# Man fired for using forklift to retrieve twix candy bar in vending machine **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 20, 2014, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-fired-for-using-forklift-to-retrieve-twix-candy-bar-in-vending-machine/268318 "2014-02-20T08:40:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-fired-for-using-forklift-to-retrieve-twix-candy-bar-in-vending-machine/268318/1 "2014-02-20T08:40:28Z")
[http://www.wgrz.com/story/news/2014/02/20/man-fired-after-using-forklift-to-free-stuck-candy/5640237/](http://www.wgrz.com/story/news/2014/02/20/man-fired-after-using-forklift-to-free-stuck-candy/5640237/) > DES MOINES — It’s a familiar tableau: a vending-machine candy bar dangles on a spiral hook, tantalizingly out of reach and refusing to drop. For most of us, that mini-drama usually ends in defeat. But not for Robert McKevitt of Spirit Lake, whose victory over an uncooperative vending machine ultimately cost him his job. McKevitt was working the second shift at Polaris Industries’ warehouse in Milford, Iowa, when he decided to break for a snack last fall. > He says he deposited $1 in a vending machine, selected a 90-cent Twix bar, and then watched as the candy bar crept forward in its slot, began its descent and was abruptly snagged by a spiral hook that held it suspended in midair. “I was, like, ‘Oh, man,’” said McKevitt, 27. “So I put in another dollar, and then it wouldn’t do anything.” > At first, McKevitt’s frustration took the customary route: He banged the side of the machine. He tried rocking it back and forth. > But when that didn’t work, McKevitt walked away and commandeered an 8,000-pound forklift, according to state unemployment compensation records. > He reportedly drove up to the vending machine, lifted it 2 feet off the concrete warehouse floor — then let it drop. He allegedly repeated the maneuver at least six times, by which time three candy bars had fallen into the chute for his retrieval. > When a supervisor confronted him, McKevitt allegedly explained he was simply trying to get the snack he had paid for. He was fired five days later. > > In a ruling that became public last month, a state administrative law judge denied his claim for unemployment benefits, saying McKevitt had demonstrated a willful disregard for his employer’s interests. > McKevitt, who served in Afghanistan with the Iowa National Guard in 2011, didn’t testify at his Dec. 16 unemployment-benefits hearing. > But he told The Des Moines Register he never lifted and dropped the vending machine. > He says after shaking the machine to retrieve the elusive Twix bar, he used his forklift to move it back in place against the wall. > “That machine was trouble,” he said. “They fired me, and now I hear they have all new vending machines there.” ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 8:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-fired-for-using-forklift-to-retrieve-twix-candy-bar-in-vending-machine/268318/2 "2014-02-20T08:53:42Z")
We’ve all put a pretty serious beating on the one here that constantly tries to steal from us but heavy lift equipment was never involved. ---
**Author:** ![rugsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rugsr/32/7474_2.png) [@rugsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rugsr)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 10:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-fired-for-using-forklift-to-retrieve-twix-candy-bar-in-vending-machine/268318/3 "2014-02-20T10:19:47Z")
Im surprised the glass didnt break ---
**Author:** ![KuntryQuestTSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kuntryquesttsi/32/5010_2.png) [@KuntryQuestTSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KuntryQuestTSi)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-fired-for-using-forklift-to-retrieve-twix-candy-bar-in-vending-machine/268318/4 "2014-02-20T10:52:34Z")
I used to nudge the one at Dodge with the plow truck from time to time when it stole my money. Sent from my XT907 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![1QIKZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1qikz/32/6112_2.png) [@1QIKZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1QIKZ)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 12:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-fired-for-using-forklift-to-retrieve-twix-candy-bar-in-vending-machine/268318/5 "2014-02-20T12:43:26Z")
We can send remote probes to distant planets and the far reaches of our known solar system…yet we can’t seem to construct a vending machine to overcome this situation. ---
