“…It is unfortunately one of our most expensive items…”
The ex-Chick-fil-A employee who was arrested in an alleged $80,000 macaroni-and-cheese refund scheme has disclosed why he did what he did in what he implied was a spur-of-the-moment act.
The man also hinted that he would even like to return to work at Chick-fil-A, which he says he loves, and where he was previously employed for seven years.
In the incident, some weeks after getting fired from the Grapevine, Texas, Chick-fil-A outlet last fall, the man subsequently visited the same restaurant to dine with friends.
While on scene, according the allegations, he went behind the counter to an unattended register, allegedly rang up about 800 bogus mac-and-cheese orders, and posted the refunds to his own credit cards.
“The cheese was worth a lot of cheddar,” the New York Post quipped.
The man potentially faced 10 years in prison on charges related to the alleged fromage fraud, but earlier this month he reportedly entered into a plea bargain with prosecutors for a three-year sentence, with credit for time already served.
In an exclusive interview with the Post that was published today, Keyshun Jones, 23, outlined his reasoning and his regret (with an interesting use of the word our):
“’As good and delicious as our mac and cheese is, it is unfortunately one of our most expensive items,’ Jones said Wednesday when asked why he chose that side, which costs about $100 a tray when ordered for delivery…
“Security camera footage shows Jones slipping behind the counter and ringing up tray after tray of the cheesy favorite.
“‘Everyone thinks it was more premeditated, ‘Oh, I went in there with a plan.’ That was definitely not the case,’ Jones told The Post from jail in Tarrant County. ‘I let anger, as most people do, let anger and those feelings get in the way, and I went, and I made a bad decision,’ he added.”
As alluded to above, Jones seems possibly interested in returning to work for Chick-fil-A while acknowledging that a reunion is unlikely:
“The convicted fraudster admits Chick-fil-A probably won’t give him his job back when he’s set free, but he believes another eatery will let bygones be bygones…
Original article“‘I love Chick-fil-A. Chick-fil-A is my career. I’ve been there since I was 15 years old, it was my first job. And I hated that things had to end that way…hopefully I can show the rest of the world that I’m worth that second chance.'”
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