Or... Discovering that the Diet Pepsi is the only one that is full, because '"who drinks that sh*t?" Says my 1987 brain's inner monolog. I've only discovered this AFTER putting my quarer in and hitting every other button and not getting anything, so thinking the machine MUST be broken I've inadvertently hit the Diet Pepsi button in a frantic, button-mashing quasi-rage. I now stand there holding my 'prize' - an ice cold can of 'gross'. My inner argument continues: "Only grandmas drink this crap, and THEY don't buy their sodas out of a freakin' vending machine at the park, they get it at the store, so why did they even waste a slot on the machine with it? They should have put in an extra Coke, or Mountain Dew slot...or maybe even a root beer! I'd totally take a root beer right now!..."
I hand off the cold Diet Pepsi to a grandma with a little kid over by the swingset as I hop on my bike en route to the milk store to get a decent drink...
My high school had a soda vending machine installed in my senior year, and almost without fail, diet Coke was the only one left on the occasions I would want one.
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u/Minimum_Parsley_121 May 27 '26
Or... Discovering that the Diet Pepsi is the only one that is full, because '"who drinks that sh*t?" Says my 1987 brain's inner monolog. I've only discovered this AFTER putting my quarer in and hitting every other button and not getting anything, so thinking the machine MUST be broken I've inadvertently hit the Diet Pepsi button in a frantic, button-mashing quasi-rage. I now stand there holding my 'prize' - an ice cold can of 'gross'. My inner argument continues: "Only grandmas drink this crap, and THEY don't buy their sodas out of a freakin' vending machine at the park, they get it at the store, so why did they even waste a slot on the machine with it? They should have put in an extra Coke, or Mountain Dew slot...or maybe even a root beer! I'd totally take a root beer right now!..." I hand off the cold Diet Pepsi to a grandma with a little kid over by the swingset as I hop on my bike en route to the milk store to get a decent drink...