Going for a late night snack in the Student Union yesterday I was shocked and appalled at the new form of soda dispensary station. This is in no way shape or form the standard, what I was used to my entire life, soda machine.
This is what the common person thinks of when they imagine enjoying a ice cold caffeinated beverage.
But instead there was this box thing, with only one port for one cup at a time. Touch Screen LCD where you got to select a variety of options.
Surprisingly this picture is widely disproportional. the thing is maybe 6 feet tall, foot and half wide at the face and possibly 3 feet deep. No hoses or water supply or anything, just one power cable running out the back.
At first I am taken back for a second. In 20 years of life I have never had to deal with such a futuristic machine for such a simple task!
Ok, so somewhere in the back of me head I am thinking I have to take pictures and send them to everyone I know. Throwing the cup at my girlfriend and trying to whip out my phone to take pictures like a madman, people start staring. She is now pretending that she has no idea who this lunatic guy is (me) and I'm snapping pictures and holding up the line.
After a short photoshoot I tell her to attempt to get a drink.
The ice thing is a common push bar type of thing where you push it with the cup and the ice falls down into your cup. future technology is going to be hard to get to because it shot out ice at an alarming rate. Full cup of ice is a big NO GO for soda so I have to dump some of it out (more angry people in line).
No that we have ice, I focus my attention on the LCD screen. Looking at options it has all the standard drink options, Root Beer, Coke, Dr. Pepper, Water, Juice yada yada yada. Paging through options I find the Coke Classic. Select it. More options. They have the plain Coke, but now you can also choose Coke Cherry, Coke Lime, Vanilla Coke, and some options I can't even remember (I was to flustered). I choose Vanilla Coke.
After selecting those options I push the big ass button that say SODA on it to fill the cup. Looks very delicious. Walk to the table and take a sip...Sad to report, it tastes funny. Not Vanilla Coke, but Coke with a flavor shot of Vanilla. Big difference for hard core coke drinking people like myself. Whatever food is on the way so I will deal with it's somewhat "Off" flavor.
Upon further consideration of my funny tasting drink I came to the conclusion that it is a soda machine with the syrup bags inside it, but if you choose a flavored soda it adds a few drops of Vanilla concentrate, in my case. This is a very very sad day.
Go home and avoid doing homework by looking it up online and it appears this is a great new scheme to make money by Coke. It is called the Coca-Cola Freestyle.
Either way it is conceptually a good idea. In my simple math I came to the idea that it has combinations to make over 100 different types of drinks.
I am sadly disappointed in you Coke.
2 comments:
That's me, the girlfriend, the one that took a picture of you and this fancy coke machine! :D
It is really disappointing especially when you're expecting this kind of product but don't get it. These traditional soda machines are the best, I must say. Why? www.college-paper.org It's because it's so easy to just put in your cup, take your pick on the soda choice, and even change it in the end, mix it.
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