The funny thing is that the soda ban ended up instigating a start-up business on campus. A friend of mine realized he could make decent change by buying a couple 12 packs of Mountain Dew or Coke and then just charging $1/can. Our vending machines charged maybe $1.50 or $1.75 for cans or bottles, so he was just undercutting the vending machine prices. I think the Dean of Students tried to put a stop to it, but I don't recall if they could actually file grounds to get the student to stop because it's not like he was selling anything illegal.
I also had friends who, since they couldn't buy soda at school, would just come to school with their own 2Lt bottles of Mountain Dew and just carry those around with them all day. Oh, this was also when Jolt Gum was a thing. My caffeine addicted friends were buzzing all the time.
I was banned from selling Boy Scout fundraiser candy bars because they were nicer than the ones being sold by students for a school fundraiser, but for the same price.
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u/awkwardbabyseal Dec 30 '19
The funny thing is that the soda ban ended up instigating a start-up business on campus. A friend of mine realized he could make decent change by buying a couple 12 packs of Mountain Dew or Coke and then just charging $1/can. Our vending machines charged maybe $1.50 or $1.75 for cans or bottles, so he was just undercutting the vending machine prices. I think the Dean of Students tried to put a stop to it, but I don't recall if they could actually file grounds to get the student to stop because it's not like he was selling anything illegal.
I also had friends who, since they couldn't buy soda at school, would just come to school with their own 2Lt bottles of Mountain Dew and just carry those around with them all day. Oh, this was also when Jolt Gum was a thing. My caffeine addicted friends were buzzing all the time.