Linda was trying to study her new routines for the 1/2 hour break she had between classes this morning. The Burger Joint is just a few steps from the front door of the gym. They have outside seating, so she decided to get a soda and study there. She got her soda, but there was zero studying. The Coke repair man was there fixing the machine and she asked him why the "water" button came on when she selected "diet root beer?" For the next 25 minutes, she was treated to the man telling her about concepts, design, costs, repair times/tools used, manufactures, number of machines in restaurants, contract negotiations in the works and that was just the first 1/2 of the conversation!! (Well, not really conversation since Linda never said one word after her initial question). This is a special computerized soda machine called The Freestyle that has something like 100 different soda choices. The one thing she does remember is that there will soon be an iPhone app that will let you design your own custom soda flavor and send it to the soda machine of your choice. You will receive a bar code photo back. When you get there, you will scan the bar code that was sent to your phone and out comes your custom made personalized flavor.
