Listen, we all love us some Chick-fil-A. And we all love a good discount. People just need to follow rules. You can’t do what a Texas man allegedly did.
The man, who was visiting a Chick-fil-A in McAllen, Texas, was arrested for allegedly trying to get a Chick-fil-A discount by pretending to be an “off-duty” police officer. Just one problem. He wasn’t a police officer of any kind.
According to MyRGV, the 59-year-old Texas man claimed he was “on duty just out of uniform at the time” when he used a Chick-fil-A drive-thru to place an order. When an employee asked him to show identification, his plan began to fall apart.
The customer allegedly showed an employee a badge. According to a probable cause affidavit, the employee informed police that the customer asked for a discount after showing him a black leather wallet with a silver metal badge with a star in the center.
The customer became irate when an employee asked his manager about the discount request, which was denied per the restaurant’s policy. There is no company-wide law enforcement discount policy at Chick-fil-A. It is up to each individual franchisee. He then asked to talk to the manager about the discount, and that his gun was in his car, the employee alleged.
The Chick-fil-A general manager told investigators that he had to step in after the customer accused an employee of being racist toward him because he was a “Hispanic” and “Mexican” police officer and the employee was the only “white guy” present.
Security footage confirmed he was the irate customer in question
After obtaining security footage, McAllen police officers discovered that the suspect, a resident of Laguna Vista, was the owner of the license plates on the Jeep Wrangler that he was driving at the time of the incident.
The customer acknowledged being there when detectives called him, but he would not give his birthdate. Additionally, he declined to make a statement at the McAllen Police Department. In addition, he denied possessing or displaying a badge, stated that he was not a peace officer, and said that he had simply shown them his veteran card.
On Tuesday, June 23, authorities charged him with false identification as a police officer, a Class B Misdemeanor, and he faces a maximum penalty of 180 days in county jail and a $2,000 fine.