In this task, you are given a Reddit post as a text. Your task is to generate a short summary for this text. The summary must include a situation which caused humor. The summary should be one or two sentences long.

Text: happened about 30 minutes ago.

i decided i would like a refreshing can of pepsi, and the closest place to get it is at the vending machine in my student accommodation. the last row was the one filled with pepsi cans, and the first two slots in the row were empty, so i decided to go for the third one. being the programmer that i am, i count 0, 1, 2, put in my pound, and push the button for the last row, slot 2. trembling with anticipation of pepsi i look at the slot in the vending machine -the empty slot makes a movement releasing nothingness, and the vending machine eats up my money.

\*facepalm\*

 

context for the uninitiated: most programming languages work in such a way that it forces you to start counting from 0 instead of 1. so for example if a is a list of things, a[0] would be the first item in the list, a[1] the second and so on.

Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
user
started counting from 0, robbed by vending machine.