keith spotted this note in the employee break room of a clothing store outside of hartford, conn. the kicker? according to the employees, says keith, “after the note was posted, the guy spitefully mixed the selection buttons up even worse.”
(altogether now: “that gatorade is…”)
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#1 TMo
First!
Gatorade’s delicious, I don’t know what he’s spazzing about.
Oct 17, 2007 at 8:52 am rating: 0
#2 anglophile
I wonder how many drinks the note writer bought in an effort to find the iced tea? At least three it seems. I’m kind of on the side of the note-writer for once. How hard is it to put the right drinks in the right slots? I know, because I used to fill one. It’s not hard.
Oct 17, 2007 at 9:06 am rating: +2
#3 tweedle
When vending machine persons go bad..
Oct 17, 2007 at 9:07 am rating: +3
#4 Adam Amato
mislabeled gatorade is fucking delicious…
Oct 17, 2007 at 9:08 am rating: +1
#5 Wade
What kind of vending machine carries coke and fanta?
Oct 17, 2007 at 9:09 am rating: 0
#6 Brian
this sounds like a fun little game we used to play in college!!
We would buy 6 or 7 different 40’s and put them in paper bags. We would then throw them in the fridge and what you grab is what you get!!
Depending on how you looked at it you were either the big winner or the big loser if you got the Steel Reserve.
Oct 17, 2007 at 9:10 am rating: +2
#7 the dawd
This one time when i worked at band camp our boss scattered some beer randomly in the pop machine. We’d be thirsty and put our money in, and wow out comes a nice cold beer. Consuming alcohol at work was grounds for dismissal, and we’d still be thirsty, so in goes another looney and the roulette game repeats. At first we all thought this was some kind of work incentive or perk, but then we found out his brother owned the vending machine. He was making a killing with all the extra purchases.
go team duped consumer!
Oct 17, 2007 at 9:11 am rating: 0
#8 lola
They should take turns buying iced tea from the store (where it’s 1/10 the price) and put it in a box next to the vending machine. Put a big FREE on the front, then see how well his vending business does! Iced tea anarchy
Oct 17, 2007 at 9:15 am rating: +1
#9 Katzndogz
Congratulations vending dude. You got the personal satisfaction of pissing off the note-writer, but you’re going to lose sales because you’ve pissed everyone off.
Team I’ll Bring My Soda From Home From Now On
Oct 17, 2007 at 9:16 am rating: 0
#10 heisa
“dear vending machine person”?
no wonder they mixed them up worse.
Oct 17, 2007 at 9:16 am rating: 0
#11 That little broad
Dear Brian,
That sounds like the greatest game I have ever heard of. Is 9:15 in the morning to early to start playing?
Love,
Miller High Life in a 40
Oct 17, 2007 at 9:16 am rating: 0
#12 southern girl
where I work, the Gatorade machine is seperate from the coke, etc. machine because the Gatorade costs a heckuva lot more than a coke does.
I’d be pissed too if I really wanted a coke and got a gatorade instead. Fanta, not so much.
Oct 17, 2007 at 9:16 am rating: 0
#13 RevZeke
everyone that puts money in canned drink vending machines is a sucker. you’re overpaying for hypersweetened artifically flavored poopiejuice, and you complain when you get the shaft?
Oct 17, 2007 at 9:20 am rating: 0
#14 Fraulein N
If I wanted iced tea and got a Gatorade (which is NOT fucking delicious or “delicous,” by the way) I would be all kinds of pissed. I would also be lying in wait for that smart-ass vending machine person.
Oct 17, 2007 at 9:22 am rating: +2
#15 Wade
#9 Katzndogz - i just read the background and agree. what an idiot. especially since this is obviously an independent vendor (hence the mixed products)
Oct 17, 2007 at 9:24 am rating: 0
#16 Katzndogz
#13, unless all you ever drink is water straight from the tap, I’m sure you are overpaying for whatever variety of poopiejuice you consume. Hope no one ever screws you over and gives you peejuice instead.
