By Kelly Kazek | kkazek@al.com Self-service has grown into a common phenomenon these days but McDonald’s has decided to reverse course when it comes to customers serving their own drinks. According to an article by MSN, McDonald’s will slowly phase out the place where kids can make their own crazy soft drinks – the soda fountain stations. If you like to mix Hi-C with Sprite, you’ll soon have to ask the order taker. “McDonald’s has quietly begun removing self-serve beverage stations from its U.S. restaurants, with plans to eliminate them entirely by 2032,” the article said. Some McDonald’s restaurants have already removed the stations. “Restaurants in Illinois have already started the process, along with stores out West,” the article said. The reason the company will take six years to remove drink machines is because of the mechanics you can’t see. “ …these aren’t just drink dispensers being yanked out. The machines are connected to syrup boxes through walls or basements, with carbonated water produced by the machine itself mixing with the syrup,” MSN explains. The main reason for removal of the machines is that fewer customers come inside to eat, MSN said. “People aren’t coming inside to eat like they used to,” the article said. “They’re tapping screens in their cars or on their couches. The dining room is becoming less relevant to McDonald’s business model, and the soda fountain is collateral damage.”