I'm sure, once upon a time, the vending machine at work was some sort of perk and everyone thought they were so lucky to have a little machine that gives them fat-laden treats in return for some change.
Pfft. Whatever. Now it's a necessary evil.
The following is a review of all the vending machines from where I've worked ever since I graduated:
1. INSI: You know, I don't think they had a vending machine. Bastards! I do remember getting free hot chocolate, however the receptionist who bought the supplies hated me. So when it was time to replace the yummy Carnation hot chocolate,she bought the crappy stuff that the restaurant downstairs sold. Eventually someone replaced the Carnation, but I kept drinking the crappy stuff. Someone once asked me why I would drink that slop...and I told them I didn't want the receptionist getting mad at me.
She used to hell at me, from the front desk over to my cube, about how my slurping was too loud.
2. Caspian:Hmmm maybe this isn't so much a review of vending machines than maybe say a review of what's in the kitchen.
I don't remember if there was a vending machine...we got free soda and we got free dinner at night. Needless to say I gained like 40 pounds in the first few months.
I did a taste test with my buddy Dan (oh Dan, why did you have to stop talking to me?!) because we had this conspiracy theory: the free soda you get at work NEVER tastes as good as the stuff you pay for. Our blind taste test proved tru.
3. OnMobile: I don't think they even HAD vending machines. In fact, we didn't get jack except ONCE they got us a cake to celebrate the company's anniversary but the CEO yelled at the receptionist for spending so much on a cake (fifty bucks?!)...that was the tip off since the company pretty much folded shortly after that.
Symbol: Ahhh my beloved Symbol. Best place to work ever. I loved that job. Only left it because my husband lived in Orange County. Anyway, they had INSANE vending machines. First off, their vending machines accepted everything up to $20. Yep, I've put in $20 in order to buy a $0.55 wafer...that's alotta change you get back but damn it's worth it! Plus they had everything....ice cream, microwave meals, every flavor of Quik milk and SoBe drinks..sigh.
pause here to visit Vendo and get myself a diet Pepsi.
Current job: WHAT THE BLEEP. The vending machines here are horrible. The little spinny things catch onto the packages so they don't drop. But the worst part is that not only do you have to pay in exact change...you have to pay in the exact denomination.
For example, a diet Pepsi isn't just $0.40. It's a quarter, a nickel, and a dime. A bag of corn nuts is two quarters and a dime. NOT two quarters and two nickels...but two dimes. And the change machine only accepts (when it's not chewing up your money) dollar bills...and spits out exactly three quarters, two dimes, anda nickel.
That means that everyone goes aruond saying "I'll buy your nickel for a dime". Nickels at my work are worth double the value!
I don't know who invented this archaic system, nor do I understand why I work for a high tech company making cutting edge stuff but i have to have EXACT coinage.
Just another reason to hate my job.
On another note, this blog is super funny...too bad it came to an end.
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