The evil vending machine, part deux
You cannot imagine how diabolically cleverly my co-worker's potato chips were stuck, and how long she spent shaking the evil vending machine, trying to dislodge the package with a pica ruler, etc. etc.
Finally a knight in shining armor went to work on it for her. After numerous shakings, poundings, kickings (they ought to put a tilt feature on vending machines at the Sun) he gallantly bought the Reese's Peanut Butter Cups you see in the photo, which were heavy enough to dislodge the chips when they dropped.
Comments
And they say chivalry is dead.
Posted by: Robert of Cross Keys | November 12, 2009 12:12 PM
A real sacrifice would have been buying one of those PayDays.
Posted by: Gailor | November 12, 2009 12:24 PM
That is a pretty decent candy selection...
Posted by: BaltBabs | November 12, 2009 12:26 PM
That reeses buy looks like it was pretty risky.
Not quite overtop the chips, and possibly coming out a little left of the mark and much lighter than a nutty pay day, bold move by the hero.
I would have gone with the payday, and used it as a paperwieght. It would be a visual reminder that I could look at every day,(and everyone else would see walking by) of that fateful day when I was considered a hero.
Posted by: SuperMan | November 12, 2009 12:48 PM
I feel the need to come to the defense of my favorite candy bar. I like to think of the PayDay as a low-cal / low-fat Baby Ruth. Yum!
Posted by: BankStreet | November 12, 2009 1:00 PM
As I think about it, I don't think I've ever seen anyone eat or buy a PayDay.
Posted by: Robert of Cross Keys | November 12, 2009 1:09 PM
15 g of Baby Ruth = 83 cal, 4 fat
19 g of payday = 90 cal, 5 fat
avg 1g baby ruth = 5.5 cal, .26 fat
avg 1g baby ruth = 4.73 cal, .26 fat
BankStreet, you are right, it is less calories.......unless i cant do math, which is VERY possible.
Posted by: SuperMan | November 12, 2009 1:13 PM
RoCK,
I used to eat PayDays when I was a kid.
Posted by: PCB Rob | November 12, 2009 1:19 PM
Chivalrous indeed, but were they still intact chips when she opened the bag? Or more suitable for use as casserole topping? Seems those Reese cups might've crushed them on the way down....
Posted by: mededitor | November 12, 2009 1:22 PM
The real question is... "How come nobody at the Sun has complained that Peanut M&M's are $1.00 and the Plain M&M's are only $.75?!"
Posted by: NickinEC | November 12, 2009 1:25 PM
Give me a Payday and a bag of Gibble's chips and I'm happy.
Posted by: "OldPhil" | November 12, 2009 1:28 PM
I would like to see what the next (out-of-frame) options were, so we can properly evaluate all of the dislodging possibilities. Without all of the information, this conversation is highly speculative.
I wonder - what snack would have prompted our hero to risk chivalry with a choice from the unseen third row? Oreos? Pork rinds? Apple pie?
Posted by: Dave | November 12, 2009 1:30 PM
has anyone else made a visit to the vending machine since reading this? mmmmmmmm, m&ms..
Posted by: unbelievaboh | November 12, 2009 1:30 PM
Very astute, NickinEC! Must be the peanuts.
Posted by: Trixie | November 12, 2009 1:34 PM
My math:
Baby Ruth - Chocolate = Payday
Posted by: BankStreet | November 12, 2009 1:42 PM
My math:
X - Chocolate = -X
(wherein X = "anything that contains chocolate")
Posted by: st. | November 12, 2009 2:05 PM
Yup, your math is easier.
Posted by: SUperMan | November 12, 2009 2:06 PM
That vending machine is diabolical. It is always stealing food!
Posted by: Stephanie | November 12, 2009 2:32 PM
No need for candy here. My wife hit the Target on the day the Halloween candy leftovers dropped to 90% off. Bags of Baby Ruths, Butterfingers, Snickers, you name it, for 29 cents each. We laid in a year's worth of candy stashed away, AFTER setting aside about half of it for future parties, Christmas boxes, etc.
Posted by: Alexander D. Mitchell IV | November 12, 2009 3:14 PM
When I was a kid, I used to put Twizzlers in cans of Coke and let them dissolve. Then I'd had strawberry flavored soda. These days, the idea of eating an entire Snickers bar kinda makes me queasy.
Posted by: Sam Sessa | November 12, 2009 3:41 PM
Vending machines scare the hell out of me.
They're worse than sharks!
Posted by: jl | November 12, 2009 6:00 PM
I don't know if I would have messed with the Utz chips. They might shoot.
Posted by: Lissa | November 12, 2009 7:53 PM
Lissa, you're stretching a bit far with that one. :-)
Posted by: Hal Laurent | November 12, 2009 7:56 PM
You know me, Hal. "Too far" is my middle name.
I didn't make a single comment about Utzis, though.
I was going to call you Lissa "Too Far" whatever from now on whenever I mentioned you, but then I realized you don't have a last name. :-) EL
Posted by: Lissa | November 12, 2009 8:29 PM
The peanut mm is a king size bag. That's cheap, but really ask your vendor for a vend sensor to be put in if you keep having these problems.
What the heck is a vend sensor? EL
Posted by: joe | November 15, 2009 12:53 PM
I was going to call you Lissa "Too Far" whatever from now on whenever I mentioned you, but then I realized you don't have a last name.
I'm trying to take after my idol, Cher.
Posted by: Lissa | November 15, 2009 6:13 PM