Flying Squid to Microblog [email protected]English • 1 month agoWhen I start to feel nostalgic for the 1980s, I remember things like this.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up1936arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up1921arrow-down1imageWhen I start to feel nostalgic for the 1980s, I remember things like this.lemmy.worldFlying Squid to Microblog [email protected]English • 1 month agomessage-square94fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBlackoutlinkfedilink39•1 month agoMy first job as a waiter had a smoking section. Was banned just a year later but imagine being forced to work in that condition.
minus-square@baggachipzlinkEnglish28•1 month agoThe smoking section was coveted because smokers drank more, hence better tips.
minus-squareBlackoutlinkfedilink11•1 month agoI don’t think drinking slowed down one bit just because smoking was removed indoors.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish22•1 month agoProbably not, but that is a separate thing from the proportion of drinks sold in the section being higher while it existed.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•1 month agoPer capita alcohol consumption peaked in the US between 1975-1985
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•1 month agoI remember when I was a kid all the restaurants had ashtrays on the table. Even McDonalds and Burger King had little aluminum ashtrays on the tables. You could have your cheeseburgers with a side of secondhand smoke.
My first job as a waiter had a smoking section. Was banned just a year later but imagine being forced to work in that condition.
The smoking section was coveted because smokers drank more, hence better tips.
I don’t think drinking slowed down one bit just because smoking was removed indoors.
Probably not, but that is a separate thing from the proportion of drinks sold in the section being higher while it existed.
Per capita alcohol consumption peaked in the US between 1975-1985
I remember when I was a kid all the restaurants had ashtrays on the table. Even McDonalds and Burger King had little aluminum ashtrays on the tables. You could have your cheeseburgers with a side of secondhand smoke.
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