I need to know who voted “Call the vending machine company” and if that person was being serious.
You guys actually put money into vending machines instead of just smashing them open and taking what you want?
Losers.
Shoulda kept my mouth shut; she got out, leaving a vacuum.
The only correct thing to do is stand by the vending machine until it’s next restocked then explain the situation to whoever is doing that. Hope you brought lunch!
Take it, and drop some coins in a charity collection box somewhere.
If you leave it, either someone else gets it for nothing, or someone else throws it away.
My first course of action would be to form an exploratory committee to determine all possible courses of action for what to do about the errant vending machine. After an exhaustive list of all possible actions has been determined, each will be considered by their own committees consisting of no fewer than 10 democrats, 10 republicans, and 10 independents. I will make sure that all racial minorities, genders, and sexual identities and orientations are proportionately represented (based on expensive demographic information we will obtain on the location of the vending machine and all likely customers).
It gets a lot more complicated from there, so I’ll just leave it at that.
I’d put an ad in the newspaper. With all of the competition from the free ads sources, the ad shouldn’t cost more than 30 or 40 dollars, and it would reach a wider audience.
Take it. Eat it. Give it away. Throw it away. It doesn’t matter. We all know the risks of using vending machines. Sometimes you get what you paid for, most times you don’t. Sometimes, the machine rejects your dollar, even after you iron it a hundred times with your hand. Other times it’ll gladly accept your two quarters and a dime, but will refuse to acknowledge or return them. Other times, in your low-blood sugar haze, you’ll press the “5” instead of the “7” and end up with stale chewing gum instead of Peanut M&Ms; Still other times, the M&Ms are pushed thisclose to the ledge, but refuses to make the final leap – even when you pound on the machine and yell, “Jump, motherfucker, jump!”
P.S. That’s why you’ll never see ME buying an iPad from an airport vending machine!
No it doesn’t. I think I’ve scored an unpaid for chocolate or packet of chips once or twice at most in my life. I’ve been screwed out of my dollar (or 50cents or 2/6) many, many more times.
For that reason alone, I’d take it.
But you can buy an airport vending machine from an iPad.