Raw Video: French Bread From a Vending Machine

French baker Jean-Louis Hecht has rolled out a 24-hour automated baguette dispenser, promising warm bread for hungry night owls, shift workers or anyone else who doesn't have time to pick one up during their bakery's opening hours. (Aug. 9)

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[Lim kong beng]

it is a good idea.

[MTran0708]

LOL I would never eat unwrapped food from a vending machine...

[SuperSchooler16]

ME; Hey look mom a giant vending machine!

MOM:  Thats cool lets see if it has coke!

ME: Aw dangit just BAgets D:<

[Mike McKenzie]

merci! This is a great idea (just don't let the kids put bugs in the dispenser tray)

[bigfatreddawg]

I wish they had them here in the US, it is very hard to find a baguette that is not chewy here, although they have come a long way with many other breads.

[pennypacker93]

Knowing the french I bet that machine has not gone through CE ! they love Brussels and the EU- but ignore the legal stuff liek the plague. bring that machine to UK- and within a day it would have HSE and god knows which little public sector worker trying to find a reason to shut it down (yep uk is 99.9% public sector little shit job worths!

[kasper james]

the last thing i want to do is touch a flap thats been touched by dirty street walkers!!!! health hazard royally!!!! ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh­hhh at least give me a wet nap or something to clean my hands after touching the flap before i touch my bread.

[kasper james]

the last thing i want to do is touch a flap thats been touched by dirty street walkers!!!! health hazard royally!!!! ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh­hhh

[Jesse Niou]

NOW I NO LONGER HAVE TO LIVE WITH MY SUDDEN BUT IRRESISTIBLE CRAVING EVERY NIGHT AT 2 AM FOR WARM BAGUETTES.

[Tounushi]

You obiously live in Switzerland...

I'd rather come off as paranoid than get salmonella or cholera (or any other nasty disease) from a phallic wheat product.

Even a high-school soda dispenser was full of gum. and it was restocked weekly.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

When's the last time you saw someone shit in a mailbox? If someone wanted to deliberately pinch off a shit into some accessible hole on a public street, there are *thousands* of places they can do so, including water fountains and children's wading pools. Worrying about people peeing into the slot of a bread-dispensing machine borders on pathological paranoia.

[Tounushi]

I'm more concerned with stale alcohol, diseased spit, bum shit and drunkard piss finding its way there.

You think those vending machines won't be used as lavatories by less savory people?