In addition to those still attempting the salt water trick and failing, the Internet is filled with instructions on how to cheat vending machines using strings and tape and money with holes in it. Theft and robbery has always been around and will continue to be a presence in our lives but the temptation that many people mostly ignore can become too much when the victim of the act is no longer a young scared cashier or smart and intimidating manager, but is seemingly just the silent box lacking consciousness. When no one stops to consider the people that lose when a vending machine is stolen from or broken, thieves and hackers take action, collecting undeserved product and profit and gaining satisfaction at the sorrow of others. A counterculture of robbers and success with little work rises up against commonly accepted culture of working for the money to pay for a product and being civil to