There once was an old and wise, but very stingy coin-operated machine. It sat in the break room, awaiting another poor sap to peer through its window. The machine was fair, he would never withhold what he right owed, but his prices were high. But one valentine's day, a poor engineer who had too much work to accomplish went into work on a saturday of all days. He was working so hard, and concentrating so much, that he didn't even notice the email notice from a friend also working that day. Finally the poor engineer stopped for a hunger break, and not wanting to spend too much time on this break went to visit the old and wise and stingy coin-operated machine. He peered through the slightly tinted glass, looking for something fulfilling and satisfying. His stomach made requests as his eyes viewed the wrappers, and his brain noted the price tag. Finally, a decision had been made. Snickers it would be. But wait, at the last second, the $.05 cheaper butterfinger was noticed in the engineer's peripheral vision. In that split second, his finger changed course and punched a different number. The old and wise and stingy machine saw this young engineer, working on valentine's day, and had compassion on him. Down from the spiral food holder fell no one, but two butterfinger bars. A special present from the stingy machine.