Left in the sun it's gross, but not dangerous to eat.)
Vortex - Jan 19, 2015 4:29:37 pm PST #4884 of 5827
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Yep, it's the germs on the potatoes or whatever that causes the problem, not the mayo.
beekaytee - Jan 19, 2015 4:32:36 pm PST #4885 of 5827
Compassionately intolerant
No KIDDING?! Huh. I totally did not know that.