Freebies
This may not be the worst thing ever, but I feel some regret about it now. Here’s my story from back when I was attending trade school. The snack, soda, and energy drink vending machines accepted cards, which was pretty handy.
The drill was, you swipe your card, punch in the codes for your desired items, and finally, finalize end-to-end purchase. But the tricky part was, the finalization step wasn’t clearly communicated.
So, I used to hang around the machine, wait for someone to swipe their card, and then make my move after they left. I’d score two or three items on their tab. Hello, free energy drinks! I’d enjoy one and exchange another for cigarettes. Yup, that was not cool of me.