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There’s only so much companies can do to prevent employees from trying to take advantage of them while they’re on the clock. It’s fairly easy to get away with helping yourself to office supplies or get paid to do nothing by taking an extended bathroom break, but one man who worked at a Chick-fil-A in Texas got too greedy by trying to make bank with the help of mac and cheese orders that didn’t exist.
Chick-fil-A workers are known for their customer service and the cheery demeanors that define the culture of the company that opened its first outpost in Georgia nearly 80 years ago.
That is partially the result of the training employees undergo (and unspoken corporate edicts like saying “My pleasure” as opposed to “You’re welcome), but by most accounts, it seems to be one of the better places to work if you’re relying on a fast food restaurant for a paycheck.
However, that paycheck isn’t going to catapult you in The 1%, as most people who work as a cashier or a cook make near minimum wage due to the nature of the industry.
I don’t think it would be crazy to suggest some Chick-fil-A employees have taken advantage of their position by swiping some waffle fries or chicken nuggets while nobody was looking, but one guy who worked at a location in Texas went a bit too far with a fraudulent operation that revolved around one of the restaurant’s sides.
A Chick-fil-A employee was arrested for allegedly funneling more than $80,000 into his bank account by placing nonexistent orders for macaroni and cheese
According to NBC News, police in Grapevine, Texas were contacted by the manager of a local Chick-Fil-A last November when he called them to report a theft.
The theft in question involved tens of thousands of dollars linked to transactions that had been punched into the cash register, and after reviewing surveillance footage, investigators identified a suspect in the form of Keyshun Jones, who’d been fired from the store around a month before they were brought into the loop.
Police say Jones repeatedly made his way back to the restaurant after his dismissal and snuck behind the counter to place orders for mac and cheese that he subsequently refunded back onto his personal credit card. It’s unclear if he hatched the racket before he was let go or if he turned to it as a form of revenge, but he allegedly rang up the side 800 times, which led to a grand total of $80,105 being funneled into his personal account.
Local authorities made repeated attempts to arrest him to no avail, but Jones was apprehended on April 17th with the help of the state’s Fugitive Task Force and the Fort Worth Police Department. He was charged with property theft, money laundering, and evading arrest and faces ten years in prison if convicted.