The Breakfast Club - Donkey Of The Day: Popeyes Calls Police On Woman Trying To Buy A Homeless Man Food

Episode Date: September 7, 2022

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I might not have the song of the day, but I got the donkey of the day. So if you ever feel I need to be a donkey, man, hit it with the heat. It's a breakfast club, bitches. Who's donkey of the day today? Well, donkey of the day for Wednesday, September 7th goes to the Popeyes near Ponce de Leon Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia. There's a student at Georgia State University named Jo Ortega. She is a senior and an amazing humanitarian. Okay, Jo, whoever raised you, raised you right.

Because Jo, okay, was at the Popeyes in Atlanta ordering who knows what. Maybe the eight-piece butterfly shrimp or the surf turf sandwich. Who knows? But she was getting something to eat. and she noticed a homeless man out there who looked hungry. Now, I don't know about everybody else, but one thing Lenard McKelvey, Uncle Charlotte, Brother Lenard cannot do is walk past a homeless person, okay? I have to give them some change. I have to buy them some food, especially veterans. Drop on the clues bombs for all the veterans out there. Lord have mercy. Can you imagine being

homeless in the country you fall for? You was in the military protecting our freedom. Now you don't even have a place to stay? Disgusting. So yeah, I'm that guy. Giving out money in traffic, giving out money to folks I see on the street. It is what it is. So Joe Ortega, I feel you. Okay? And you did

the right thing. It's a damn shame that the Popeyes near Ponce de Leon Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia tried to stop And you did the right thing. It's a damn shame that the Popeyes near Ponce de Leon Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia tried to stop you from doing the right thing because they called the police on Joe for simply trying to buy a homeless man food. I can't make this kind of stuff up. Let's go to Fox 5 Atlanta for the report, please. GSU senior Joe Ortega was door dashing last week at the Popeyes off of Ponce.

She noticed a man off to the side who looked hungry when she offered to get him food. This was how employees reacted. No, ma'am, you can't do it. Why? He's asking for food. Ma'am, you can't do it. I'm okay, but you're recording me, baby. May I have your name so I can let the people know? Joe Ortega says she was just trying to do a good deed. I can't order for this homeless man right here who asked for food. Her initial disbelief that employees wouldn't let her buy a two-piece for the man experiencing homelessness.

They called the cops on me, everything, bro. Quickly turned into anxiety when the cop showed up. At that moment, I was terrified. I thought I was going to get arrested. So I said, I was like, well, maybe I should just call my family and tell them I might not be coming home tonight. APD confirmed that they did respond, but they didn't do anything since Ortega didn't break any laws. Also grateful that man with the empty stomach. My name's Jazz, and, uh, thank you. Oftentimes, the homeless are treated

like stray animals, stray cats. If you feed them, they're gonna keep coming back, but we don't want them to keep coming back. And in all of this, I believe that, you know, people deserve to be treated like people. And they're not animals they're humans okay we all are is that some of us lack humanity what is humanity the qualities that make us human such as but not limited to the ability to love and have compassion

now i understand papa is not wanting to have homeless people maybe loitering around the restaurant but let me ask you a simple question if i'm homeless and hungry where else would i hang around all i want is some shelter or some food i know i'm not gonna get no shelter in this restaurant but maybe just maybe somebody will throw me a three-piece tender combo okay this is what i don't understand about workers at places like popeyes why do you care if someone wants to buy a homeless person food, how can you deny them that? It's not like they're asking you to give them a free popcorn shrimp combo. Joe simply noticed a fellow human in need and decided to go purchase that man a two-piece. All right? Two-piece,

biscuit, mashed potatoes. Life is good. Make sure you get that homeless man some water to wash it down because that Popeyes biscuit not going down without a fight. It's not going down without no liquid. Okay? Why, Popeye's employees? Seriously, just why? And then to call the police on that young lady simply because that young lady was doing the right thing? How you wake up in the morning feeling evil? Not wanting to serve somebody something that y'all going to throw away at the end of the night anyway. So what if that homeless person had his own money?

Would y'all deny him service? If so, that's a form of discrimination that should automatically send you to hell for at least three months. OK, you don't got to be there for eternity, but you need to be in hell for at least three months. Just just enough to come out extra crispy. OK, now, Joe eventually did get a hold of a general manager at the store who felt terrible about the whole thing. And he ended up letting her and the homeless man, Jazz, order anything they wanted that night free of charge. Dropping the clues bonds for that general manager. Okay.

God bless that general manager. Listen, the moral of the story is this. Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are. It's simple. Joe, you showed me that you are a beautiful person with integrity that cares about others. Popeyes near Ponce de Leon Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia? Not so much. Please let Remy Ma give that Popeyes near Ponch de Leon Avenue in Atlanta the biggest hee-haw.

Hee-haw, hee-haw. You stupid mother******, you dumb. Like, who cares? Why you ain't let Joe buy that man some food, huh? Yikes. All right. Well, thank you for that donkey of the day. Yes, I'm going to be in Atlanta this Friday, too, at the HBUC located at the Met,

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