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I first saw this at McDonald's. Drink lids (everywhere) have those little bubbles that can be pressed to indicate what type of drink as well. Diet, Sprite, etc.
by jiveturkey 3y ago
I first saw this at McDonald's. Drink lids (everywhere) have those little bubbles that can be pressed to indicate what type of drink as well. Diet, Sprite, etc.
- sp332 3y agoSure but aren't those all the same price?
- throwway120385 3y agoYeah but if you order a diet coke and your friend orders a regular coke you want to make sure you get the right drink out of the carrier.
- HeyLaughingBoy 3y agoEspecially since I'll probably spew as soon as I taste the Aspartame!
- bombcar 3y agoThey're used rarely these days, but in some places they're busy enough that they will make have someone making the drinks and marking them. Which is why they don't have to indicate "sprite" or "orange" because you can see the color through the lids. Where drinks are self-serve they're not needed, but usually still exist.
- korv 3y ago>They're used rarely these days If you don't order different drinks, sure. >Which is why they don't have to indicate "sprite" or "orange" because you can see the color through the lids. The paper (cardboard?) lids aren't translucent.
- 0x457 3y agoThose are used to tell the difference between drinks within the same order: diet coke vs regular coke for example.
- hhmc 3y agoNot in the UK (passthrough sugar tax)
- ValentineC 3y agoAs someone who tries to minimise my sugar intake, one of my nightmares is getting served a non-diet drink by accident, because one of the lids gets pressed wrongly along the way. I wonder if there's technology out there for cheap sugar testing sticks… huh, it looks like a company finally launched like that in 2021.
- flemhans 3y agoGot a link for em strips?
- ValentineC 3y agoThe brand I found is called DietDetector: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/breakthrough-soft-drink-testing-strips-could-save-diabetic-lives-301436902.html https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/breakthrough-soft-d...
- jiveturkey 3y agoWouldn't you just be able to taste the difference, and then not drink it?
- JohnFen 3y agoI've long wondered about this sort of thing. I have friends who drink no-sugar drinks, but I can't stand them. Even the ones everyone says are fantastic taste bad to me. I wonder if there's not some sort of genetic connection influencing how some non-sugar sweeteners taste, much like the genetic link with cilantro tasting terrible for some. Might the commenter really not be able to taste the difference? To me, it would be stark and unmistakable, but perhaps that's not true for everyone.
- thomaslord 3y agoIt might also have something to do with acquired taste - maybe people who can tolerate artificial sweeteners have simply gotten used to the weird flavors they add and don't taste them anymore?