DrJekyll

I got some moldy Jose Ole taquitos the other day. I called up the company the next day and they asked if I had the serial number (or whatever), but I didn't. They asked if they should send coupons for free Jose Ole products. Hopefully the coupons should be in next week. This did make me wonder if you could sustain yourself by calling comment lines with a complaint.

Another good legitimate freeload...if you happen to go to Universal Studios and stay at their official hotels, your room key allows you to go to the head of any line in the park. Well, that info's current as of a couple of years ago. Just be prepared to get mean looks from people as you walk up the exit line.

Another vending machine trick...there are those vending machines with the glass front that usually serve drinks like Snapple. Well, if it's in a low-traffic area, you can clear out the bottom rows with a coat-hanger. Just stretch and bend with a loop on the end. Then, open up the doors, wedge the hanger up inside, and loop it around a drink. The drink should pull out with too much trouble. We used to do this years ago at a camp. Eventually, they must've caught on, because they redesigned the machine to beep if you lifted the door for too long. However, since it was in a low-traffic area (the vending room in a dorm), it usually didn't attract much attention.

The final idea is slightly more malicious. I've heard of a friend pulling it off, but I've never really had the desire. Basically, he and a friend got a sweatshirt or something and kept tossing it around a music store (over the rows to each other). At some point, they slipped a CD inside. Once they got to the door, they continued the pattern by tossing the sweatshirt to the other over the theft detectors.