Man fired for using forklift to get stuck candy bar from vending machine

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MILFORD, Iowa ?  An Iowa man has lost his job  and unemployment benefits for using a forklift to get a candy bar from a malfunctioning vending machine, state records say.

According to state unemployment records released last month, Robert McKevitt, 27, of Spirit Lake, was working at Polaris Industries' warehouse in Milford when the incident occurred last fall.

McKevitt wanted some candy, so he deposited $1 in a vending machine for a 90-cent Twix candy bar, The Des Moines Register reported. But the candy bar got snagged on a hook and wouldn't fall.

He banged it and rocked it, but that didn't work.

The state records said McKevitt then commandeered a forklift, picked up the machine at least six times and dropped it about 2 feet onto the concrete floor. Three candy bars fell.

McKevitt was fired five days later.

McKevitt told the newspaper recently that he never lifted and dropped the vending machine but did use the forklift to move the machine back in place.

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[Jaybonaut]

You're not you when you're hungry.

[TAZMINATOR]

Iowa man? 

 

Must be Warwagon

 

:laugh:

[Rippleman]

Could have even named story like "Man gets fired for being hungry"

[DocM]

Uhhhh....Overkill?

[neufuse Veteran]

You're not you when you're hungry.

Snickers?

[Jaybonaut]

Snickers?

 

The power of advertising.

[Krome]

You're not you when you're hungry.

 

lol that's just too hillarious..

[Skyfrog]

McKevitt wanted some candy, so he deposited $1 in a vending machine for a 90-cent Twix candy bar, The Des Moines Register reported. But the candy bar got snagged on a hook and wouldn't fall.

 

[+virtorio MVC]

No one ever fires the vending machine for stealing people's hard earned cash.

[Xerino]

No one ever fires the vending machine for stealing people's hard earned cash.

That's what "out of order" signs are for

[123456789A]

He should go back and demand his 10 cents and a Twix.