[debesyla]

I'm not sure if "there was not enough of plastic for wrapping, so we recycled newspapers" is an ecological decision. (That reminds me of using newspapers as toilet paper, because there was no toilet paper either... Ah, the days.)

As for glasses, at least in Lithuania those were stolen often. It was common for the machine to have only one glass.

But, of course, maybe it was different in other parts of the union.