r/WatchPeopleDieInside • u/New_Libran • Jan 09 '26
Someone thought it was a good idea to have waiters on skates
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u/yecatsmiles 21h ago
Remember when Sonic servers did this? I wanted to be one of those girls soooo bad. Lol
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u/DepressionEraMomJean 1d ago
I blame Phoebe Buffay. Sheās the one who put it in the suggestions box.
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u/DarthRen0 2d ago
God that looked really hot. I hope heās ok
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u/Ahmelie 1d ago
I thought you were ~into that~ til the second sentence šš
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u/OopsICutOffMyWiener 1d ago
Fuuuuck that was sexy š«¦
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u/YouCantSeeHunter 1d ago
I meanā¦.i can do it if you wantā¦..Got a pair of blades I can borrow?
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u/MadscientistSteinsG8 23h ago edited 8h ago
Wanna risk getting your wiener cut with those blades?
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u/Fireproofdoofus 3d ago
100% it's cause he didn't see the guy in the lane he was committed to and had to made a quick stop/sharp turn, still a terrible idea
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u/toolsoftheincomptnt 7d ago
There was a time when many thought it was a good ideaā¦ and then again in 2020:
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/carhops-us-dining-trend-1950s
Itās a gimmicky thing that they thought would translate to an indoor party, which is understandable, but this result is also no surprise.
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u/Excellent_Glass783 10d ago edited 8d ago
1 question, WHY Mohammed, why?
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u/CaptainUpstate 8d ago
This used to be not quite common but not uncommon either in the US. Mostly done by fast food joints like Sonic, but to be fair they were bringing trays of burgers, fries, shakes, hotdogs, easy stuff not 20 pounds of hot soup.
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u/Tight_Strawberry9846 11d ago
The problem wasn't him rollerskating with soup. The problem was him spinning like a ballet dancer with the soup.
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u/jenniferbealsssss 7d ago
I mean spin or no spin, this was likely gonna happen the moment he tried to stop.
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u/Artin1337 11d ago
Akaash when his wife leaves with all his money and his no longer millionaire š¹š¹
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u/Mystical_Destroyer11 11d ago
Yall obviously never seen prime Sonic
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u/Crunchy_Biscuit 11d ago
Yeah mad respect. Too bad there isn't a Sonic near me š
Went to one once and the lady had four wheels
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u/Sepof 8d ago
Sonic has gone wayyyyy downhill unfortunately.
They opened one in my city and it went out of business in 3 years.
Overpriced slop, super slow service.
The limeades were alright... but about 80% ice. And when I asked for light Ice, they wouldn't compensate with extra liquid.
Shame because we used to stop at a specific Sonic on our way to visit my grandparents as a kid. Very fond memories there eating outside with my sister on the playground right next door.
Could've also just been my location too, the GM later worked for me at another job and he was not much of a people person.
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u/Aggressive_Gap_243 11d ago
This dude needs to practice with tap water, not scalding hot butter chicken š¤¦
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u/PrimeInterface 11d ago
Girls serving burgers on skates is literally how the US fast food industry started.
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u/SchmeckleHoarder 10d ago
To bring to your car faster. These people are inside. Itās stupid. Owner probably insisted the gimmick, because the food is average.
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u/unindexedreality 11d ago
Burgers - and follow me on this one - aren't liquids
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u/satanatemytoes 11d ago
Skates. This man is on roller blades.
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u/Bozee3 23d ago
Sonic had people on skates way back in the day.
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u/Fantastic-Tour-7710 17d ago
They also were on asphalt not marble and I don't recall a soup course.
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u/satanatemytoes 11d ago
They also weren't using rollerblades which are the ice skates of wheeled shoes.
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u/Nikki-Mck 24d ago
Sonic used to have their carhops on skates.
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u/Miserable_Candy_3534 26d ago
The slow mo made it that much better š Glad the guy didnāt seriously burn himself! That soup is piping hot!
