No More Free Drinks
Those annoying metal baskets at the bottom of Coke machines where the drinks come out, that usually result in your drink getting lodged in it, is partly my fault. Back in the late 80s, my sister owned a daycare center that I attended as a pre-teen.
She had a Coke machine outside that the route vendor would come refill once a week. One day, my drink got stuck. Being a wirey, scrawny kid, I decided to reach my hand up inside the exit chute to dislodge it. Except I discovered something even better.
I could reach in and grab as many drinks as I wanted. Soon, I had quite the little racket going, selling them to the other kids for half price. Even some of the parents and on occasion my own sister would employ my services.
I started off small, a few drinks here and there, but at some point I must have gotten overly greedy, high off the sheer power I wielded. The route driver noticed his change collection was a lot lighter than it should have been. You could say, I was power thirsty.
A week later we show up, and that darned metal guard basket magically appeared, taunting me, mocking me even, preventing me from swiping any more of that carbonated goodness. Story credit: Reddit / Funkotastic