sf wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 12:23:58 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> Of course I'm kidding, but... one machine would often bring in $900
>> in a week at the old vender-rooney company. The fact that the
>> company went out of business is absolutely not the fault of the
>> machines.
>>
> I can see why... we have a Coke machine in our staff room which is
> poorly serviced AND they insist on putting in things that we don't
> want. A large majority of the staff wants diet coke, eliminate the
> "tea" and other crap... fill those holes with diet coke and make a
> killing. Instead, the diet coke is out for weeks before they finally
> get around to refilling the machine.
>
Really, who drinks that canned "tea" anyway? And if I want apple juice I'll
bring some in myself, the real stuff, not apple flavoured high fructose corn
syrup with - woo hoo! - 10% real fruit juice!

> However, you gave me an idea... maybe the PTO should buy their own
> vending machine, fill it with what the staff wants and charge the 75¢
> we're used to paying. Think of it as a little money maker for the
> PTO.

Might not be a bad investment in the long run. Maybe a snack machine, too!
I don't care too much for sweets but darned if all the chips in the machines
(at least down here in the southern U.S.) aren't BBQ. Um. I just want some
plain old potato chips, or plain Fritos, but no, everything is BBQ. I don't
think I'd have been surprised to find BBQ cupcakes.

The last place I worked used to have Coke machines until they were courting
Pepsi as a client. You should have seen the mad scramble to replace all the
drink machines with generic fronts so they could have the vendor stock both!
Oh, and when the potential client big-wigs were being given the grand tour,
employees received an email saying do NOT have cans of Coca-cola sitting on
your desks. Oh how silly. I'm sure the people at PepsiCo are aware a lot
of people drink Coke, hello, it's their competitor. Really quite stupid,
but hey, I guess that's why I don't make a 7 figure salary and have a corner
office.

Jill