writes emily in austin: “in the notewriter’s defense, this machine has also given me regular coke when i have pressed ‘coke zero’ on many an occasion,  so when I saw this note, i thought I had figured it out. if i wanted coke zero, i just had to push the button for regular coke. (i [...]

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“one morning last summer,” writes stephanie in illinois, “my brother and i arrived at the company where we worked to find these notes posted to the candy vending machine. (mind you, it was 8:45 in the morning.) apparently, the man who fills the vending machines — a.k.a ‘the candy man’ — had failed to restock [...]

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our submitter is santa fe says not everyone at the new mexico department of health was happy when the folks in charge decided to call their own bullshit and replace the candy and sodas in the vending machine with new “healthy” snacks.
(there is still a “junk food” vending machine in the building just one flight [...]

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if you’ve ever bought twizzlers from a vending machine, you probably know that there’s a good one-in-three chance that one tiny corner of the plastic packaging is gonna get stuck, and then (bang on the glass all you want) only yielding after an extra 75 cents is inserted. some folks, however, aren’t willing to condone [...]

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kasey in tucson spotted this orgy of vending-machine notes in the anthropology department of the university of arizona. says kasey, “they just keep adding up. i think the pepsi man is either amused by them or just doesn’t care.” perhaps…or maybe he’s just hanging back until he has enough material for his dissertation on non-verbal [...]

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casey from shreveport, louisiana spotted this on the coke machine in the office break room. she clarifies: “henry g.’s comment is in reference to the increase in price, not katie’s wanting more coke zero.”

meanwhile, breanna in l.a. saw this baffling note in a liquor store on the corner of hollywood and vine. (“did someone pee [...]

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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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