vending

Other closely analogous situations are the ruthlessness of parking enforcement, or the draconian laws about street vending, and so on.

We had steak delivery to change us from the vending machine sandwiches, but couldn't enjoy it.

It seems like they convinced the public to install a vending machine on the customers expense.

It's like Coca/Pepsi Cola convince the public to install a Cola vending machine at their homes.

It's like Pepsi Cola convince the public to install a Cola vending machine in their house at cost to themselves.

One does not thank an ATM or vending machine, but it is appropriate to thank a human bank teller or retail clerk.

I could tolerate it, but it was barely a step up from a gas station, vending machine joe.

The guy who had put the arduino-etc vending machine recently took it back out.

My delivery options are very limited, and vending machine food is almost universally terrible.

Get out of software and into the exciting world of fruit vending?

I've found similar tricks are used in vending machines, particularly with the different varieties of crackers.

So I ran to a nearby vending machine and handed him a can of ice coffee.

"When I said they need to be able to program machine language, I didn't mean stacking vending machines".

Vending machines, pay phones, and coin-op laundry machines are all the same business model, and typically, that business model involves the owner of wherever the thing is installed calling the owner/operator of the machine when it breaks down instead of fixing it yourself.