Oct 17, 2007 at 9:36 am rating: 0
#17 caclark4
#13, the hypersweetened artificially flavored poopiejuice was fucking delicious. Also, who the hell uses the word poopiejuice?
Team I-work-retail-hell-and-can’t-even-get-the-drink-I-want-on-my-meager-15-minute-break
Oct 17, 2007 at 9:38 am rating: +1
#18 the sos
most vending machines have phone numbers on them. how hard is it to just call and make the request?
team passive aggressive vendor.
Oct 17, 2007 at 9:45 am rating: 0
#19 claw71
Mr. Vending Machine Man, it seems I’ve got the wrong drink
When I get a bottle of Fanta I have to pour it down the sink.
Oct 17, 2007 at 9:51 am rating: 0
#20 Scatman Dan
If I were the note-writer and the vending-machine stockist mixed them up more, I’d repeatedly post “out of order” notes to the machine (with a message for the stockist on the back stating that I’d continue to do this until they started correctly labelling the drinks) until it started behaving as it should. But then, I’m an arse.
Oct 17, 2007 at 10:09 am rating: 0
#21 e
Um, the guys boss that was trying to boobie trap the employees by offering beer in the vending machine is horrible! I can’t believe that!
Oct 17, 2007 at 10:18 am rating: 0
#22 Mishee
I agree with Gatorade is in NO UNCERTAIN TERMS fucking delicious!
Oct 17, 2007 at 10:57 am rating: 0
#23 mere
i’m with #8 (lola)(la la la la lola): buy the tea (or whatever flavor poopiejuice, or peepeejuice) and have it next to the vending machine.
so, one time, i actually wrote a note to the vending machine itself asking for my snack back (it had taken my money and did not give me my snack.. of probably some stale chips..it’s been awhile). the vending machine guy was so amused he gave me my money AND the snack.
yeah, i know, that was a fun story.
but what would jesus do? he’d probably have wine in the vending machine. and terry would be his vending machine repairman.
Oct 17, 2007 at 11:15 am rating: 0
#24 Mermaid
Maybe… The Heisa Monster is switching the labels on the vending machine??
Oct 17, 2007 at 11:32 am rating: 0
#25 bintgoddess
Our Dear Vending Machine Person once put some non-caffeinated lemon-lime-type pop (Sierra Mist?) in the Mountain Dew slot. I was pretty much useless the rest of the day.
Oct 17, 2007 at 11:33 am rating: 0
#26 todd
i’m fairly sure that the very few free moments i get during the day to grab something to drink would be completely RUINED by bullshit like this.
team bang on the machine
Oct 17, 2007 at 11:34 am rating: 0
#27 WanderingPenguin
1) Gatorade blows chunks.
2) Why has band camp become a recurring theme?
3) Isn’t everything called “Coke” in some parts of the USA? What’s the problem, then?
4) My favourite suggestion so far is the “Out Of Order” sign on the vending machine until the guy stops being such a dick.
Oct 17, 2007 at 11:40 am rating: +1
#28 Dan Weber
What the hell, Vending Machine Person?
This is the perfect time and place to leave a note.
Oct 17, 2007 at 11:42 am rating: 0
#29 turrboenvy
Gatorade is nothing but tarted-up salt-water.
Team Out-Of-Order FTW!
[insert addional one liners here]
#25, Some people think Sierra Mist and Mountain Dew are similar/related. I am flabberghasted by such suggestions.
Oct 17, 2007 at 11:46 am rating: 0
#30 Team Cassandra
Team Poopiejuice!
Oct 17, 2007 at 11:54 am rating: 0
#31 Canthz_B
Gatorade gets a “C”.
Steel Reserve scares the hell outta me.
There is only ONE Coke!
My kingdom for an Arizona Sweet Tea!!!!
Oct 17, 2007 at 11:57 am rating: 0
#32 Canthz_B
#27 Welcome to band camp!
They had to come somewhere when they grew up, I suppose band camp breeds PANofiles!
