The Breakfast Club - DONKEY: Father Leaves Kids In McDonald's To Attend Job Interview

Episode Date: April 1, 2025

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Donkey of the day right there. The Breakfast Club, bitches. You can call me the donkey of the day, but like, I mean no harm. Yeah, it's Donkey of the Day for Tuesday, April 1st. April Fool's Day goes to an Augustan man named Chris Lewis. Okay, Chris is 24 years old and he was arrested for leaving his kids at a McDonald's while he attended a job interview.

I repeat, he was arrested for leaving his kids at a McDonald's while he attended a job interview. Hey, we listen, we don't judge. I'm lying, we judging. Let's go to Fox 26 Houston for the report, please. A job interview ends badly for a man in Georgia. Chris Lewis was arrested March 22nd. Police say he left his kids in a McDonald's by themselves while he went to an interview for a job. He reportedly told police he did not have a car and lived nearby. Lewis said instead of making his three kids who are

one, six and ten years old walk home alone, he decided to make them stay in the restaurant. What we know is he was there from 4, the kids were there from 430, he returned at 618 and then the mother was on the way as well but we don't know if she was called by police or him after the fact or if she was on the way as well but we leaving them alone in the family room while I'm upstairs. Nonetheless dropping them off at a McDonald's restaurant while I attend a job interview. Now I know some of y'all are out here you know out there thinking well at least he was gonna do something productive like going on a job interview. Well if that's what you think you are missing the entire point. Okay the issue here is the fact that Chris left his 10, 6 and 1 year old unattended at a McDonald's. Okay a

witness reported seeing him with his children around 4.30 PM. The witness also observed him leave the restaurant, return later before leaving again. And then when he came back at the restaurant around 6.18 PM, that's when he was detained by officers. That's almost two hours that he left his kids unattended at a McDonald's. Anything could have happened in that two hours.

Kidnapping, let's start there. Okay, medical emergency. What if one of the kids hurt themselves and needed immediate attention? People in McDonald's not paying attention. That's not a damn daycare. They in there making fish fillets and making sure the quarter pounds is a pound ring. Why would they be paying attention to your kids? Now the news report said the child's mother arrived shortly after and took the children from the restaurant. Why couldn't they have been with the mother to begin with? Don't nobody got no grandparents, no aunts. Where your parents at Chris? I'm not judging. I'm

just asking questions. I'm trying to understand your thought process here. Okay. I'm trying to understand why you thought this was okay. You didn't even try to slip one of the McDonald's employees a couple of dollars to say, Hey bro, I got to run to this job interview real quick. Can you just watch my kids for a second? That wouldn't have been the right thing to do either, but it would have been better than just leaving them there unattended. Now, Chris, I don't want you to think I have zero empathy for you.

I do, I understand. You know, it's a hustle. Times are hard, everything costs, daycare is no joke. You know, babysitter prices are no joke. You probably didn't even have the money to offer anyone, you know, to watch your kids kids. Okay trying to secure employment to provide your family, provide for your family that's commendable. Round of applause for that. Okay but what's our job as men? Our job as men is to protect and provide. I put protect in front of provision for a reason

because the safety of our kids, the safety of our families comes before anything else. Okay, I can figure anything else out I've been broke before I can get to the money in some way I can deal with that But your baby's being hurt because of your negligence I can't live with that. Okay. There is no job You could possibly acquire on this planet that is worth more than the safety and well-being of your kids Let's just say Chris you got the job You all excited you rushing back to McDonald's, happy as hell, okay, you get there, kids gone.

Somebody done snatched them up. Tell me if that job is worth it then. Or what if you would have got back and you pull up and it's ambulances everywhere, okay? Because the one-year-old done suffocated in the pit of plastic balls. You tell me if that job interview you went on was worth that

Okay, there are resources and community programs designed to help parents in these situations I did some research and by research all I mean is Google. Okay, you could have called Family Promise of Augusta They got a cost-free child care center now from what I read they help homeless families But I'm sure they could have helped you too. I'm just saying there had to be other options okay McDonald's menu has a hundred and forty five items that's a hundred and forty five different things to choose from. Why am I saying that? I'm saying that because if McDonald's has a hundred and forty five items if they have that many options then us as humans have to give ourselves more options too. I'm sure you could have found at least one more option other than dropping your kids

off at McDonald's. That can't be the plan A and the only plan period. Okay? Let's hope this serves as a lesson to all parents. Before you make poor choices like this seek out support systems and plan accordingly when you're faced with these kind of challenges because nothing, and mean absolutely nothing is worth jeopardizing the safety of your children please give Chris Lewis the biggest he-how am I trippin nah okay I'll tell you when you are but now you you're not he deserves donkey but he doesn't

deserve to be arrested what are you talking Andy. What are you talking about? I'm going to tell you why, right? Because you said a lot of stuff that we don't necessarily know about. Maybe he had a babysitter in play, and last minute the babysitter canceled and he's trying to do right. He's trying to get a job and maybe he thought, you know what? Not to say that this was a smart decision, but let me try. It's not like he was going to the club.

