This is the moment a man has a meltdown at a California 7-Eleven — all because he couldn’t buy a bag of M&M’s.
Santa Ana cops this week released video from the February incident, showing the clerk scanning the customer’s small bag of chocolate coated almonds.
The customer then swipes his credit card, looks up for a second — apparently entering his pin number — but then shakes his head.
The clerk appears to cancel the transaction, prompting an epic hissy fit by the candy man, who clobbers the clerk him in the head, shoves the cash register off the counter, and hurls a handful of bananas at another employee, police said in a statement.
In all, the man, who ran off after his episode, caused about $700 in damage to the store’s registers and printers, cops said. The employees were not injured.
Cpl. Anthony Bertagna, of the Santa Ana Police Department, told FOX 11 that he worries how the suspect would act in more serious situations.
“If he’s willing to do this over 75 cents,” Bertagna said, “what if there were true issues that he had to deal with?” Santa Ana Police Department Cpl. Anthony Bertagna wondered to FOX 11.
The suspect is white, between 30 and 35 years old, 5-foot-10 or 11 and between 180 and 200 pounds, police said. He has a medium to heavy build and short black hair. He was last seen wearing prescription glasses, a green fleece sweatshirt and blue jeans.