Crime & Safety

50-Cent Cup of Ice Drives Man to Drop Trousers and Moon 7-Eleven Clerk

He was enraged by the cost of a cup of ice.

TINLEY PARK, IL — The cost of a 50-cent cup of ice enraged a man in a lime green shirt to the point he cursed out a 7-Eleven clerk, did an “unusual dance,” dropped his trousers and mooned her, police said.

The cops were sent to the 7-Eleven on 159th Street shortly before 6 p.m. June 29 and met with the 30-year-old clerk, who was “very upset.”

The clerk reportedly told the police a man in his 40s, who was wearing a red cap, a lime green shirt and either gray or khaki pants, walked into the store and filled a cup with ice.

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When he learned that cup of ice cost 50 cents, he reportedly “began causing a disturbance.”

The man shouted “F--- you! F--- you! You’re a bitch!” at the clerk, police said, “then walked towards the front doors, shook like some unusual dance, then turned towards the door, bent over, and pulled his pants down, revealing his bare buttocks to” her.

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The clerk “very upset with this behavior,” according to the police.

The episode was reportedly captured on surveillance video.

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