Get 'Yer Mits Off My Fritos!

Remember how I told you about how my place of employment subsidizes the vending machine? Check out this e-mail we all got yesterday...

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From: XXXXX

Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 11:55 AM

To: ~All

Subject: Vending Machine Etiquette

Good Morning,

Complaints have been registered about the possible hoarding of vending machine items ! Please note that the vending machines are provided to make products available to all employees and that we have a stocking system that aims to ensure that the items will be available as much as possible. Hoarding or buying more products than you will immediately consume not only throws off our process of restocking and inventory management, but it can cause nutritional deficiency to other hungry [company] workers. Our stocking days are Monday and Thursday.

*****Please do not buy more than one item at a time, nor buy more items than you will consume in one day!

*****Please email me if you have noted an item that consistently runs out far in advance of our stocking days OR if you notice an item that is never purchased and is just taking up space.

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Hoarding vending machine food??? This is hilarious to me because instantly I got a mental picture of co-workers with desks full of Salami Sticks guarding them like crotchety prospectors at the thought of their precious snacks being confiscated. What's even funnier to me is that someone would have had to report this "hoarding" practice to the higher ups in order for an e-mail to be sent out. Kinda makes me want to go forage in the office supplies in case there is a run on ball point pens too.