IOWA MAN FIRED AFTER FORKLIFT TUSSLE WITH MALFUNCTIONING VENDING MACHINE

The worker put a dollar for candy bar in a vending machine, then another dollar when it got stuck, and when that failed to work, he attacked the faulty machine with a forklift

Robert McKevitt obviously did not pay attention while he was attending criminal justice and law enforcement classes at Iowa Lakes Community College.

MAN, 27, FIRED FOR USING A FORKLIFT TO RETRIEVE A TWIX BAR STUCK IN A BROKEN VENDING MACHINE
The Iowa resident allegedly picked up a vending machine with a forklift and dropped it six times to get a 90c Twix bar

Mail Online
February 21, 2014

A 27-year-old warehouse worker was fired after allegedly using a forklift to retrieve a Twix bar from a malfunctioning vending machine.

Robert McKevitt deposited $1 in a vending machine for a chocolate bar at Polaris Industries' warehouse in Milford, Iowa, last year.

But when the 90c Twix bar got snagged and wouldn't fall, he inserted another dollar - without luck.

After banging the vending machine with his fist and rocking it back and forth, the father-of-two allegedly commandeered an 8,000-pound forklift in a desperate bid to satiate his sweet tooth.

Des Moines Register reported McKevitt, who served in Afghanistan with the Iowa National Guard in 2011, allegedly picked up the machine at least six times and dropped it about two feet onto the concrete floor.

Only three candy bars fell into the chute.

When a supervisor confronted him, McKevitt allegedly explained he was trying to get the snack he had paid for.

While McKevitt denies lifting and dropping the machine, he was fired from his job five days after the bizarre incident.

'That machine was trouble,' McKevitt told the newspaper. 'They fired me, and now I hear they have all new vending machines there.'

In a ruling that became public last month, a state administrative law judge denied McKevitt's claim for unemployment benefits following his dismissal.

The judge said McKevitt had demonstrated a willful disregard for his employer’s interests.

The young father reportedly didn’t testify at his December 16 hearing.

According to his Facebook page, McKevitt graduated from Spirit Lake High School before studying criminal justice and law enforcement at Iowa Lakes Community College.