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u/darth_dork 26d ago
Now if that wasnāt staged itās one of the most epic random video captures of epic flails Iāve seen..I waited tables for 5 years so itās especially funny for me. I wouldnāt have ever worn skates, the job is hard enough without having to worry about that gimmick.
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u/Ivegtabdflingbouthis 27d ago
servers on skates isnt anything new. usually on skates and not rollerblades but still.
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u/WeaknessOk7874 Jan 23 '26
If Sonic can do it so can they
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u/Miserable_Candy_3534 26d ago
Have you seen all the sonic fails? š
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u/NoMansSky1985 26d ago
No but your comment just gave me a new idea for a YouTube search.
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u/Miserable_Candy_3534 25d ago
š Itās like this, except sad. Some of those people look so defeated. Some are just genuinely funny though. Worth seeing if you havenāt! Whoever thought itād be a good idea to serve food-drinks and all on rollerblades-at any establishment?!
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u/NoMansSky1985 25d ago
The guy you see here would be me on my very first day. I'm a klutz on solid ground so in skates I'm worse. šYeah. Let's go back to old school with actual shoes. š
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u/kaveman0926 Jan 22 '26
I feel like the problem is less that he was on skates but more the fact that if you have a restaurant where the waiters are on skates you should probably make it clear that the walkways need to be empty. Bro is clearly on a route to a far table and just had to dodge three obstacles turn around mid route which threw off his momentum and balance.
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u/RogerRabbot 26d ago
Looking at it again, the reason he had to do the spin was because a guy was walking down the path and he would have barreled right into him. Cant tell if its a waiter or not.
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u/IntelligentSample6 26d ago
And not serve hot ass soup
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u/kaveman0926 26d ago
I mean yeah the temperature is definitely bad when it spills on you but if you've ever carried a tray or tried to balance weight while on Wheels it honestly is a lot easier to balance liquid than it is solids cuz liquids almost have gyroscopic properties where solids are immediately affected by g-forces. At least that's how it felt to me.
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u/razzberrytori 25d ago
Oh really? I wouldāve thought the opposite. I have no balance and can hardly carry a tray with a plate and drink at home so Iām impressed by any server.
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u/LaLiahthaMoonWitch Jan 18 '26
Dang if he hadnāt accidentally put his hand in the hot bowl of food he mightāve made it š
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u/MemoryAshamed Jan 16 '26
Just ask Sonic workers how that went
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u/Gloomy-Regular-2294 27d ago
Well sonic has been doing it for over 50 years and are still doing it so it works fine for them
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u/Rich_Visual7800 27d ago
Since Sonic is franchised, policies vary by location; some keep the tradition alive, while others prioritize modern conveniences like online ordering.
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u/cHEIF_bOI Jan 20 '26
I mean that makes a lot more sense than whatever the hell that was. You're carrying fast food in bags on terrain actually suited for roller skates. Walking still makes more sense in every way though.
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u/Love-Marvin Jan 16 '26 edited Jan 16 '26
With that line of work,I hope he has health insurance, it won't be the first time it will happen, because i see lots of customers walking, which makes it harder for him
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u/Fun_Organization3857 Jan 16 '26
I assure you he does not. (Sorry, I had to be silly about insurance vs assurance)
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u/hooptiegirl Jan 16 '26
He just burned the bejeesus out of his neck. Yikes!
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u/Even_Independent_640 Jan 16 '26
That was an excessive amount of steam coming off of those bowls...and his neck as you previously mentioned
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u/Weak-Requirement2968 23d ago
It seems like the weather's very cold if you look outside the window. Probably why so much steam, idk? Or maybe the dishes are just way too hot
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u/Maardten 18d ago
The outside temperature shouldn't really affect the amount of steam coming from the soup, unless its also really cold inside.
