How often does stuff get stuck in vending machines for YOU?

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And then you eever have to buy two or do without. Or turn into Mr Agressive Get-Things-Sorted Neanderthal and shake the thing (but gently so as not to draw attention to and/or kill oneself).

It seems to be happening to me an awful lot lately.

― Graham, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I call SHENANIGANS!

― Graham, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Why, only today, at a vender at work a girl's Twix got stuck inside the machine and wouldn't fall down. So, gallantly, I put in 30p to get another Twix, hoping the girl's would fall down. It did, but then my Twix got stuck.
I let her have the Twix and I went with nowt. I quite fancied a Twix as well.

― DavidM, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

That happened last week and I really wanted that Mounds bar. (I only had $5, and it took $1!) It was outside of a cafeteria/restaurant sort of place so i went to ask one of the people who worked there for help, and they made me go into the kitchen and find the manager. The vending machine was broken and we tried it three times so in the end he just opened it and gave me the Mounds bar.

― Maria, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The 'buy two' method works occasionally but not always. I've tried this about 4 times and it worked twice. The shake and bash method rarely seems to work.

When I was in the halls of residence at Uni, there was a vending machine that turned out to be quite easy to pilfer from, using a bent coathanger. I think the lower half of the machine was virtually emptied within the week.

― electric sound of jim, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Last year, my friend discovered that one of the vending machines at university accepted 1 rand video arcade tokens as 5 rand. But this kinda caught up with him when he was outta tokens onde day and was really thirsty and put (at least one) R5 coin into the same machine and it swallowed it up w/o giving him his coke in return. (cos he had broken it by filling it up with bogus munny.)

― mitchnet70@hotmail.com, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I have only had something stuck in a vending machine once, but I reacted in the worst possible way which was to force the wee trap door open and try to reach in and grab my food. This resulted in both my hand and the food being stuck in the vending machine and a great fear of being discovered in that position the next day. ITS NOT WORTH IT. i did get it out but with some bruising.

― isadora, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

every time at work they have these stupid machines and you have to open this door to get sandwichs out, and they DON'T open. i suppose its good in a way cos you tell some that it ate your money and never gave you food and they open it and give you one for free ;) i like it when you have to buy another to get it out, its a good excuse to buy more. but its a bitch if you have no money and have to go.. you just know someone else will get it. bastards.

― fran, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

at art school, this guy Matt always got stuff out of the vending machines for me with a big piece of wire. Now I never get stuff from vending machines, because I can't get used to paying for it.

― rainy, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The vending machine at my workplace is very reluctant to give up the Chex mix, but a few vicious kicks and threats usually work. Ain't no motherfucker come between me and my Chex mix.

― adam, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

And then you eever have to...

I did not conciously type this.

― Graham, Wednesday, 20 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I once got two sodas for the price of one by hitting two choices. I've tried it again about 500 times to no avail, and yet I keep trying.

― bnw, Thursday, 21 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

three months pass...

if some thing gets stuck in a vending machine then

1 get a 5 meter run up 2 give the side of it a big frount frust kisk

― bob, Friday, 28 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

or you could kick the glass like a crazy toon till it cracks like a coworker of mine did and then when you get fired for doing it you can act surprised then throw another violent fit and have the police take you out of the building (swearing that you did not do it) with about 20 people pointing at you and laughing saying thats the guy!

― nancyspungen02, Saturday, 29 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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