Daily Observations

when i was in high school i recall a can of soda was 50 cents. so, i could buy a can of soda and something from the vending machine for 50 cents (chips, dunking sticks, m&ms, ect) spending only one dollar. i did this plenty. it was a good deal, one dollar and i could eat some junk. for all of my school career i had free lunch. i wouldn't always use it, sometimes i would give to someone else. now, one day the price of canned drinks went up 5 cents. this threw off everything because you could only get one or the other (soda or chips) unless you came across 5 cents somewhere. i swear, in a school you will almost never find change on the ground. so now a dollar couldn't get you as far, if you bought a soda you'd have change in your pocket you couldn't do anything with until the next day (unless you bum some money from a friend) and if you bought chips or something you'd have 50 cents that could only get you more chips or whatever. what would you drink, water?
sometimes i would treat myself and buy a 20 oz. dr pepper. it cost $1. i'd normally get that when i'd use my free lunch. chocolate milk is great but not as good as dp and pizza.
i had a friend who would have something like 5-6 20 oz. bottles in his backpack, all day. i'd see him drink them through the day (you weren't allowed to drink in class) but he still always had 5-6 bottles. weird.
now 20 oz. bottles of soda cost $1.39 and they're gonna go up soon.