While delivering a speech at a university in Budapest, Hungary, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer had to take cover behind a desk when a man threw three eggs at him.

The man reportedly was protesting a deal between Microsoft and the Hungarian government that he claimed is costing Hungarian taxpayers.

When Ballmer addressed the audience, asking them how many still had finals to take, the man stood up and yelled in English in a thick Hungarian accent. He finished his quick rant by saying, "Give that money back right now."

The man then pulled an egg out of his pocket and hurled it at Ballmer from about 10 to 15 feet away, missing him. The audience laughed as the first egg was thrown, but by the time he threw the second and third egg the audience began to yell out in protest at the man’s egg throwing.

Ballmer hid behind a desk and did not appear to have been hit by any of the eggs. The man had the words “Microsoft = Corruption” written on the back of his shirt.

What followed was a lot of awkward silence as the man then made his way down the aisle to leave. Other audience members in the aisle had to stand up, some holding their laptops, as the man exited. As he calmly made his way down the stairs, two men in suits met him and led him out of the auditorium.

After the man left, Ballmer turned to the audience.

“It was a friendly disruption,” he said as the audience laughed. “That broke my train of thought.”