(A little context for this post. My niece Paula’s husband, Matt, is a Distribution Center Manager at PepsiCo.)
In our mini-kitchen area on the first floor at work (the one with the Flavia Coffee Machine that I discussed here), we have, side-by-side, two vending machines that dispense Pepsi and Coca Cola products. 
Due to slow sales, this machine will be removed the week of July 14th. Please use the Pepsi machine on the 2nd floor.
No such notification was affixed to the Coca Cola vending machine a foot away.
This doesn’t pass the smell test. I could understand if overall consumption of both Pepsi and Coca Cola products across the first floor population of my building had declined. Maybe the economy is at play or software engineers in our building are starting to wean ourselves off our addiction to high-caffeine beverages (yeah, right).
In any event,why would the reduction in consumption (assuming there is one) be affecting only the PepsiCo products?
I’d also like to highlight that the phrase “week of July 14th” is fishy? Weeks don’t start on Wednesday and that day has special significance for Your Faithful Servant.
The mother ship has all sorts of channels for me to leverage in the pursuit of truth in this matter. Starting with my next bi-monthly meeting with my manager where, rest assured, this will be item 1 on the agenda.
In the words of Matt Drudge: Developing!
