Lawyers: Guy Who Brags over Getting Free Food from Jollibee Could Face Multiple Criminal Charges
Lawyers said the Jollibee Foods Corporation could file fraud related charges and obstruction of business against a certain Facebook user “Jay Bee” , who boasted online on how he deliberately sabotaged the poor Jollibee delivery guy in order to get free food.
“Jay Bee”(possibly not a real name), claims on his Facebook wall that he called the fast-food company to order. The operator took his order and promised him to deliver the food within 20 minutes. As Jollibee’s policy, the operator also assured Jay Bee that he will get P200 discount if the delivery was late.
When the delivery guy arrived inside Jay Bee’s premises, he said that he deliberately ignored the operator’s call. He waited at least one minute past the promised 20 minute delivery time before informing the operator that he was ready to take the order. As a result, the delivery guy was one minute late.
The cunning Jay Bee said he only paid P66 for a burger, spaghetti, fries, and sundae which originally costs P260. He seems not bothered when one of his friends told him that the discount could have seen taken from the delivery guy’s pocket.
Image credit web screenshot from Facebook
As the story went viral, Jay Bee received mostly negative comments regarding his “stupid” action.
sa lahat ng fans ko all over the world, salamat ng madami sa biglang pagsikat ko.. hoping na makarating to kay ellen…
Posted by Jay Bee on Friday, July 3, 2015
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Legal Implications
Atty. Marlet Buenafe of Buenafe-Saavedra Law Firm said that the certain Jay Bee could face criminal charges if the concerned company (Jollibee) decides to sue the opportunist.
“The damage this guy has created is bigger than anyone can imagine. Jollibee, McDonalds, KFC, and all similar businesses that deliver and have similar “late delivery policy” could lost thousands of pesos in profit daily if people try to do what he has done”, Buenafe said.
“The company can also charge Jay Bee on deliberately delaying its employee that could affect other scheduled deliveries”, she added.
“On the other hand, the delivery guy can file a separate charge against Jay Bee on defrauding him and causing him stress, because his job could have been affected and he could have been fired for the succeeding late deliveries on other scheduled customers” Atty. Santy Mangajas from the same firm added.
On his Facebook wall post, the delusional Jay Bee thinks he became famous and he even thought of Ellen DeGeneres inviting him on her show.
/Carla Gamboa/
