Kindness to Robots

Or, stuff I'm pretty sure nobody else thinks about.

So there's a drink-dispensing machine at work. Unlike the typical machine, this one has a special claw on a robotic apparatus, that moves across the face of the machine, picks a can or bottle out of the appropriate slot, and carries it down to the dispensing door.

Since this machine a) has bottled water, and b) its contents are 100% subsidized by HasturCom, I visit it two or three times a day.

And each time, I try to select the slot that will require the least work from the robot--minimize its travel distance, basically. I tell myself this is to save my valuable time. But really, I know that it's also because I like being nice to the robot.