USPS vending machines

I love the USPS vending machines. Last year, at the Sand Diego USPS plant I put my money in the vending machine to get some tasty peanut M&M’s in the yellow bag. I entered the lot number and down falls the M&M’s.

However they fall short of entering the bottom of the chute. This was very unfortunate. Fortunately the machine recognized no M&M’s were dispensed and down fell another package. Same thing again, the M&M’s fall and get stuck on top of the M&M’s already stuck. Another set is dispensed and gets stuck. This happens one more time and the weight dislodges the M&M’s and they all fall. 4 for the price of 1.

Today in Phoenix I put in money for a water bottle. The water was dispensed and suddenly the machine gives me back my money. Weird. So then I decided to get a Snicker Bar. I put the money in and the Snicker didn’t fall. The machine didn’t automatically dispense a Snicker however and the machine wouldn’t move. So I pushed the return money and out came my money. Well, I figured I might as well put in the money again and push a Snicker out. I do this and down falls the Snicker that got caught, and then the new Snicker I selected. Wow…2 Snickers and a water bottle for the price of a water bottle.

Phoenix Arizona

Today I, along with a co-worker, left for Phoenix from the sunny shores of St. Louis at 9:40 a.m. STL time. Actually, our flight was delayed by 20 minutes for a passenger that got sick prior to leaving and the stewardesses were trying to find his traveling partner.

This caused us to be late to our connecting flight in Dallas Fort Worth. As we were landing our connecting flight was boarding. As soon as we got off we had to bypass lunch and head straight to our next gate. We boarded which was now 12:25 STL time.

Now we are on our way to Phoenix when the pilot switches on the intercom and informs us there is bad whether in Phoenix and planes in our in a holding pattern. He also mentions we do not have enough gas to do this and we need to land in Tucson to get more fuel.

This delays us by 1hr 20 min. I am now completely famished now as we take off for Phoenix…again. Once we land after the holding pattern…in Phoenix we get in the rental vehicle and head to the hotel. We are now about 2hurs behind schedule and check into the hotel. We were supposed to go to the Post Office but decide we need to eat. It’s 5:45 STL time but we decide to first contact the sales guy we work with and are meeting. He has other plans and informs us that the Post office is dire need of us. We do our job leave and finally eat at Applebee’s 8p.m STL time.

Thank you company for 14.5 hours of work.