I remember the day I took someone on a date, only to run into a state-wide power outage. We found a restaurant that had gas grills. They couldn't make french

I remember the day I took someone on a date, only to run into a state-wide power outage. We found a restaurant that had gas grills. They couldn't make french fries, because their fry machine was electric. They couldn't make shakes. They were pouring soda from bottles they had bought at a grocery store. They were working by candlelight and adding up the bill on a hand calculator, but they were doing business like crazy. I think they were not doing credit cards, but it was long enough ago that they might have been taking imprints. Certainly today they would not be able to take cards, unless they had battery backup or a generator, since many cards don't have the raised digits any more.