I usually avoid them because of the mark-up, but yesterday I was in the mood for a soda and didn’t feel like going into a store and interacting with the cashier, so I bought one out of a vending machine. I enjoyed it. What about you? When was the last time you used a vending machine, and what did you buy?
Was either ice cream or coffee, 2004. It’s tied to a specific episode of my life.
Few days ago, a random drink.
Often they’re places where there are no shops, or in places where it’s less convenient to reach the shops, where they make sense.
If there’s already a similarly priced shop nearby it makes more sense to nip in, grab a drink from a wider selection, and use the auto checkout. But it depends what I want.
If the machine has Lilt and I want Lilt? Ima get me that Lilt.
I’m wary of using vending machines lately. You can use a debit card on the soda machines, but they’ll charge you much more than the cost of the soda, and not refund you the difference for several days. I think that sucks.
Pre-Covid. Probably a drink during back to school shopping with my kids
Maybe 4 or 5 months ago. Used to get a soda from the machine in my apartment’s pool area once in a while because they were only $1. They randomly jacked the price up to $3.50 in a day and I haven’t use that machine, or any other, since.
Last thing I purchased from a vending machine was a LC to LC SMOF cable because the one i had was too short.
This was at a datacenter where you could buy small nick backs like cables and cagenuts in the break room.
Vending machines over here usually only stock junk food, unfortunately.
I occasionally get chocolate bars or cookies from them when I’m on break and not in the mood to enter a supermarket.
Vending Machines are the best in Japan! While my last purchase was just a Fanta drink, I have been able to buy hot coffee and soup. Something different from the usual cold drink or snack.
Oh wait. I bought on the spot cotton candy and orange juice made from a vending machine in Singapore.
I love those random vending machines at the end of hiking spots in Japan. They take convenience seriously haha
A kit Kat at the car wash just three days ago. Before that it might be 5 years.
Bought a bag of chips and it got stuck, but it didn’t charge me-- I guess they detect when the item falls down now? Pretty neat.
I ordered some reeses pieces from the vending machine at the laundromat. It just took my money though.
Grabbed a Pepsi Max from the vending machine at the local library.
Two weeks ago at work during my break. I ate an apple that I had brought but wanted something salty, so I bought a bag of Sun Chips. Usually I’ll buy a bigger bag of chips at the grocery store and keep it in my work locker, but I didn’t have any that day.
2022 sometime in may. Probably.
My last job. They had decent stuff when it was stocked. eg. Iced coffee, smoked almonds, jerky, juice
It was a lot more cenvenient than going to the canteen especially in the winter. And I made enough money that it didnt really matter if it was sold at a premium or not.
Now im more worried about all of that stuff being rather unhealthy.
