Poll: What do you do when your item gets stuck in the vending machine?

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Gurck

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Mar 16, 2004
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Lol back in school me and another pretty big guy used to each take a side and tilt it forward almost to the floor... the vending company probably didn't like us much :D As an aside, people have been hurt & killed doing this; the machines are heavy and if you tilt it too much and it lands on you, you're fubar.
 

her209

No Lifer
Oct 11, 2000
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You'd be suprised how many people die from being crushed by a vending machine every year.
 

So

Lifer
Jul 2, 2001
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Originally posted by: dainthomas
I would shake it, because it's totally worth dying for a bag of Fritos. :thumbsup:

You would be willing to die for fritos, wouldn't you.
 

oogabooga

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Jan 14, 2003
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i might push the machine a bit if it's close to comming out.. but otherwise probally just kick it annoyed and then call the owner.

not something i lose my temper over...
 

neutralizer

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Oct 4, 2001
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I kick and punch it, maybe shake it but not to tilt it, but I'd eventually give up. BTW, this has never happened to me, although I've gotten lots of soda off a machine for 5 cents each.
 

buzzsaw13

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Apr 30, 2004
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Originally posted by: her209
You'd be suprised how many people die from being crushed by a vending machine every year.

Its like 2 people a year :D Google is your friend!
 

dug777

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Oct 13, 2004
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i beat my fists on it pathetically then slide down the glass moaning 'dont hold out on me like this!' ;)
 

gsaldivar

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Apr 30, 2001
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Originally posted by: Drakkon
Originally posted by: captains
Originally posted by: Drakkon
try to reach my hand up and grab it :p

we still talkin about a vending machine or a womens skirt
yeah yo mama's skirt...cause shes like a vending machine...50 cents gets ya a lot of different things :p

omfg PWN :D
 

PhlashFoto

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Jun 21, 2003
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I remembered one time at school, this guy gets a Snapple, some blue one. It gets stuck. He shakes, punches, cant get it out. Buys another, that one gets stuck on top of the orginal. He still cant move them down and he was a big guy. He gives up and walks away. So here is me, Im short and weak. I walk up the machine and... _____________________ (fill in the blank) to get them all to fall down. I walk out and start to drink his 2 Snapples right in front of him. I'm sure he was pissed :D
 

nageov3t

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Feb 18, 2004
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shake it once or twice.

if nothing, I'll just walk away (unless I'm really hungry, in which case I'll shake it again or, worst case scenario, buy an item on top of it that will hit the first item on its way down and bring them both down)
 

QuitBanningMe

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Mar 2, 2005
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before they changed designs I would reach up and slide the soda out. Now if it isn't bolted to the wall I tip iy forward.
 

Eli

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Oct 9, 1999
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I buy another one in the hope that I get two....