It's not like he was at the mall shopping. it's not like he was at a chick house so you smoking some weed or selling some dope he was trying to better his life now the decision he made was stupid but now he gets this he's now he's arrested for this that's this on his record now he can't get a good job because that's on his record it is definitely right it is f'd up and it is foul it's not a way of thinking but the law but as a community you know I mean we child negligence will definitely be a way. It is effed up and it is foul. It's not a way of thinking. He broke the law. But as a community, you know what I mean?

We should have certain graces when it comes to certain things. Like I said, if he was at a club, yes, lock him up. If he was at the mall shopping, if he was smoking weed, selling crack, if he was at a chick house, I agree. But he was trying to better his life. If something would, I'll go ahead, Joe.

No, I'm just saying, why not take them to the actual interview then? You said you didn't want them to walk. I'm sorry? He didn't have a car, so he didn't want them to walk. He would have to walk with the kids. So let me ask you a question, if something would have happened to the kids, would you still feel that way?

If the kids would have got kidnapped, if one of the kids would have suffocated in the playpen, would you still feel that way? It would have been a sad situation, but... Would you still say he shouldn't have been arrested? I don't think he would have been arrested cuz he's not doing it on purpose He's really trying to better his life and the circumstances with life hit him Hey, man, I mean like he like think about it like this. Let's say he did have a Babysitter let's say he did and the babysitter canceled last minute and he's trying to get a job

It's not like you don't mean you leave your 10 year old I'm not saying it's not in your one-year-old unattended some not saying it's smart I'm not saying it's smart. I'm not saying it's smart. I'm not saying it's a right decision or a smart decision, but that man is trying to better his life and we've all been to a place where issues f'ed up. Sure, but what that got to do with the safety of your children. You're right! I don't care how much you try to- But I wouldn't put him in jail.

Listen, he broke the law. I don't know nothing about that. But my point is you can't say this man is trying to better his life. You can't put you being unemployed over the safety of your children. Right! The safety of your children. I'm not saying it's a smart decision. I just don't think he should have went to jail his life. You can't put you being unemployed over the safety of your children. The safety of your children. I'm not saying this is a smart decision. I just don't think you should have went to jail for it. Because they won't walk with me. He ain't want them to walk. All right, well, I'm going

to carry you until I get tired and your little brother going to hold you down. I'm going to pick you back up something. They're going to be with me at this job interview because that may entice the people to give them the job even more. That's right. Or, they might say, this guy's bringing his kids, I don't want a man. No, listen, I just don't think you should jeopardize the safety of your children. I agree. In the pursuit of employment. I agree a thousand percent.

I don't think you should go into jail, man. And I can't say he shouldn't be arrested. Let's open up the phone lines. Let's discuss. 800-585-1051. This young man, he's 24 years old. He had a job interview. He left his three children in McDonald's while he did the job interview the ages of his children a 1 6 and 10

He was arrested for it. Do you think he should have been arrested? Did he tell anybody in McDonald's look y'all, um, did he put them on point like do he know them like if he you know I'm saying is that McDonald's that he go to all the time. What's the last time you've been to McDonald's with a ball pit? I don't know cuz I wanted to? Is that the McDonald's that he go to all the time? When's the last time you've been to McDonald's with a ball pit? I don't know, because all of them look pretty corporate. They all look like urgent cares now. And you know why they got rid of the ball pits? Because they were dangerous.

Yeah, yeah. Because they were safety hazards to the kids. And that's where you leave your children. You played in it when you was a kid. I played in it when I was a kid. I never played in no goddamn ball pits when I was a kid. They ain't even had a ball pit in South Bronx corner. I'm sure they did, but I don't remember playing in them.

But they have child neglect laws for a reason. This was child negligence y'all. 800-585-1051. Let's discuss. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Let's go to the Breakfast Club court. The Breakfast Club.

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You come across a video of a teenage girl, and then a photo of the person suspected of killing her. It was shocking. It was very shocking. Like that could have been my daughter. Like you never know. I'm Jen Swan. I'm the host of a new podcast called My Friend Daisy.

It's the story of how and why a group of teenagers turn to social media to help track down their friend's killer. Listen to My Friend Daisy on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. In 2020, a group of young women found themselves in an AI-fueled nightmare. Someone was posting photos. It was just me naked. Well, not me, but me with someone else's body parts. This is Levittown, a new podcast from iHeart Podcasts, Bloomberg and Kaleidoscope about the rise of deepfake pornography and the battle to stop it. Listen to Levittown on Bloomberg's Big Take podcast. Find it on the iHeart Radio app, Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. What's up? I'm Laura, host of the podcast, Courtside with Laura Corenti,

a masterclass case study of the business of women's sports. I'll be chatting with leaders like tennis icon, Alana Kloss. I don't do what I do only for women. I do it for everyone. And I want the whole market. And innovators like Jenny Nguyen. I would say 50% of the people

that come visit the Sports Bra aren't sports fans. They come to be in community. They come to be part of this culture. Courtside with Laura Currenti is an iHeart Women's Sports production in partnership with Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment. Listen to Courtside with Laura Currenti on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Presented by Elf Beauty, founding partner of iHeart Women's Sports.