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Any tips on getting this unstuck?? Our night crew keeps stacking these together after they wash them and they seal shut! 😩 (i.redd.it)

submitted by blah________________

iwantmysharpieback 174 points 1y ago

Reheat them in the sink with hot water, then twist while pulling. The twist helps break the static friction so the pulling apart can happen. (a dead faced stare into the distance helps me too)

lover_of_pancakes 38 points 1y ago

Yeah exactly this. The twist keeps you from injuring yourself while yeeting it, and the dead faced stare keeps you from getting emotionally involved when it doesn't work.

Just kidding, it works most of the time

carcinophile 149 points 1y ago

Smack your night crew with em lol

RyusuiJL 14 points 1y ago

🤣

croissantboyy 106 points 1y ago

science! stick the bottom into a cube of hot water and fill the top one with ice and water. the hot and cold makes them easier to pull them apart

paigemclachlan 28 points 1y ago

Yes this! The ice makes the inside contract and the heat makes the outside expand. Physics!!

aspoonfulofsammy11 7 points 1y ago

I tried this tho and it did not, in fact, work. It was disappointing.

croissantboyy 8 points 1y ago

you gotta let it sit a minute and make sure the bottom one is completely submerged and the top has both ice and water so it gets cold enough

Accurate-Bumblebee14 8 points 1y ago

Add salt to the ice water to super cool it

croissantboyy 1 points 1y ago

ooh smart

Suspicious_Wiener 1 points 1y ago

I have tried this as well. Typically, it works, bit we had a couple shaker bottles stacked like this that EVERYONE in my store tried to get apart. After 4 days, we just threw them out. 😅

ColeSwasey 2 points 1y ago

I usually put ice in the shaker then use our hot water spout to pour hot water directly onto the lip of the outside cup. I turn it a couple times under the hot water and usually they'll come unstuck.

Accurate-Bumblebee14 2 points 1y ago

This.

wildaloofrebel55 2 points 1y ago

This is exactly what I did when we had two shakers stuck together and it worked like a charm!

Js_On_My_Yeet 35 points 1y ago

I'm night crew and this makes me so mad whenever I see anybody do this lol

King_Spamula 5 points 1y ago

This and putting the lid on top of the shaker so the water can't evaporate or drain

drinkliquidclocks 16 points 1y ago

I tried EVERYTHING and never did get them apart one time. I tried the hot/cold water trick etc and we just had to toss them lmaoo

Make sure you smack the closers

vickera 16 points 1y ago

Bang them on the side of the counter.

meloscav 3 points 1y ago

I don’t think night crew would appreciate that

saddestgirl1995 12 points 1y ago

Douse this sucker in tea water then find another person to grab onto the other side and start YEETING!!!! Pull that shit apart bbg

guilded0n3 6 points 1y ago

If you have a sprayer head on your dishwasher you can also spray directly down the side of the outer cup. The water pressure entering the bottom cup will force them apart from the inside.

NOTcreative- 5 points 1y ago

Water, ice and salt inside. Hot water outside determination.water ice and salt brings down temp of inner shaker below 32 condensing it. Hot water outside expands outer shaker.

the_senor_cardgage 3 points 1y ago

turn them off then on again

killerweeee 3 points 1y ago

Hot water or microwave.

jdanger1783 2 points 1y ago

What I have found that works best is to throw them away and order new ones.

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the-OG-darkshrreder 1 points 1y ago

Heat them both then twist in opposite directions. This unfortunately didn’t work for us. Then it got dropped and the outer one broke breaking the seal

redbookworm 1 points 1y ago

I just throw them in the Hobart and it always does the trick.

chellichelli 1 points 1y ago

No. Just throw them away and order new ones. None of the temperature tricks work.

Seriously, throw them away now. Otherwise all the partners at your store are gonna waste a bunch of time trying to do the impossible.

blah________________ [OP] 1 points 1y ago

I've tried hot water, ice, smacking them, etc... nothing's worked yet, lol (I did manage to chip the inner shaker, though 🙄). But thank you all for your suggestions! I'll test out a few more recommendations before I toss them.

deluxe_anxiety 1 points 1y ago

Fire night crew

hahahazooe 1 points 1y ago

we usually just smack them on the counter tops. bad on ur night crew tho. tell them for sure

darrinH92 1 points 1y ago

Did you try putting them in rice ?

SplashStick 1 points 1y ago

My store had this issue at one point, and the cups were stuck for 3 days. Partners on every shift tried different things (soaking in hot water, freezing, picking the 2 strongest partners to try ripping them apart) and nothing worked…until, believe it or not, one partner took a pat of butter, rubbed it along the rim of the outer cup, let it sit and melt a while…and that was what worked.

meloscav 1 points 1y ago

My question is what have y’all done to piss off your night crew? (Half kidding. But hot water and prayers)

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🥲rip

Roarkshop 1 points 1y ago

Hot water! They will separate easy.

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d_wan4 -1 points 1y ago

Looks like you need to order new ones anyways.

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