Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoWhen I start to feel nostalgic for the 1980s, I remember things like this.lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up1939arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up1924arrow-down1external-linkWhen I start to feel nostalgic for the 1980s, I remember things like this.lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square93fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBlackout@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up39·3 months 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-squarebaggachipz@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·3 months agoThe smoking section was coveted because smokers drank more, hence better tips.
minus-squareBlackout@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 months agoI don’t think drinking slowed down one bit just because smoking was removed indoors.
minus-squaresnooggums@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·3 months agoProbably not, but that is a separate thing from the proportion of drinks sold in the section being higher while it existed.
minus-squareprotist@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoPer capita alcohol consumption peaked in the US between 1975-1985
minus-squareRaoulDook@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months 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.
minus-squareSteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 months agodeleted by creator
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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