Oct 17, 2007 at 12:04 pm rating: 0
#33 jb
Gatorade is owned by Pepsi soooo…what’s it doing in a Coke machine in the first place??? sneaky Pepsi vending machine guys.
Oct 17, 2007 at 12:18 pm rating: 0
#34 rusrhi
I think the note was perfectly acceptable.
The vending machine guy did that at my work once and I got a Iced Tea instead of a Mr. Pibb. I was devastated!
Later that day I saw someone used a post it to correctly label it until he fixed it.
Oct 17, 2007 at 12:20 pm rating: 0
#35 shelly
In connecticut coke is Coca Cola. In the south Coke is everything carbonated. It’s beautiful.
Team make your own iced tea. Vending machine are expensive!
Oct 17, 2007 at 12:20 pm rating: 0
#36 Mishee
#31 CB - I totally agree about the Arizona Sweet Tea, but I haven’t been able to find it anywhere since I moved back to CA. Makes me want to go to WA and buy some to bring home!
“This one time, at band camp…” (Ironically my name is Michelle… “Say my name, bitch!”)
Oct 17, 2007 at 12:21 pm rating: 0
#37 Canthz_B
What the Hell is a Mr. Pibb?! LOL
Oct 17, 2007 at 12:23 pm rating: 0
#38 shelly
On second thought…. Wait for vending machine guy to come back. Knock him out. Steal his keys. Get all the free iced tea you want.
Oct 17, 2007 at 12:24 pm rating: 0
#39 Canthz_B
Sorry, but the name tickles me for some reason.
Oct 17, 2007 at 12:24 pm rating: 0
#40 Canthz_B
Next time vending machine guy shows up….put boogers on his windshield!
Oct 17, 2007 at 12:26 pm rating: 0
#41 rusrhi
Mr Pibb is Cokes version of Dr Pepper Wow where are you from? I’m glad I dont live there.
Oct 17, 2007 at 12:27 pm rating: 0
#42 shelly
Apparently someone’s real name was ‘Mr. Pibb’, because it’s called ‘Pibb Extra’ now.
There’s got to be a Dr. Pepper…
Oct 17, 2007 at 12:28 pm rating: 0
#43 Saporro
Team Band Camp
Team PA Vending Machine Guy - filling that machine is probably one of the highlights of his day “hmmm, they got used to the tea in the gatorade slot, I wonder what i can put in the coke slot this time - O’doul’s?”
and also Team Bring Your Own Drink - because 1> the machine is expensive and 2> The only 2 things i drink are beer and water, so they wouldnt make any money on me with all the poopiejuice they got in there
Oct 17, 2007 at 12:29 pm rating: 0
#44 rusrhi
Thats right! I forgot its call Pibb Extra now. It will always be Mr Pibb to me! I prefer DP but most places that have coke dont have DP. And the vending machines at my work have DP but they are the 16 oz bottles instead of 20. And thats a rip off!
Oct 17, 2007 at 12:31 pm rating: 0
#45 morpho aurora
#27 WP -
lol, yes lots of southerners say Coke for any sort of soft drink.
i would have been pissed at the vending machine guy if i wanted tea and got gatorade. Then again, having seen the guys who fill vending machines where i work, i’ve started bringing drinks from home. the note was appropriate, the vending machine guy is an ass.
Oct 17, 2007 at 12:31 pm rating: 0
#46 Canthz_B
#41…I’m In the good old USA and Mr. Pib is not in our region…nor woild that name sell well.
I’m glad you’re not here too!
Oct 17, 2007 at 12:32 pm rating: 0
#47 Canthz_B
*would*
Oct 17, 2007 at 12:33 pm rating: 0
#48 Mishee
altogether now…i am fat from cokes!
Oct 17, 2007 at 12:38 pm rating: 0
#49 Mishee
altogether now…gatorade is just high fructose corn syrup and water…but i’m still fat!
