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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

One-stop shopping

The vending machine - The wonderful replacement of the sleepy provision shop uncle who probably returns the wrong loose change once in a while. A great creation to save us the trouble of guessing the amount of the drinks (which varies for different shops) or the hassle of having to retrieve the drink from the fridge ourselves. Or even risk our queue being cut by a lady carrying a baby in her arms and another toddler by the hand. Best of all, it functions 24/7! As long as you have some spare change in your wallet, there you go.

Well, that's when the problem all begins...

You walk to the vending machine, choose the drink you want and the coin doesn't get in. The helplessness soon turns into irritation and anger as there is simply no way to ask back for the change. Yup, eventually you just have to accept the fact that you are being Short-changed. You hit the machine, you bang it, hoping that your coins will come out and it just doesn't. There goes your drink, and your money. And you are back to square one. You head towards the provision shop to get your drink from the provision shop uncle who may sometimes be blur but well, at least he gives you what you want :)

Lord, you never fail to deliver or tell us to go elsewhere. You are like one-stop shopping. You provide everything we need.

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