Popular Post Dirtyhip Posted February 15 Popular Post Share #1 Posted February 15 There is this candy/junk machine in my building. People are constantly losing money in this thing. The candy is often hanging. People all frowny at 3 pm, with no sugar relief. I had enough of it. This little lady was standing in front of the machine. She looked sad as her corn chips hung there like a snack hostage. I asked her to back up a bit, and I came in and worked my magic by lifting the front of the machine and dropping it back down. Her corn chips and some candy fell. She looked at me like Taking care of business for the people that get taken advantage of by the candy guy. 9 5 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted February 15 Share #2 Posted February 15 10 minutes ago, Dirtyhip said: There is this candy/junk machine in my building. People are constantly losing money in this thing. The candy is often hanging. People all frowny at 3 pm, with no sugar relief. I had enough of it. This little lady was standing in front of the machine. She looked sad as her corn chips hung there like a snack hostage. I asked her to back up a bit, and I came in and worked my magic by lifting the front of the machine and dropping it back down. Her corn chips and some candy fell. She looked at me like Taking care of business for the people that get taken advantage of by the candy guy. I confess I use 1 of those machines. I always hope the chip bag falls off the rack right after payment. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted February 15 Author Share #3 Posted February 15 4 minutes ago, shootingstar said: I confess I use 1 of those machines. I always hope the chip bag falls off the rack right after payment. Now you know how to deal with the matter. HAHA 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groupw Posted February 15 Share #4 Posted February 15 In college we had one at the radio station with the corkscrews for holding the bags. They found out they were losing money because food gone didn’t match the income. They finally narrowed it down to one day per week where the discrepancy happened. No security cameras back then so our 2 managers hid in the unlit production studio. No sooner had Chicago and Milwaukee started their show, that they went to the hall and rolled the machine so one of everything came off the corkscrews! They were removed from the station and might have been kicked out of school. That part I forget after 42 years. The station was kind of a creative haven so we all felt betrayed by them. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted February 15 Author Share #5 Posted February 15 1 minute ago, groupw said: In college we had one at the radio station with the corkscrews for holding the bags. They found out they were losing money because food gone didn’t match the income. They finally narrowed it down to one day per week where the discrepancy happened. No security cameras back then so our 2 managers hid in the unlit production studio. No sooner had Chicago and Milwaukee started their show, that they went to the hall and rolled the machine so one of everything came off the corkscrews! They were removed from the station and might have been kicked out of school. That part I forget after 42 years. The station was kind of a creative haven so we all felt betrayed by them. The machine needs to stop ripping people off. I will continue to free the corn chip hostages until this situation is rectified. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Wilbur ★ Posted February 15 Popular Post Share #6 Posted February 15 Dispensing machines are a crap shot at best. We had a soda machine in high school that dispensed drinks in a cup. It was sad when it dumped the soda all over the floor after it ran out of cups. 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead Posted February 15 Share #7 Posted February 15 2 hours ago, Dirtyhip said: There is this candy/junk machine in my building. People are constantly losing money in this thing. The candy is often hanging. People all frowny at 3 pm, with no sugar relief. I had enough of it. This little lady was standing in front of the machine. She looked sad as her corn chips hung there like a snack hostage. I asked her to back up a bit, and I came in and worked my magic by lifting the front of the machine and dropping it back down. Her corn chips and some candy fell. She looked at me like Taking care of business for the people that get taken advantage of by the candy guy. My hero! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted February 15 Share #8 Posted February 15 1 hour ago, Dottles said: My hero! I always knew hip was a female fonzie. I was lucky in my vending machine peanut chew days. Never had a koss. Instead it was the constant battle of the machine spitting oot my dollar bill. It was a real battle to get one accepted. Oh, and better yet, it would often display an error code on its little blue lcd display. I figured oot how to bump it lightly to clear it. Ayyyyy! I wonder if those assholes realized how much money I made for them by clearing that stoopid error? 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted February 15 Share #9 Posted February 15 Where I worked the vending machines were bolted to the wall because people would tip them over. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted February 15 Share #10 Posted February 15 26 minutes ago, BR46 said: Where I worked the vending machines were bolted to the wall because people would tip them over. Or maybe pull oot a welding torch!? