It was an ungodly hour to be on campus. Especially to be in a dining hall. But I had a pre-frosh to drop off and needed some sort of warm liquid to run through my body. So I grabbed a cup. Held it under the drink machine. And pressed for Hot Chocolate. Nothing but gurgles. "I know," EB said, "Sucks, eh?" So I settled for coffee. As I was adding sugar, however, EB walked away, replaced by a new girl who, too, reached for the hot chocolate. Gurgle. Gurgle. "Yeah, I just tried that," I said, trying to sympathize the way EB had done earlier.
And here's the strange part- the girl then pressed this "On" button. And magical things started happening. The machine lit up. It gurgled some more. Then, when the girl pressed for hot chocolate, hot chocolate came forth. I kid you not, I saw it with my own eyes. It was amazing. And there I stood, awestruck, dumbfounded, looking every bit like I didn't know the button existed nor how it operated.
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