You might have a love-hate relationship with the vending machines on campus. How do they stack up?
10. West Penn Beverage Vending Machine
The beverage vending machine in West Penn is by far the worst vending machine on campus. Expect your money to be taken without giving you your desired drink.
9. Student Center Beverage Vending Machine
If you use this machine, expect your money to be taken and to not get it back. Also, what’s with the fallen drinks on the bottom of the machine?
8. Student Center Snack Vending Machine
The snack vending machine on the first floor of the student center is also not great. While it does usually give you what you ordered, the selection is subpar.
7. West Penn Snack Vending Machine
The only reason that this is not rated lower is because it has a certain bag of chips that you cannot find anywhere else on campus: Zapp’s Mesquite Bar-B-Que Potato Chips.
6. Boulevard Apartments Beverage Vending Machines
The beverage vending machines in this building do have a great selection of items but the card reader rarely works. This means you’ll have to use cash, but the cash collector sometimes doesn’t work either. When that happens, you’re out of luck. This is a recurring issue with both machines in the building.
5. Boulevard Apartments Snack Vending Machine
The snack vending machine is being paired with the two drink machines because it has the same issues. However, it does have a great selection of snack items.
4. Academic Hall First Floor Beverage Vending Machine
The vending machine on the first floor of Academic Hall is a “hidden gem” of Academic Hall. This machine has a great selection of beverages including several flavors of Mountain Dew and even Grape Crush. Plus, it can be quickly accessed by anyone with a class in the building or Lawrence Hall
3. Academic Hall Second Floor Vending Machines
All the vending machines on the second floor of Academic Hall are good choices. They each have a great selection of items and are great in a rush. The snack machine is especially good because of the touch-screen interface and ability to get up to three snacks in one transaction.
2. University Center Beverage Vending Machine
The beverage vending machine in the University Center is great primarily because of its unique selection.
1. University Center Snack Vending Machine
This vending machine is the all-time best one. It has LED lights that surround the outside of the machine and the snacks inside have bigger bags than the other machines. It also has a unique selection, with some of the items only being available in this machine.
Despite these ratings, students should not try to not go out of their way for a specific vending machine just because of contents.Instead, students should attempt to see which vending machines they like more on their own accord.
Each machine, despite their flaws, are equally useful in providing a relief to hunger or thirst.