His case falls apart once in his car he decides to keep the eyeballs up his ass
I'm going to disagree, I'm assuming it was a painstaking process where he delicately set each eyeball in place, that started on his first 15 minute break, consumed most of his lunch and used his last break to get the last ones in place.
This was no in and out job Army. This unfortunate soul had to spend his whole day being uncomfortable as he maneuvered around and held conversations with coworkers while he held those fragile eyeballs in their place. Dude had to go the entire day without breaking wind, let alone having a bathroom break.
Once he was out of the plant he couldn't just pull them out in his car while in the parking lot, where he could be accused of stealing or at some random gas station bathroom, what if someone came into the next stall, or banged on the door disrupting his concentration. You ever see the floor of a truck stop bathroom, those places are filthy. There's no way I'd be willing to eat an eyeball that fell on that disgusting floor.
No these had to be removed in the confines of a safe, sanitary and familiar place. I'm willing to bet he went with his bathtub or straddled the soup cauldron itself for extraction. There was a tremendous amount of suffering to claim this glorious prize.
But I'm sure it was worth it to get those delicious eyeballs home safely.