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted February 15 Share #11 Posted February 15 At RPI there was a sandwich machine scam. These were the machines with horizontally rotating drums with wedges filled with sandwiches and a door that opened from pulling on a handle. It seems that after removing a sandwich and closing the door that the drum rotated with a small stepper motor until the edges of the wedge lined up with some solenoid controlled spring loaded pins. It's an engineering school people. Insert coins. Open door and remove sandwich. Insert special tool that will jam drum after it begins to move. Close door and watch as drum moves about halfway to next position and jams after which all motors and pins time out and stop. Insert coins and open door. Carefully remove sandwich from the half wedge exposed. Wear a winter glove, reach into the half wedge that the sandwich was just removed from a give the drum a hard slap in the direction it rotates. The drum will fly past the pin engagement point to fast for engagement and bang against the back of the slapping hand revealing a new half wedge containing sandwich. Continue process till the drum is empty. Put sandwiches on ledge outside dorm window (natural refrigeration and sell for half the machine price. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a bunch of numbers Posted February 15 Share #12 Posted February 15 We a machine at work that had a CC acceptor added to it and this thing would talk to you. After adding money it told to make your choice then say thank you after. I put a dollar in, it didn't register, then the thing told me thank you. fuck that machine. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted February 15 Share #13 Posted February 15 1 minute ago, a bunch of numbers said: We a machine at work that had a CC acceptor added to it and this thing would talk to you. After adding money it told to make your choice then say thank you after. I put a dollar in, it didn't register, then the thing told me thank you. fuck that machine. Sounds like the message was misrecorded. It should have said. "Thank you for your donation". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Parr8hed Posted February 15 Popular Post Share #14 Posted February 15 It's all fun and games until August 29, 1997 when the machines become self aware. Fucking skynet.... 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted February 15 Author Share #15 Posted February 15 I like this topic. The posts here are gold. Thank you for contributing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted February 15 Share #16 Posted February 15 10 hours ago, Dirtyhip said: There is this candy/junk machine in my building. People are constantly losing money in this thing. The candy is often hanging. People all frowny at 3 pm, with no sugar relief. I had enough of it. This little lady was standing in front of the machine. She looked sad as her corn chips hung there like a snack hostage. I asked her to back up a bit, and I came in and worked my magic by lifting the front of the machine and dropping it back down. Her corn chips and some candy fell. She looked at me like Taking care of business for the people that get taken advantage of by the candy guy. I thought this was going to be about taking over the stocking duties and putting healthy and wholesome stuff in there instead! On the other hand, folks who don't just kick/slam/shake the hell out of a recalcitrant vending machine DESERVE to lose their money! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted February 15 Author Share #17 Posted February 15 4 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: I thought this was going to be about taking over the stocking duties and putting healthy and wholesome stuff in there instead! On the other hand, folks who don't just kick/slam/shake the hell out of a recalcitrant vending machine DESERVE to lose their money! The lady I saved was probably 80. I doubt she could lift that thing. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted February 15 Share #18 Posted February 15 Just now, Dirtyhip said: The lady I saved was probably 80. I doubt she could lift that thing. ...but also, should she have been eating that stuff??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted February 15 Author Share #19 Posted February 15 Just now, Razors Edge said: ...but also, should she have been eating that stuff??? Corn chips? They are pretty benign compared to most of the crap in there. I am not going to judge her. I hope to get to her age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted February 15 Share #20 Posted February 15 At work our vending machines had refund slips that you could fill out for any ripoff that occurred. The next day you would get a refund for what you lost. Anyone that left a hanging chad at the snack machine got their refund and the next person to buy the snack usually got two for one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted February 15 Author Share #21 Posted February 15 1 minute ago, Longjohn said: At work our vending machines had refund slips that you could fill out for any ripoff that occurred. The next day you would get a refund for what you lost. Anyone that left a hanging chad at the snack machine got their refund and the next person to buy the snack usually got two for one. There is a telephone number to call. Some of the people in my building are one-off visits. They are not coming back for a $1.25. The gas alone would be more cost than the lost snack money to get reimbursed. So, I stepped in to stop this nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted February 15 Share #22 Posted February 15 1 minute ago, Dirtyhip said: There is a telephone number to call. Some of the people in my building are one-off visits. They are not coming back for a $1.25. The gas alone would be more cost than the lost snack money to get reimbursed. So, I stepped in to stop this nonsense. When I saw the title of this thread I thought it was another random guy thread and then I saw it was you that posted so I had to have a look see. