Candy-maker Pez, best known for its unique candy dispensers typically featuring the heads of cartoon and comic book characters, decided to celebrate Easter by hosting a massive Easter egg hunt at its Connecticut facility.
According to Yahoo, Pez has now issued an apology for the despicable actions of numerous parents and children who rushed the start of the planned event and essentially ruined it for everyone. “We would like to sincerely apologize to each of our guests,” read a statement from Pez following the incident on Saturday. “This was not something created to frustrate or make people angry. We only wanted to do good for the local community.”
Several hundred people showed up at the Pez facility for the event, which was planned to include three separate Easter egg hunts on three different fields for varying age groups, with a total of 9,000 eggs hidden around the fields awaiting discovery by the children.
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“Unfortunately, people chose to enter the first field prior to anyone from Pez staff starting the activity,” the statement said. “The crowd moved to the 2nd field, waited for only a couple of minutes and proceeded to rush the field without being directed to do so and before the posted start time.”
“The crowd then immediately moved to the 3rd field and took over and removed everything well before the activity was to even start,” the statement continued.
“(They) rushed the field and took everything,” described Pez general manager Shawn Peterson to WFSB, adding, “kind of like locusts.”