**Author:** ![XwalkerX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xwalkerx/32/7598_2.png) [@XwalkerX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/XwalkerX)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-fired-for-using-forklift-to-retrieve-twix-candy-bar-in-vending-machine/268318/6 "2014-02-20T16:24:32Z")
![http://31.media.tumblr.com/8a1a83992aa06a3f75089e57e5c8135e/tumblr_mfj88tIsMF1rwacvuo1_1280.png](http://31.media.tumblr.com/8a1a83992aa06a3f75089e57e5c8135e/tumblr_mfj88tIsMF1rwacvuo1_1280.png) ![http://www.rantlifestyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/seintwix.jpg](http://www.rantlifestyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/seintwix.jpg) ![http://dmtracey11.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/twix.gif](http://dmtracey11.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/twix.gif) ---
**Author:** ![TradersBASE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tradersbase/32/5321_2.png) [@TradersBASE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TradersBASE)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-fired-for-using-forklift-to-retrieve-twix-candy-bar-in-vending-machine/268318/7 "2014-02-20T17:33:54Z")
Holy fucking epic. I love the write up on this and his comment about the machine being trouble…LOL. ---
**Author:** ![LXIFLYBY](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lxiflyby/32/7399_2.png) [@LXIFLYBY](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LXIFLYBY)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 5:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-fired-for-using-forklift-to-retrieve-twix-candy-bar-in-vending-machine/268318/8 "2014-02-21T05:36:37Z")
Fwiw, an 8000lb forklift is rather small, and if the machine didn’t get damaged I don’t think it’s a big deal besides stealing the other candy bars… ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 5:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-fired-for-using-forklift-to-retrieve-twix-candy-bar-in-vending-machine/268318/9 "2014-02-21T05:39:22Z")
> [@XwalkerX](#): > > ![http://31.media.tumblr.com/8a1a83992aa06a3f75089e57e5c8135e/tumblr_mfj88tIsMF1rwacvuo1_1280.png](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/b/1/b1fe6337e43b94b43f8712b463cc1c104f953e9b.png) > > ![http://dmtracey11.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/twix.gif](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/5/0/50c6f495f2978febdf6a7b8b7c4cc843eb42187e.gif) Thank you! [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/f/4/f49651908098d6c400e99db01903618c87913261.jpeg "Seinfeld - George Constanza twix sequence") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4nrOgPqf5U) ---
**Author:** ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 5:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-fired-for-using-forklift-to-retrieve-twix-candy-bar-in-vending-machine/268318/10 "2014-02-21T05:50:31Z")
> [@LXIFLYBY](#): > > Fwiw, an 8000lb forklift is rather small, and if the machine didn’t get damaged I don’t think it’s a big deal besides stealing the other candy bars… I’m going to assume the vending machine is owned by someone other than his employer and now they are liable to replace it. ---
**Author:** ![KuntryQuestTSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kuntryquesttsi/32/5010_2.png) [@KuntryQuestTSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KuntryQuestTSi)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 5:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-fired-for-using-forklift-to-retrieve-twix-candy-bar-in-vending-machine/268318/11 "2014-02-21T05:57:35Z")
I didn’t think he broke anything did he? Sent from my XT907 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 5:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-fired-for-using-forklift-to-retrieve-twix-candy-bar-in-vending-machine/268318/12 "2014-02-21T05:59:00Z")
It doesn’t say so, but they did mention that they have all new vending machines throughout ---
**Author:** ![LXIFLYBY](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lxiflyby/32/7399_2.png) [@LXIFLYBY](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LXIFLYBY)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 2:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-fired-for-using-forklift-to-retrieve-twix-candy-bar-in-vending-machine/268318/13 "2014-02-21T14:30:06Z")
Ehh if the machine got trashed then I could see it lol ---
**Author:** ![PatGlocks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@PatGlocks](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PatGlocks)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 12:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-fired-for-using-forklift-to-retrieve-twix-candy-bar-in-vending-machine/268318/14 "2014-02-22T00:14:52Z")
> I was, like, ‘Oh, man,’ Oh man that’s comedy. Same with the trouble comment. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![KuntryQuestTSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kuntryquesttsi/32/5010_2.png) [@KuntryQuestTSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KuntryQuestTSi)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 3:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-fired-for-using-forklift-to-retrieve-twix-candy-bar-in-vending-machine/268318/15 "2014-02-22T03:53:52Z")
I wish there was A video Sent from my XT907 using Tapatalk