This morning, as I was rushing to use the bathroom before my sprouts arrived, I walked by the vending machine and literally stopped in my tracks. A Hershey’s chocolate bar was dangling from its spot. You know, when you’ve scrounged your money in the bottom of your top desk drawer for that candy fix, escaped to the teacher’s room for two seconds, and then, the machine doesn’t turn the spiral contraption holding your candy all the way and it just hangs there taunting you? That was was was staring at me from the vending machine.
Well some poor soul had this happen to them and apparently walked away from the machine in disgust… how could they just leave? I took one look at that hanging candy bar and saw one thing… free chocolate! I walked over and began shaking the machine. By this point a few co-workers had gathered to watch… one got close thinking if she tried to help me I might share my prize with her. I quickly maneuvered so I was blocking her attempts to help me.
That stubborn candy bar wouldn’t budge. In a last ditch effort, I pushed the door at the bottom of the machine open, inserted my foot, climbed up on the machine and began really rocking it. At this point, I may have looked like a major fool, but at least I was a determined fool. After about five minutes of jostling and rocking, the bar began to budge. Finally, it fell free and everyone in the room cheered. Free candy! Free candy!
I offered to share my trophy with the group, but nobody took me up on it… perhaps they didn’t have the heart to steal any of my thunder after such an effort? Persistence really does pay off.
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Silly me, I just would have bought another candy bar and had it push the other down! I am too afraid of the whole vending maching falling on me to try standing in it! LOL
Oh my goodness! Hahaha, that sounds like something from a movie!
If a margarita had been hanging there I would have put that much effort into it!
LOL - I would have loved to see all this take place!
Our last year's principal kept a bowl full of Hershey miniatures on the table in her office.At the end of a hard day, there would be a steady stream of teachers in and out of there for a little pick me up. When she retired last year, that little tradition retired with her.
I keep a secret bag of them in my desk for me and my closest teacher friends!
Foolish me, I thought only a female would have worked that hard to get free chocolate. Glad your efforts were rewarded with success.
did you ever get to use the bathroom?
Naturally with all my shenanigans I FORGOT to use the bathroom. :)
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