I was following googles time table of when to go, and 1st time was in mid afternoon and just walked right up and started dumping bottles and cans into feeder.
Lately its been a little slower because of the distancing requirements, I went at around 3 and was able to walk up to a machine right away. But a line of about 3 people at max were waiting for a machine. The employees have also cracked down on people redeeming more than the daily limit so no one is at a machine for 3 hours now.
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