The Lifesaver That is the Vending Machine
The times they are a-changin', as sang Bob Dylan in 1964, and so right he was.
Even he couldn't have envisaged the pace and the ways in which the western world changes through time.
No wonder middle-aged people hark back to 'the good ole days' when you would never lock the front door or you could let your kids play in the streets without having an anxiety attack about their whereabouts.
One of the many things that has changed so much through generations is the Public House.
Once it was a place to sit, drink and talk about your day, or more accurately to talk about anything other than your day - a place to drink where everybody knows your name.
Today, you're hard pressed to find that.
More commonplace is a chain Pub where the manager runs the place from an office and very rarely interacts with the punters, a place where you can hardly hear yourself think, let alone chew the fat after a long day, and a place where you can even buy essential goods from the toilet! Gone are the days where the only thing you would find in washroom vending machines would be condoms and blow up sheep.
Many washroom products at your disposal range from necessary toiletries, such as sanitary towels and razors, to items that you require on a night out but have forgotten to stock up on such as breath mints, pocket tissues and plasters (for those blisters that often appear when breaking in a new pair of heels).
Gone are then days where a headache would ruin your night and force you to have an early night - just pop to the vending machine full of all different types of washroom products and get yourself some Nurofen, and while you're at it, get some lip balm for those chapped lips! So change does not necessarily have to be bad all of the time.
The key word in today's world is 'convenience'.
Nobody has time these days - it's all go, on the go, GO, GO ,GO! And there's nothing more convenient than a vending machine.
You're on that all important first date and you've taken you've just finished your starter, but you've made the grave mistake of having the garlic mushrooms and now your breath reeks, and having forgotten to buy some chewing gum, you excuse yourself and dive into the Gents in hope that there will be a lifesaver in the shape of a vending machine.
To your amazement there is an array of options that will eliminate the stench coming from your gob - these doesn't usually happen to you as you were expecting, typically, that there would be no lifeline whatsoever, but thanks to these washroom products at your disposal you're spoilt for choice: not only is there breath mints, chewing gum and mouthwash, but there is also a toothbrush and toothpaste set! Thanks.
You.
Lord! Change is not all bad, OK you may wish for a return to the days where manners and values were a pre requisite to living, and you may despise the homogenised world of deposable goods and materialistic must-haves, but thanks to technology and innovation, many aspects of life have never been more convenient.
You have to take the rough with the smooth in this world!
Even he couldn't have envisaged the pace and the ways in which the western world changes through time.
No wonder middle-aged people hark back to 'the good ole days' when you would never lock the front door or you could let your kids play in the streets without having an anxiety attack about their whereabouts.
One of the many things that has changed so much through generations is the Public House.
Once it was a place to sit, drink and talk about your day, or more accurately to talk about anything other than your day - a place to drink where everybody knows your name.
Today, you're hard pressed to find that.
More commonplace is a chain Pub where the manager runs the place from an office and very rarely interacts with the punters, a place where you can hardly hear yourself think, let alone chew the fat after a long day, and a place where you can even buy essential goods from the toilet! Gone are the days where the only thing you would find in washroom vending machines would be condoms and blow up sheep.
Many washroom products at your disposal range from necessary toiletries, such as sanitary towels and razors, to items that you require on a night out but have forgotten to stock up on such as breath mints, pocket tissues and plasters (for those blisters that often appear when breaking in a new pair of heels).
Gone are then days where a headache would ruin your night and force you to have an early night - just pop to the vending machine full of all different types of washroom products and get yourself some Nurofen, and while you're at it, get some lip balm for those chapped lips! So change does not necessarily have to be bad all of the time.
The key word in today's world is 'convenience'.
Nobody has time these days - it's all go, on the go, GO, GO ,GO! And there's nothing more convenient than a vending machine.
You're on that all important first date and you've taken you've just finished your starter, but you've made the grave mistake of having the garlic mushrooms and now your breath reeks, and having forgotten to buy some chewing gum, you excuse yourself and dive into the Gents in hope that there will be a lifesaver in the shape of a vending machine.
To your amazement there is an array of options that will eliminate the stench coming from your gob - these doesn't usually happen to you as you were expecting, typically, that there would be no lifeline whatsoever, but thanks to these washroom products at your disposal you're spoilt for choice: not only is there breath mints, chewing gum and mouthwash, but there is also a toothbrush and toothpaste set! Thanks.
You.
Lord! Change is not all bad, OK you may wish for a return to the days where manners and values were a pre requisite to living, and you may despise the homogenised world of deposable goods and materialistic must-haves, but thanks to technology and innovation, many aspects of life have never been more convenient.
You have to take the rough with the smooth in this world!
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