The Battle of the Snack Machines

[Pixelated]

In my new apartment building, we have one or two snack machines (one is near the laundry room; not sure where the other is).

I went down the other day and the one near the laundry room was EMPTY.

Me:

Oh well, I thought, they'll refill it soon.

Wrong.

Apparently the building management has decided to go with another supplier, whose wares will be slightly cheaper.

The owner of the current machines is refusing to cooperate, saying we can't do that.

AFAIK, there is NO written contract. This woman has been supplying the machines and snacks for 30 years and apparently she feels that gives her some kind of squatter's rights or something.

Management ordered to her take all the snacks out of the machines. Don't know if they ordered her to remove the machines as well.

I'm told her last words were, "This isn't over yet."

[drunkenwildmage]

At dawn, Twinkies at 10 paces.

[dalesys]

At dawn, Twinkies at 10 paces...

Sounds safe until you realize the incoming is relativistic...

[taxguykarl]

Judge Judy call your office

[Javarod]

Not very bright is she? Vending machines are not cheap, I should know as I worked in the business. Without a contract, those machines are merely abandoned property, which means management can do whatever they want with them, throw them out, sell them, operate them themselves, and so on.

[Pixelated]

At dawn, Twinkies at 10 paces.

The new machines have been in for a few weeks now. One thing they might want to realize ... putting chocolate items in vending machines, when the machines do not sit in an air-conditioned area, is probably not a good plan ...

I've had some really lopsided peanut butter cups.

[dalesys]

...I've had some really lopsided peanut butter cups.

My brother (#4/5) went to school in Tempe-Rapture and said it was easy to spot the newbs...
Standing in shock in the C-store parking lot watching their new chocolate bar *splash* on the paving before they could get in their car.

[LadyofArc]

The new machines have been in for a few weeks now. One thing they might want to realize ... putting chocolate items in vending machines, when the machines do not sit in an air-conditioned area, is probably not a good plan ...

I've had some really lopsided peanut butter cups.

I'm surprised that the machines aren't refridgerated themselves.

Some of the vending machines on the train platforms over here suffer from the same issue as well, albeit substitute peanut butter cups for general chocolate.

[taxguykarl]

I can remember getting cans of ice or slushies from outdoor soda vending machines in the fall and winter.

[Ceir]

My brother (#4/5) went to school in Tempe-Rapture and said it was easy to spot the newbs...
Standing in shock in the C-store parking lot watching their new chocolate bar *splash* on the paving before they could get in their car.

Yup. Back when I worked for HAL, there was a bridge between two of the buildings that was not climate-controlled. There was a vending machine in there. And I did in fact get the odd chocolate bar out of it that I could clip a corner off the foil and squeeze it out. Plus the dented peanut butter cups, et al..