There it was, hanging on the edge — maybe an eighth of an inch away from fulfilling its destiny, but seemingly doomed to reside in the Limbo of the Infinite Loop. It had been selected, and it had even been shaken, but no one's best efforts had been able to free it.

That stupid Kit Kat bar just would not drop from its rack to the bottom of the snack machine.

An employee of the Buffalo Grove Metra station at 825 Commerce Court called police on Feb. 12, seeking assistance. When she arrived at work that morning, she noticed the obvious signs of a heartbreaking struggle that had transpired the night before.

"A Kit Kat bar is currently hanging on the edge," the responding officer wrote, and its purchaser had shaken and moved the machine, to no avail.

The employee told the officer that this brand had proven to be a troublesome commodity for this machine: "The Kit Kat candy bar is too thin for the moving rings and will not dispense at times."

The attack did not damage the machine, though, and the employee said that a serviceman would be by that day to free the candy bar.

rwachter@pioneerlocal.com