Social Vending

by DigDog on Thu Apr 28, 2011 3:21 pm

PepsiCo is set to launch a line of “next generation” social vending machines that will allow customers to connect with friends and gift them drinks with the push of a touchscreen button.

A press release explains:

"Using digital technology, PepsiCo’s Social Vending System enables any user to gift a friend by selecting a beverage and entering the recipient’s name, mobile number and a personalized text message…The gift is delivered with a system code and instructions to redeem it at any PepsiCo Social Vending system."

Cooler still is the "Random Acts of Refreshment" feature, which allows customers to purchase drinks for strangers around the world. "[A] consumer could send a symbol of encouragement someone in a city that has experienced challenging weather, or a congratulatory beverage to a student at a university that just won a championship," PepsiCo says.

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Discuss.

by **Darre** on Thu Apr 28, 2011 5:59 pm

There are so many things wrong with this and very little if anything right with it...

by Crystal Lion on Thu Apr 28, 2011 6:30 pm

What, are drinks the new greeting cards now? ._.

by **Erik** on Thu Apr 28, 2011 6:42 pm

This is going to get out of hand quickly, "Its Jacob's birthday, everyone at school send him a Pepsi!"

Jacob, 5 minutes later, "STOP THIS MADNESS, SPAM TEXTS SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM".

by V on Thu Apr 28, 2011 8:18 pm

This is one of the stupidest things I have ever seen.

by Snukems on Thu Apr 28, 2011 9:11 pm

V wrote:This is one of the stupidest things I have ever seen.

by Bram on Thu Apr 28, 2011 9:46 pm

This could easily become the new "forgot to buy you a gift" gift.

"Hm, Jim's party is tomorrow. I could either go find him something at the store with minimal effort, knit him a new hat for the rest of the afternoon, or I could buy him a soda and possibly not even attend his party so I can play video games all day!"

Yes, someone has done this to me beffore.
And they didn't chose the hat option.

I guess companies just like giving people more ways to be less social.

by Snukems on Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:35 pm

Bram wrote:I guess companies just like giving people more ways to be less social.

I want to be less social IRL but less on the internet. So they're not doing it enough.

by V on Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:46 pm

This could easily become the new "forgot to buy you a gift" gift.

If Seinfeld was still being produced during the time that these were implemented, I bet they would do an episode on this.

by **Erik** on Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:03 pm

^ Yeah, but we can always hope for South Park.

by Snukems on Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:18 pm

V wrote:
This could easily become the new "forgot to buy you a gift" gift.

If Seinfeld was still being produced during the time that these were implemented, I bet they would do an episode on this.

I lol'd. Indeed they would.

by DigDog on Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:37 pm

I'd totally dig it if someone knit me a hat.

by **Shadow** on Fri Apr 29, 2011 2:53 pm

Erik wrote:This is going to get out of hand quickly, "Its Jacob's birthday, everyone at school send him a Pepsi!"

Jacob, 5 minutes later, "STOP THIS MADNESS, SPAM TEXTS SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM".

...

What's the problem with that? That sounds like a lot of Pepsi.

by **Darre** on Fri Apr 29, 2011 6:13 pm

Shadow wrote:
Erik wrote:This is going to get out of hand quickly, "Its Jacob's birthday, everyone at school send him a Pepsi!"

Jacob, 5 minutes later, "STOP THIS MADNESS, SPAM TEXTS SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM".

...

What's the problem with that? That sounds like a lot of Pepsi.

Or a lot of wasted pepsi because of mistaken spam mail.

by Mrsebi on Fri Apr 29, 2011 10:27 pm

V wrote:
This could easily become the new "forgot to buy you a gift" gift.

If Seinfeld was still being produced during the time that these were implemented, I bet they would do an episode on this.

Seinfeld probably thinks that the world is getting really out of hand.
George Carlin too, as he is screaming at us from down below.

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