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Off the Cuff
Automation We Love You
Except When We Hate You
In the snack room below the
University Main Library, a
woman walked up to one of
several vending machines, slid a
quarter, a dime and a nickel into
the vertical slot and pressed a
big plastic button A little bag of
chips tipped off its shelf and
tumbled down, stalling sideways
inches above the chute Several
of us noticed the stuck hag.
The hapless buyer glanced
briefly at the ceiling, sighed
audibly, then hit the front of the
machine four or five times The
bag didn't move.
The woman she had been sit
ting with joined her. and they
discussed the situation in low
voices. Taking turns they
bumped against (he massive
steel and glass box. but the er
rant bag of chips sat there like a
log jammed in a creek.
Their frustration, the loud
hanging and the humor of the
situation soon infected the whole
room A tall man suggested slip
ping a ruler up inside. Someone
offered a ruler, and they tried it.
No way. The clever machine
designer knew how cheaters
think and put in a secondary
metal flap that is blocked shut
whenever you open the "push''
flap at the bottom.
Oh. civilization. Oh. automa
tion We love you until you fail
us. then we hate you with the
vcngencc of a slave in rebellion
We hate our dependence on
technology, and we hate the con
spiracy of unseen masters who
set this all up just to trap the in
nocent and unwary.
I offered to help. We tried to
tip the machine, going on the
theory that if it dropped back to
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A publication of the Oregon Daily Emerald
Editor.Curtis Condon
Assistant Editor.Stephen Maher
Contributors: Shu-Shing Chen, Dennis Fernandes, Ross
Martin, Lorraine Rath, Barbara Shaw, Michael Wilhelm
Cover photo by Ross Martin
The editors will not isr responsible for unsolicited manuscripts or artwork
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the floor the shock might jar the
hag loose. Three of us couldn't
move it. I pulled a muscle in my
hack.
"Oh. I have an idea.’’ the vic
tim said. “I’U try getting the
cookies right above When they
fall they should knock the chips
down, too.”
I went hack to my seat and
watched her weighing the odds,
debating the probability of
failure. She started to put her
coins in. hesitated, and turned
her back on the monster Then
she faced it with authority, purs
ed her lips and slipped in 55
cents for the cookies The
cookies fell, brushing right past
the jammed bag of chips without
moving K.
A delicate lady in faded jeans
stepped up “This has happened
to me before.” she announced
with the voice of experience.
“Here’s what you do." She
began a steady vibrating beat on
the face of the machine with the
heel of her hand. She kept it go
ing, and slowly the bag began to
slide. “You just have to keep
this up. Keep hitting it."
The bag slipped another inch.
She kept the vibrations going.
Then the bag just broke hxise
and fell free. Shouts of joy went
up. A feeling of triumph filled
the room.
Victory to the people.
- BARBARA SHAW
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