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Man Loses Job Over Twix Stuck in Vending Machine
Newser ^
| 02/20/2014
| Kate Seamons, Newser Staff
Posted on 02/20/2014 10:23:52 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: Charles Martel
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posted on
02/20/2014 11:06:03 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: angcat
Many years ago, I worked as a construction worker. We had to move vending machines away from the front of a store while we did some renovations at the front entrance. The machines were in the parking lot UNPLUGGED. After about 3 hours we had to put “Out of Order” signs on the machines. The “locals” were getting pissed that the machines wouldn’t work. It kept stealing their money and the machines were taking a beating.
It was not considered the safest neighborhood for us to be working in. You might be able to guess what kind of a business we were renovating.
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posted on
02/20/2014 11:08:11 AM PST
by
Tenacious 1
(My whimsical litany of satyric prose and avarice pontification of wisdom demonstrates my concinnity.)
To: Responsibility2nd
If I did it where I work, I’d be fired for cause. Laugh it up all you want, but it’s a firing offense for anybody who takes his job seriously. In these times of high unemployment, anybody who doesn’t take their employment seriously if a fool.
If this guy really picked up a vending machine with a fork lift and dropped it repeatedly over a Twix bar, he has mental issues.
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posted on
02/20/2014 11:10:45 AM PST
by
Cyber Liberty
(H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
To: Responsibility2nd
Let me guess. You two want to see this guy charged with and convicted of willful damage of a vending machine. No, being fired for cause is sufficient. Not enough damage to charge the guy with a crime. If he had driven the fork-lift through a wall to get at the machine, then yes, charge him with a crime.
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posted on
02/20/2014 11:12:28 AM PST
by
Cyber Liberty
(H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
To: cyclotic
My 6 year old got his arm stuck in a candy vending machine at one of my daughters basketball game when the machine failed to deliver his candy.
That was embarrassing. He was successful in getting his kit-kat. He just couldn’t get his arm back out. We did free him after someone found my wife and I to come help him.
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posted on
02/20/2014 11:13:01 AM PST
by
Tenacious 1
(My whimsical litany of satyric prose and avarice pontification of wisdom demonstrates my concinnity.)
To: Responsibility2nd
Let me guess. You two want to see this guy charged with and convicted of willful damage of a vending machine. Let me guess. You're an entitled little brat.
46
posted on
02/20/2014 11:22:11 AM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: Responsibility2nd
It was entirely the fault of Left Twix.
I tell ya, Left Twix is pure evil.
47
posted on
02/20/2014 11:31:38 AM PST
by
Zeppo
("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
To: Responsibility2nd
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posted on
02/20/2014 11:31:38 AM PST
by
erod
To: JoeProBono
To: Responsibility2nd
Not sure if it’s an urban legend but I read about a vending killing somebody who was rocking it and it fell on him, or her.
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posted on
02/20/2014 11:43:52 AM PST
by
AU72
To: fwdude
"One of the funniest Seinfelds ever."
David Puddy (enumerating various add-on charges): " . . . finder's fee . . . "
Seinfeld: "Finder's fee? The car was on the lot!"
Puddy (deadpan): "That's right."
To: AU72
Not sure if its an urban legend but I read about a vending killing somebody who was rocking it and it fell on him, or her. "Your Honor, my client claims self-defense."
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posted on
02/20/2014 11:47:19 AM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: 1rudeboy
Yes those vicious gangs of roving Vending Machines....got their inspiration from those British "Keep Left" signs....
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posted on
02/20/2014 11:49:22 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Responsibility2nd
It seem to me that if you provide a machine that steals someone’s money, it still theft and still a crime...
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posted on
02/20/2014 11:59:38 AM PST
by
babygene
( .)
To: Tenacious 1
55
posted on
02/20/2014 12:07:15 PM PST
by
angcat
To: dfwgator
Classic === Safety First!!!!
56
posted on
02/20/2014 12:08:09 PM PST
by
The FIGHTIN Illini
(Wake up fellow Patriots before it's too late)
To: Responsibility2nd
I think he should have gotten the benefits. lol
57
posted on
02/20/2014 12:16:21 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
To: ConorMacNessa
Thank goodness the newer machines seem to work better.
I was staying at a motel once and in the lobby near the public computers for resident use was a vending machine, it had these honey buns sold for 75 cents... hard to believe the price so I bought them and the next day and the next day.
I have never seen that brand in stores though. lol
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posted on
02/20/2014 12:21:38 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
To: Responsibility2nd
Ah yes, yet another case of life imitating art.
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posted on
02/20/2014 12:49:36 PM PST
by
catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
To: fwdude
You mean the one with the Golden Nuget?
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posted on
02/20/2014 2:21:03 PM PST
by
bray
(The Republic of Texas 2022 coming soon)
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