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Post by SafeInSanity on Aug 8, 2024 7:41:16 GMT -5
I remember when I was a kid in the early 70's going to K-Mart and right towards the front they had Concession stands that served homemade buttered popcorn, frozen Cokes, frozen cherry drinks, Nachos, and those big soft ptetzels.
They also had a full Cafe in the back where you could sit down with the family and order lunches.
It was so much more of a social experience. Nowadys they treat us like cattle. Get your shit and get the hell out of here! I go shopping now and don't even say two words to anybody most times. Now wonder people have become so anti-social. 😞
Oh, they also had ashtrays and benches where you could sit down and have a cigarette while you were talking to someone.
And remember the mechanical kid rides right outside the front doors?
How boring it must be to be a kid these days.
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Post by foxy on Aug 8, 2024 9:15:07 GMT -5
I had similar experiences in the 1960's at Woolworth 5&10 cent stores. I remember the see-through box on the lunch counter filled with shaved ice for snowcones, another with popcorn and another filled with yummy freshly made fried chicken. Ice cold fruit punch and lemonade bubbled in their frosty dispensers, hot dogs rotating on the grill and the best ice cream sodas, sundaes and malted milkshakes all awaited hungry, thirsty shoppers. People chatted with each other, it was indeed a different time and people socialized with one another freely. Kids happily rode the mechanical horses and cars in the front of the store. Ah, to quote Archie & Edith, "those were the days."
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2024 10:58:11 GMT -5
I remember going to our drug store in Sugarland TX and going to the back to the 'soda bar' for coke floats.
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Post by jayman on Aug 9, 2024 21:03:25 GMT -5
I remember when I was a kid in the early 70's going to K-Mart and right towards the front they had Concession stands that served homemade buttered popcorn, frozen Cokes, frozen cherry drinks, Nachos, and those big soft ptetzels. They also had a full Cafe in the back where you could sit down with the family and order lunches. It was so much more of a social experience. Nowadys they treat us like cattle. Get your shit and get the hell out of here! I go shopping now and don't even say two words to anybody most times. Now wonder people have become so anti-social. 😞 Oh, they also had ashtrays and benches where you could sit down and have a cigarette while you were talking to someone. And remember the mechanical kid rides right outside the front doors? How boring it must be to be a kid these days. Yeah that is great. I used to love to sit down and eat lunch at these places.
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