The Vending Machines Kicked My Ass Today
Round 1: I try to purchase a Nutragrain bar. For the first time in my life, the item I purchased didn't fall. I furiously beat on the machine for a minute before I realized the vending machine could very well be the end of me. No Darwin Award today! After evaluating my options (continue thrashing the machine or spend another quarter to get the object I already paid for), the bar decided to fall. Victory is mine!
Round 2: Word spreads quickly in the vending machine world. Obviously, Snack Machine did not appreciate my narrow victory over him earlier. So he told his buddy, Soda Machine, to eat my fucking dollar. I tried to buy a Diet Pepsi to soothe my throat. The machine didn't just send the dollar back. It didn't say, "no, your business isn't welcome here." The machine instead returned half of my dollar bill. Insulting!
I hope it chokes on the other half of George Washington and dies.
(posted by grant at 2/27/2006)
