Thwarted tea!

How hard can it be to get some tea?

• Didn't bring any tea in with me.
  
• Check break room for tea. Nope. Not really surprised. It's the Navy - they drink coffee.
  
• Cafeteria will have tea, right?
  
• In point of fact, no. And they wonder why no one will eat there and the place is losing money.
  
• Well, there's iced tea. Sweetened, even, and I assume by the lemon wedges that it is not pre-lemon flavored.
  
• No. Even though the indicator bars are apparently full of freshly brewed iced tea, not a drop comes out.
  
• Vending machine? Aha! Lipton, extra sweet. I don't really like Lipton without milk, but at this point, who cares?
  
• Vend, damn you, vend! The little gate opens, but the weight of the bottles is not enough to actually push the front bottle down. Kicking and hitting the machine does not help.
  
• Maybe one of the other slots will work. I have another dollar and... fifteen cents. One dime short.
  
• Do I really still want tea?
  
• Return to cube. Vent on LJ.
  
• Didn't I... didn't I have some tea in my cube? Didn't I get rid of it?
  
• No. It's right there. Celestial Seasonings Golden Honey Darjeeling.
  

Well, don't I feel foolish?