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 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)
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
A kit Kat at the car wash just three days ago. Before that it might be 5 years.
Three weeks ago I bought some freshly baked pizza from a vending machine. It was quite ok.
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.
I ordered some reeses pieces from the vending machine at the laundromat. It just took my money though.
Grabbed a Pepsi Max from the vending machine at the local library.
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.
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.
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.
Pre-Covid. Probably a drink during back to school shopping with my kids
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.
Used a cotton candy vending machine at the mall with my 4 year old not that long ago.
I recently bought a water bottle at a vending machine inside Costco for .25 cents. I was thirsty. I like the idea of vending machines, especially the ones in Japan that serve quick meals, and wish that was more commonplace in the US.