Oct 17, 2007 at 12:39 pm rating: 0
#50 Canthz_B
That powder got you fat Mishee?
Oct 17, 2007 at 12:39 pm rating: 0
#51 Wade
right before gatorade went on the market, my grandmother (who lived in Gainesville, FL) got a hold of some different flavor samples they were test marketing and sent them to us.
You haven’t lived unless you have tasted cola-flavored gatorade. “Delicous” it was not, lol.
Oct 17, 2007 at 12:39 pm rating: 0
#52 Canthz_B
First I heard of Gatorade my big brother was on a football team…he said it tasted like spit. LOL
Oct 17, 2007 at 12:41 pm rating: 0
#53 Mishee
What powder do you speak of CB?
As for Fake Mishee… keep trying… maybe one day you will be as entertaining as the Fake Mishees of Old.
Oct 17, 2007 at 12:41 pm rating: 0
#54 Canthz_B
I see, no punctuation…fake Mishee’s the coke-head!
Oct 17, 2007 at 12:43 pm rating: 0
#55 mitsuneko
This does piss me off!! I’ve gone to a vending machine at my old workplace to buy APPLE JUICE, and out comes a can of COKE!! Needless to say, I ws really pissed that the juice button caused Coke to be dispensed! I hate pop!!!
Oct 17, 2007 at 12:49 pm rating: 0
#56 Mitsu
this is the PA stuff that I like! (P.S. Mitsuneko is me, it just posted under my username, not my nickname)
Oct 17, 2007 at 12:54 pm rating: 0
#57 Jen
My doctor is named Dr Pepper - ironically, she told me to get off of caffeine.
Oct 17, 2007 at 12:56 pm rating: +1
#58 Juliet
That fake Mishee is totally sad. Why not just have your own persona like the rest of us? Please go away now, fake Mishee, or better yet, just post under your own name.
I’d be pissed if all the tabs were mixed up in a vending machine. There are some things that I refuse to drink. One way you could get revenge is to pour the unwanted-but-purchased-nonetheless beverage down the coin slot. Not fun for Mr. or Ms. Vending Machine later! Keep the tabs mixed? I can keep pouring gatorade down the coin slolt.
It’s pretty clear which team I’m on.
Oct 17, 2007 at 12:58 pm rating: 0
#59 Wade
oooh, Juliet. Now that’s passive-aggressive, lol.
Oct 17, 2007 at 1:02 pm rating: 0
#60 Canthz_B
Juliet I agree, come here, say what you want, make friends or enemies or both, but have the dignity to be yourself!
Oct 17, 2007 at 1:10 pm rating: 0
#61 Mishee
Wow, I almost feel like you guys are sticking up for me! But that would be wrong, right CB? I guess it’s just my inflated sense of self, since, I quote:
“Actually, the world revolves around Mishee.
Actually, the sun rises because of Mishee.
Actually, at the ripe old age of 28 Mishee has shaped the internet. (I really did do this though!)
Actually, Mishee makes me want to lose my lunch!
Actually.”
LOL!
Oct 17, 2007 at 1:21 pm rating: 0
#62 Canthz_B
Don’t get it twisted Baby Girl!
Oct 17, 2007 at 1:23 pm rating: 0
#63 lola
Jen, that is funny, except that Dr. Pepper is caffeine free
Oct 17, 2007 at 1:23 pm rating: 0
#64 Katzndogz
Only if you get Caffeine-free Dr. Pepper.
I like Pepper and Pibb and Arizona iced tea and will even tolerate Lipton iced tea. Gatorade and Nestea taste like crap.
I like both Coke and Diet Coke, but I have had the misfortune several times of pushing the Diet Coke button and getting regular Coke. When I’m in the mood for Diet, it is a serious letdown not to get it.
PS - I drink Diet Coke for the taste, not because I am on a diet. Diet colas aren’t really an improvement on regular colas when you’re trying to lose weight anway.
PPS - I’m the one that’s fat, not Mishee.
Oct 17, 2007 at 1:29 pm rating: 0