Five-Year-Old Florida Boy Decides to 'Eat Mor Chikin' - Alone

There are no Chick-fil-A restaurants in Alaska, and if there were, they would probably be in Anchorage, a city we avoid if at all possible. But I've eaten Chick-fil-A's offerings. When we lived in the Denver metro area, we occasionally picked up a big tray of their chicken strips to take home for supper, and their chicken sandwiches are pretty good.

So, when a five-year-old Florida youth woke up one morning and decided he wanted a Chick-fil-A breakfast, I can kind of sympathize. They're pretty good. The surprising bit comes when we discover that this intrepid Florida youngster undertook this as a solo mission.

A hungry 5-year-old Florida boy craving Chick-fil-A snuck out of his home one morning this summer to walk to the popular fast-food restaurant by himself, prompting a visit from the police while he munched on his food.
The boy, identified as William, was seen eating a breakfast sandwich in a booth next to a Chick-fil-A manager when deputies from the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office showed up.
"Are you going to take me to jail?" he asked the officers, according to bodycam footage.

The young fellow appeared to be enjoying his breakfast, still in his pajamas, but then, the law showed up.

A five-year-old Florida boy who had wandered away from his home early in the morning was found “happily enjoying his breakfast” at a nearby Chick-fil-A by officers. pic.twitter.com/2Jaarn7qdm
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Now, I like a good breakfast sandwich as much as anyone, but the lawmen had responsibilities. They took William home, only to discover that his escape from his parents' property was worthy of a young Houdini.

William managed to leave his house while his parents slept. He then squeezed through the fence that surrounds the property and walked down the street for breakfast alone, police said.
After eating, police put the boy in a squad car, and with William's help, were able to locate his home, to the surprise of his parents, who hadn’t realized he was gone.
"It’s kind of scary, actually, because we didn’t realize what was going on until after," his mother, Victoria, said during a reunion with staff and officers at the restaurant.
"I know he knows how to get to Chick-fil-A because we walk there," she said. "I never would’ve expected him to come down here on his own in the morning before anyone else in the house was up."
The boy’s father, identified as Phil, said his son "had an adventure."

That much is certain.

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Some folks may try to put some onus on little William's parents for this, but I'm not among them. I think William did something that kids do, even to the very best of parents - he threw them for a loop by doing something completely unexpected. A five-year-old doesn't have the best judgment in the world, which is probably why we don't let them vote (but don't mention that to Democrats, because they'll think it's a fine idea), and sometimes, when they decide they want something, they want it right now.

The one question that isn't answered is how William paid for his sandwich. Of course, when a kid that little wanders into the Chick-fil-A, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if the store's manager wouldn't be willing to give him one on the house, to keep him happy until the cops showed up.

To William's parents, I can only say, "He seems to be a smart one, so watch out, because he'll probably toss you a few more surprises before he's 18." And if William were anywhere near us, I think I'd drop by and give him a few Chick-fil-A sandwiches, to keep him at home for a while, so he won't send his parents into conniptions again too soon.

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