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted February 15 Share #23 Posted February 15 16 minutes ago, Dirtyhip said: There is a telephone number to call. Some of the people in my building are one-off visits. They are not coming back for a $1.25. The gas alone would be more cost than the lost snack money to get reimbursed. So, I stepped in to stop this nonsense. My sister had the same phone number as the vending company but the last two digits were reversed. She would often get phone calls in the middle of the night about the coffee machine not working. She would just say...I'll send someone right away then hang-up the phone and go back to sleep. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby ★ Posted February 15 Share #24 Posted February 15 I love Super DH! Hero to snackers everywhere!!!!! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan ★ Posted February 15 Share #25 Posted February 15 Security cameras? Even so…it had to be done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted February 15 Share #26 Posted February 15 Can you call the vendo-dudes and tell them you are unplugging their machine because you are sick of dealing with their issues? Should be a phone number right on the machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted February 15 Author Share #27 Posted February 15 17 minutes ago, MoseySusan said: Security cameras? Even so…it had to be done. None at this time. They are in some of the buildings. Security cameras might catch the myriad of people losing money in this beast of a machine. I am merely performing a community service here. 15 minutes ago, Randomguy said: Can you call the vendo-dudes and tell them you are unplugging their machine because you are sick of dealing with their issues? Should be a phone number right on the machine. Now this is an idea. It IS plugged in the wall. I can perform the community service of saving people from their candy/snack habits. Que the next problem of being interrupted 4567 times as people cry about the machine being dead. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted February 15 Share #28 Posted February 15 The vending company has the machine there as a service to your company. If you don’t want it there they will gladly remove it. Possibly another vending company that knows how to set up their machines could place one there. New hires always get it wrong when they set those screws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted February 15 Author Share #29 Posted February 15 3 minutes ago, Longjohn said: The vending company has the machine there as a service to your company. If you don’t want it there they will gladly remove it. Possibly another vending company that knows how to set up their machines could place one there. New hires always get it wrong when they set those screws. You are speaking above my pay grade, sir. I have zero power when it comes to things like this. I bet our company is receiving a concession from this candy machine company. Nothing will change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted February 15 Author Share #30 Posted February 15 🔌😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted February 15 Author Share #31 Posted February 15 Power to the people. Zero power to this bastard snack machine. I left the coke machine on, because that one works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead Posted February 15 Share #32 Posted February 15 6 hours ago, a bunch of numbers said: fuck that machine. I've thought about it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted February 18 Share #33 Posted February 18 Did you do any time for this crime? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted February 18 Share #34 Posted February 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far Posted February 18 Share #35 Posted February 18 Death by vending machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted February 18 Share #36 Posted February 18 18 minutes ago, 2Far said: Death by vending machine I had no idea. Yes, I've lost around $2.75CAN but not enough to kickass a machine around. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted February 18 Share #37 Posted February 18 Some machines have alarms and cameras monitoring them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentonMakes Posted February 18 Share #38 Posted February 18 I have considered the fact that we have space shuttles and jumbo jets and nuclear submarines and MRI machines, we can replace major organs and joints, and most of us carry a powerful personal computer in our pocket. And still getting a bag of chips from a vending machine is a crap shoot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted February 19 Author Share #39 Posted February 19 On 2/17/2023 at 9:01 PM, Square Wheels said: Did you do any time for this crime? Crime? That is funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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