Monday, July 28, 2008

Jipped

The vending machine at work is running ridiculously low on supplies. I was having a mid-afternoon sweet tooth attack so I took the elevator up the one flight of stairs and stared at my "sweet" options.....chocolate chip pop-tarts, Nutrageous, Milky Way (gross-does anyone actually eat these?) and Twix. Mmmm Twix, didn't even realize I was craving it until I saw it. #42 in the machine. I put in my quarter and 4 dimes and hit in 4,2,enter. Nothing. Again, 4,2,enter. I see a red light flash that next to "Please make another selection". I don't want another selection. I want the Twix. 4,2, enter. Stupid red light, I'm staring right at the Twix and the 3 or 4 behind it. Why am I being denied those carmel topped cookie wafers dipped in milk chocolate? Is there a weight sensor in front of the machine that only allows people of a certain weight to make specific selections? I tried it another 3 or 4 times before I accepted defeat and opted for the salted cashews. Talk about a rip off. I noticed the bag was more than half way full of air--I counted it out, 21 cashews. That is all you get for $0.65. That is 3 cents per cashew. Jipped, definitely jipped.

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