Answers to today’s questions at f.riday5.com
1. How do you feel about vending machine food?
I don’t. I can’t even remember seeing a vending machine for decades now. I’m sure there must be some somewhere, just not where I usually go like the gastro department in the hospital I go to or the health station. And if there’s vending machines where I go, I haven’t noticed them because there’s at least one grocery nearby everywhere I go and often several, so of course I’d buy from the groceries because it’s cheaper.
The only place I regularly see vending machines in are US tv series and movies.
2. Where on this planet is the vending machine you’ve given the most money?
I don’t have clear memories of ever buying anything from a vending machine, just a few very faint ones. I don’t buy from vending machines, they don’t feature in any way in my life. There might have been once or twice, I have a faint feeling, that I probably bought a 0,5 litre bottle of Seven Up or a Jaffa at the Helsinki train station vending machine once or twice when I was traveling between my library studies city and home city for the weekend so it would’ve been 30 years ago now. I was raised to bring everything I need with me, including drinks and food, when at all possible. Because buying from the grocery is always cheaper than buying from a vending machine.
I’m also sure when I was a little kid, around 10, and we toured Finland during two summers, staying at camping areas in our tent, that we used to buy some drinks from the vending machines in those camping areas. But it never was something we did a lot and was more of a small treat and not a routine thing.
3. Have you ever purchased a non-food, non-beverage item from a vending machine?
I don’t remember/have a feeling of ever buying anything but drinks from a vending machine. Vending machines really don’t feature in my life.
4. Where’s the nearest vending machine right now, and what would you get from it if you were to go immediately?
No idea and nothing. There are a couple of groceries and kiosks near me that I’d go to if I needed something immediately (or ever).
5. What would you like to see in a vending machine?
I don’t care.