This Month in Vending: Todd Mitchell
February 28, 2008 by Kevin Hazard, Web Hosting Evangelist in Evangelist's Corner, The Planet
Sometimes inspiration can come from the strangest of places. Thoreau found his muse on Walden Pond in Concord, MA. Rosa Parks helped spark the civil rights movement on a crowded bus in Montgomery, AL. The catalyst for this post was far more ordinary: the vending machine area in our Houston headquarters.
We wanted to host a series of interviews on the blog to let you meet some of the people behind the scenes here at The Planet, but we needed a hook … A subject that was both intriguing enough to capture interest and fun enough to make the series worth watching. Our first interviewee, Todd Mitchell, came up with the idea of “This Month in Vending” after I adventurously chose a florescent-colored Blue Cream Soda from our vending machines and subsequently shared the product’s ridiculousness with all of my coworkers. Upon further investigation, we found several questionable products that were begging for taste-tests. So, we plunked down some coin for a package of Riblets, and the rest is history:
-Kevin
The YouTube link: This Week in Vending: Todd Mitchell
February 28th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Dude. NAS-TAY.
Stick with the candy and ice-cream.
Mario did bring me some crazy habanero chips from the vending machines that tasted like bbq pork… but it was a potato chip. Gross.
February 28th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
That was a classic.. had me spitting out pepsi max through my nose. Well worth it though
February 29th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Haha, the trick is to close your eyes and pretend it is slow roasted pork prime rib!
March 4th, 2008 at 6:28 am
That may well have been the most frightening thing I’ve witnessed in a very, very long time. Of course it was also hilarious, so keep up the good work.