re: The old McDonald’s orange fountain drink from the 70’s

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I worked at the McD’s at the corner of College and Perkins in late 70’s. I worked there in 85 for three months. It was the hardest and worst job I ever had

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And they have done zero renovations since. In 85 my dad would take me there on the way to school every week or two. Hotcakes and sausage for me. Sausage biscuit for dad. Old man Valuzo (sp) was often in there barking at me to pay attention in school. He’d die again if he saw the customer service in his stores now.

Greatest hangover cure in existence.
Was never carbonated/still not to this day.

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I worked there in 85 for three months. It was the hardest and worst job I ever had

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“If you’ve got time to lean, you’ve got time to clean.”

I worked there briefly in ‘82. I took a pay cut and got a job at Dairy Queen instead. It was a much less oppressive atmosphere and they weren’t as uptight about us eating the product.

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It was the hardest and worst job I ever had

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So being a fry-cook and/or ice cream server was actually more glamorous than most posters think?

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being a fry-cook and/or ice cream server was actually more glamorous than most posters think?

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Haha!
In those days nothing was computerized so when there was a rush it was fast paced and stressful.
And rush meant 5 deep at 4 operating registers.
The person doing the expediting was critical. They regulated how much to cook at a time and when. Too little and it backed up. Too much and there was a lot of waste.

Of course it was only stressful if you actually cared about doing a good job. And I did.

I got some orange Hi-C at the store tonight. We'll see how close it is to the old school one McD's had.


Orange ocean is what I got at the store.



I remember seeing that Lavaburst on the fountain drinks at McD's but I don't recall seeing it in stores but honestly, I rarely go down that juice aisle. This thread made me want some.