It was time for his break and Eddie figured he deserved some caffeine after dealing with the last patron who couldn't figure out how the "dangled computer thing" worked. Eddie had been patient, he knew of older people who'd transformed into savvy internet surfers once they'd gotten the hang of it. But it was still like detangling a mess of HTML code from some butthead who thought they knew how it worked. Tiring and tedious.
He didn't have the numbers right now, but he'd have guessed that a quarter of his latest offerings came from old-timers who wanted to give the everyone else a piece of their mind. Eddie figured that he could turn the old guy into a Wikipedia fan the next time he came in. Once he got home, he had to check to see if the latest stats on Facebook were right. That a significant percentage of new FB members were over the age of 40. And he wanted to check if a section in that article really needed to be cleaned up.
Walking out the door, he headed for the soda machines set up outside. They had a sign next to them warning that drinks were not allowed inside the library. Digging through his pockets, Eddie could only pull out a five. And he knew that this particular machine would eat any extra cash he fed it. He took a quick look around and noticed a couple on the street.
"Excuse me!" he called out. "Does one of you happen to have change for a five?"