Police in Glassboro, N.J., are on the hunt for a man who dunked his head into a store’s pickle barrel, then fled in a hail of dill juice, ruining the stock.
“Sometimes there are no appropriate words for the actions one takes,” the cops wrote on social media alongside a photo of the pickle perp. “This gentleman decided to walk into Heritage’s and dunk his head in the large bin of pickles which caused the store to have to remove them for sale.”
The incident happened at Heritage’s Dairy Stores in the 20,000-population township about 20 miles south of Philly. Sales associate Zach Sinone was at the register when he heard someone enter the store.
“I’m ringing someone up and I hear splash — it sounded like someone jumping into a pool,” Sinone told the Daily News by phone on Tuesday. “I see pickle juice all over the ground, kid’s head soaked and he’s speed-walking out of the door.”
The store had to trash the entire barrel, which was nearly full.
“I honestly didn’t know what to think,” Sinone said. “It was so ridiculous but also not good for us at the same time.”
Police refused to give the dude extra visibility.
“We are withholding the video since he was apparently videoing the incident himself with his cell phone, probably for ‘likes,’ and we do not want to give him more attention than he deserves,” the cops said, asking the public to phone in with any pickle intel.
Sinone reflected on the loss of perfectly good pickles.
“They’re not cheap,” he told the News. “I think we get like 30 in a case and there were about 26 left. It was pretty much a whole case of pickles that we had to waste.”
The small business lost $52 in pickle stock.
“That affects us. Every little thing that we lose, even if it’s one pickle rather than a whole case,” Sinone said. “It’s not that insane but it is kind of insane.”
Heritage’s big draw is tobacco products, according to the sales associate. The outlet also sells hoagies, chips and coffee, according to its website.
Cops have no leads on the pickle bandit’s identity, Sinone said, remarking, “For now he’s just the pickle man, I guess.”