Does it take to make a vending machine work?
That is the question on my mind right now and I sit at the beginning of my second hour of a terrible class.
All I wanted to make this class more bearable was a small bag of Lay's potato chips.
When we got our ten minute recess, myself and several students made a beeline to the row of vending machine steps from our classroom door. We beat the 2:20 rush to the front of the line!
I swipe my card expecting to press a few buttons and be rewarded with the salty crunch of those golden chips when I hear a loud beep.
My ID card that contains my dining account did not work.
I swipe again believing that it was just a one time malfunction. Just as it was my luck, the card didn't work a second time.
Not wanting to hold up the line with my temperamental card, I move aside and my friend Jack steps up the the plate. He tells me that he will select the bag of Lay's for me.
He swipes his card and.........he is declined as well.
Okay, maybe it's just that particular machine. We go to another one hoping beyond hope that we can get the not-so-nourishing nourishment that we need to complete the second hour of class.
I swipe my card and get the same result. Jack swipes his card and gets yet again the same result.
As we look around every student using their ID card to buy those snacks that make it possible for us to pay attention is having a problem with the vending machines.
After five minutes of pushing buttons with 10 other students, none of us could figure out the problem nor a solution.
We walk back to class at 2:27 with our hands devoid of snacks, our stomachs rumbling, and our spirits crushed.
And all I wanted was a bag of Lay's potato chips.
-Shawnee Smith
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