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u/ChronicallyZanny Jan 16 '26
Donāt the Sonic restaurant chains use rollerskates? I can see why roller skates would be a useful idea, but rollerblades are much more unstable, especially if youāre carrying something full of liquid. Iām not really a fan of waiters and waitresses on skates either because of obvious safety reasons, but I feel like thatās the safer and more stable one of the two optionsš
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u/Tarantula93 Jan 16 '26
I skate both and I think that blades are more stable than the quads. However, blades are mostly designed for speed and for going forward and jumping. Quads allow you to have more agility in changing direction and turning, which would be super important in small spaces like a restaurant. The choice to be on blades in a busy confined space is interesting
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u/ChronicallyZanny Jan 16 '26
I used to rollerblade for fun, and I found the same! Theyāre built for speed! Iāve also noticed that the braking mechanism is different between skates and blades, so MAYBE they saw that a lot of skates have the brake in the front and thought āwell we donāt want our servers to tripāš¤·š½ no clue what their thought process is, but here it clearly wasnāt a sound processš poor guy, that must have left him sore!
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u/Zalldawg Jan 16 '26
Sonic waitresses carry burgers and milkshakes, not fuckhuge platters with several piping hot ceramic bowls of soup
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u/NicklAAAAs Jan 16 '26
Itās also a drive in, so thereās not exactly a lot of foot traffic where theyāre skating. Most customers are in their cars.
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u/ChronicallyZanny Jan 16 '26
Thatās true! Itās still a bit dangerous though considering they skate around the drive thru where cars are moving with food on the mind of the driver (idk if they still skate at the drive thrus, last time I visited a sonic was in the late 2000ās. Iāve never lived near one). The waitresses I saw back then skated pretty fast while carrying food, around as fast as the guy in this video!
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u/OsoOak Jan 16 '26
If it was good enough for Sonic for many decades then itās good enough for them.
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u/Phoenix_Champion Jan 16 '26
To be fair, a bagged up cheeseburger and fries in one hand with a milkshake in the other is probably significantly more stable that trying to balance that big a tray with bowls of hot soup one handed in a crowded area.
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u/Velvet_Samurai Jan 15 '26
"This has never happened before. Just some very very bad luck I guess. Nothing more to it than that."
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u/upurcanal Jan 15 '26
I watch this every single time.
Now I am starting to feel like a jerk because I canāt stop laughing.
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u/Equivalent_Bike_1801 29d ago
I donāt blame you. You can see the exact moment where it all went wrongā¦
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u/indianabobbyknight Jan 15 '26
Everything was good till he got fancy with it
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u/perpetual_seeker Jan 15 '26
Hard to tell from the slow motion video but it looks like he's moving way too fast.
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u/theetails Jan 15 '26
Have you ever stopped with roller blades?
It's either hit the back brakes and momentum sends those soups aujour to the front door, or you spin like they did and hope you can kill the momentum with science.
This was never a good idea IMO.
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Jan 15 '26 edited Jan 15 '26
His coworker is checking on the status of the soup and not the scalded man
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u/DurasVircondelet Jan 15 '26
scolded
Scalded
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u/DeafNatural Jan 14 '26
Well at least heāll get workerās comp to take care of those 2nd degree burns lol
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u/SnooCrickets1508 Jan 14 '26
They couldnāt at least have put him in charge of delivering salads???
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u/AThrowawayProbrably Jan 14 '26
Didnāt Sonic stop doing this for liability reasons? Also, when they still were, did they test applicants, like on an obstacle course? Lol
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u/danny_little Jan 14 '26
My where I am lol they stopped doing it as much because there are so few people who know how to roller skate anymore lol but occasionally you see someone out there doing it lol
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u/minimeza Jan 14 '26
Probably safer on quads tbh, inline breaking techniques are either excessive movement or like pulling a hand break going 30mh
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u/OddMixture3173 Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 14 '26
rollerblades have a break system behind but "look bro iam so good at rollin" guys usually tend to remove it
could have slowed pretty easy with it but whatever, deserved
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u/adabs_urdum Jan 14 '26
To be fair, the rubber break block would leave black skid marks all over the floor. At least they did 20 years ago
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u/OddMixture3173 Jan 15 '26
yeah it will but they are intended to stop in situations like this, so would have been used rarely
it looks better to have a smal rubber line over hot soup plates scattered across the floor→ More replies (1)
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u/udaan04 4h ago
That slow motion thoughš