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?
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
I can’t remember. It’s been such a long time. Usually vending machines don’t have anything I want anyway since I don’t drink soda and rarely eat junk food and that’s the overwhelming majority of what I see in vending machines at least where I live
I pretty much never use them in my home country, but I will raid them whenever I’m on holiday somewhere—gotta experience the local snacks and soft drinks
Last thing I bought was a citrus and mint sprite in Morocco (it was great)
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.
I ordered some reeses pieces from the vending machine at the laundromat. It just took my money though.
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.
A kit Kat at the car wash just three days ago. Before that it might be 5 years.
Grabbed a Pepsi Max from the vending machine at the local library.
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.
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.
Three weeks ago I bought some freshly baked pizza from a vending machine. It was quite ok.
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.
Used a cotton candy vending machine at the mall with my 4 year old not that long ago.
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.
Pre-Covid. Probably a drink during back to school shopping with my kids
