https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/is-this-behavior-surprising-to-any-of-you <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><p>"Guardsman fired from job after using forklift to retrieve candy" </p><p> </p><p>      </p><p>MILFORD, Iowa — An Iowa man has been fired from his job after using a forklift to free a Twix bar stuck in a vending machine.</p><p>According to the <a href="http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20140219/NEWS/302190159/0/news/?odyssey=nav%7Chead" target="_blank">Des Moines Register</a>, 27-year-old Robert McKevitt was working a shift at a Polaris Industries warehouse when the incident happened.</p><p>After depositing his money into the vending machine, the Twix bar got caught on a spiral hook. It was then that McKevitt commandeered the 8,000 pound forklift.</p><p>McKevitt then lifted and dropped the machine six times, freeing the candy. He was later fired, according to the <a href="http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20140219/NEWS/302190159/0/news/?odyssey=nav%7Chead" target="_blank">report</a>.</p><p>McKevitt served in Afghanistan in 2011 with the Iowa National Guard.</p><p>He was denied an employment benefits claim as a result of the incident.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I mean there is stupid and just plain dumb. </p> Fri, 21 Feb 2014 20:06:15 -0500 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/is-this-behavior-surprising-to-any-of-you <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><p>"Guardsman fired from job after using forklift to retrieve candy" </p><p> </p><p>      </p><p>MILFORD, Iowa — An Iowa man has been fired from his job after using a forklift to free a Twix bar stuck in a vending machine.</p><p>According to the <a href="http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20140219/NEWS/302190159/0/news/?odyssey=nav%7Chead" target="_blank">Des Moines Register</a>, 27-year-old Robert McKevitt was working a shift at a Polaris Industries warehouse when the incident happened.</p><p>After depositing his money into the vending machine, the Twix bar got caught on a spiral hook. It was then that McKevitt commandeered the 8,000 pound forklift.</p><p>McKevitt then lifted and dropped the machine six times, freeing the candy. He was later fired, according to the <a href="http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20140219/NEWS/302190159/0/news/?odyssey=nav%7Chead" target="_blank">report</a>.</p><p>McKevitt served in Afghanistan in 2011 with the Iowa National Guard.</p><p>He was denied an employment benefits claim as a result of the incident.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I mean there is stupid and just plain dumb. </p> SFC Private RallyPoint Member Fri, 21 Feb 2014 20:06:15 -0500 2014-02-21T20:06:15-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/is-this-behavior-surprising-to-any-of-you?n=61908&urlhash=61908 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was relieved by those guys from Afghanistan to go home. SFC Private RallyPoint Member Fri, 21 Feb 2014 20:07:17 -0500 2014-02-21T20:07:17-05:00 2014-02-21T20:06:15-05:00