{"615750":{"#nid":"615750","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Student just wanted gum","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERead the letter a student sent us in reply to a vending machine survey.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo whom it may concern,\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI was in dire need of gum this afternoon. After eating Korean-Mexican fusion for lunch, I am sure you can imagine the taste I would have loved to get out of my mouth with the help of a stick of Wrigley\u0026#39;s mint gum.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELuckily, the building in which I chose to study, the Klaus Advanced Computing Building, is equipped with a vending machine. I walked to the machine, eager for the relief a stick of gum would provide me from my kimchi-queso breath.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMy three quarters were accepted by the machine, and all that was left standing between me and a minty fresh mouth was the punching of two digits, and the releasing of my package of gum. So, the digits were punched, and I waited for the gum to drop from the grasp of the machine. And I waited... And I waited... Looking up from the gum, I saw the machine had a demand- \u0026quot;make a new selection.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAghast, but still determined to be orally refreshed however possible, I evaluated my options. The other two gum options were out of stock, but there did remain a package of Life Savers. Would the Life Savers save me? I punched the digits, and waited, eyes glued to the glass, praying I would not be denied the Life Savers as I had been the mint gum. This time, no digital demand appeared- no \u0026quot;make a new selection,\u0026quot; no words on the screen. Also, no Life Savers. The Life Savers remained in their row, quietly laughing at my plight.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMoments later, the screen thought it funny to further mock my bad luck- \u0026quot;ready,\u0026quot; it said. Ready for what? The machine was ready for a new customer, another unsuspecting student from whom it could steal 75 cents. I did not receive my gum or my Life Savers, nor was I returned my hard-earned three quarters of a dollar. Most importantly, my mouth continued to reek, my confidence plummeted, and now, twelve hours later, I am on the verge of a meltdown, one that could have been avoided if the vending machine was properly functioning.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen I chose to attend THE Georgia Institute of Technology, my hopes for the quality of the institution\u0026#39;s vending machines were high. I am enormously disappointed, and I will need to reconsider my choice of university for the upcoming semester. Thank you for your time.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESincerely,\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA Student Who Just Wanted A Stick of Gum, or, If Possible, a Refund\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA Georgia Tech student tried to get a pack of gum from a vending machine and here\u0026#39;s what happened.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A student commented on a recently submitted vending machine survey."}],"uid":"27297","created_gmt":"2018-12-27 18:19:25","changed_gmt":"2018-12-27 18:39:32","author":"Melissa Moore","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-12-27T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2018-12-27T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"615751":{"id":"615751","type":"image","title":"Vending Machine","body":null,"created":"1545935805","gmt_created":"2018-12-27 18:36:45","changed":"1545935805","gmt_changed":"2018-12-27 18:36:45","alt":"","file":{"fid":"234415","name":"vending.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/vending_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/vending_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1699798,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/vending_0.jpg?itok=aM-MaVkT"}}},"media_ids":["615751"],"groups":[{"id":"499601","name":"Campus Services"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"9288","name":"vending"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMelissa Moore\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCampus Services\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["melissa.moore@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}