Man fired for using a forklift truck to remove a Twix from a malfunctioning vending machine

An Iowa man lost his job for using a forklift to get a Twix from a malfunctioning vending machine, according to media reports.

Robert McKevitt, 27,  was working at Polaris Industries’ warehouse in Milford when the incident occurred.

According to the The Des Moines Register;  ‘McKevitt wanted some candy, so he deposited $1 in a vending machine for a 90-cent Twix candy bar, 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 Twix bars fell.

McKevitt was fired five days later.