diff --git a/code/game/objects/items.dm b/code/game/objects/items.dm
index 3fb73c4848..5956e6af45 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items.dm
@@ -954,6 +954,7 @@ modules/mob/living/carbon/human/life.dm if you die, you will be zoomed out.
 
 #define CELLS 8								//Amount of cells per row/column in grid
 #define CELLSIZE (world.icon_size/CELLS)	//Size of a cell in pixels
+
 /*
 Automatic alignment of items to an invisible grid, defined by CELLS and CELLSIZE.
 Since the grid will be shifted to own a cell that is perfectly centered on the turf, we end up with two 'cell halves'
@@ -989,4 +990,8 @@ Note: This proc can be overwritten to allow for different types of auto-alignmen
 		W.pixel_y = (CELLSIZE * (0.5 + cell_y)) - W.center_of_mass["y"]
 
 #undef CELLS
-#undef CELLSIZE
\ No newline at end of file
+#undef CELLSIZE
+
+// this gets called when the item gets chucked by the vending machine
+/obj/item/proc/vendor_action(var/obj/machinery/vending/V)
+	return
diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/weapons/grenades/grenade.dm b/code/game/objects/items/weapons/grenades/grenade.dm
index 7ac049a774..209e47b253 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/weapons/grenades/grenade.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/weapons/grenades/grenade.dm
@@ -112,3 +112,6 @@
 	walk(src, null, null)
 	..()
 	return
+
+/obj/item/weapon/grenade/vendor_action(var/obj/machinery/vending/V)
+	activate(V)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/code/modules/economy/vending.dm b/code/modules/economy/vending.dm
index ddd4520bdf..09a9b480aa 100644
--- a/code/modules/economy/vending.dm
+++ b/code/modules/economy/vending.dm
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 	emagged = 0 //Ignores if somebody doesn't have card access to that machine.
 	var/seconds_electrified = 0 //Shock customers like an airlock.
 	var/shoot_inventory = 0 //Fire items at customers! We're broken!
+	var/shoot_inventory_chance = 1
 
 	var/scan_id = 1
 	var/obj/item/weapon/coin/coin
@@ -677,7 +678,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(vending_products)
 		speak(slogan)
 		last_slogan = world.time
 
-	if(shoot_inventory && prob(2))
+	if(shoot_inventory && prob(shoot_inventory_chance))
 		throw_item()
 
 	return
@@ -717,20 +718,20 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(vending_products)
 
 //Somebody cut an important wire and now we're following a new definition of "pitch."
 /obj/machinery/vending/proc/throw_item()
-	var/obj/throw_item = null
+	var/obj/item/throw_item = null
 	var/mob/living/target = locate() in view(7,src)
 	if(!target)
 		return 0
 
-	for(var/datum/stored_item/vending_product/R in product_records)
+	for(var/datum/stored_item/vending_product/R in shuffle(product_records))
 		throw_item = R.get_product(loc)
 		if(!throw_item)
 			continue
 		break
 	if(!throw_item)
-		return 0
-	spawn(0)
-		throw_item.throw_at(target, 16, 3, src)
+		return FALSE
+	throw_item.vendor_action(src)
+	INVOKE_ASYNC(throw_item, /atom/movable.proc/throw_at, target, rand(3, 10), rand(1, 3), src)
 	visible_message("<span class='warning'>\The [src] launches \a [throw_item] at \the [target]!</span>")
 	return 1