"If showing up to work drunk is wrong, I don't wanna be right..."

We want to give props for that headline that wrote itself to one "username23178934" who wrote that very comment on the story we're about to comment on.

According to the owner of a chicken shack on Ocean Avenue, Eric Gadson showed up to work drunk on more than one occasion. Finally the owner of the store had had enough and gave Gadson his walking papers. After the walking papers were issued Gadson punched the owner in the mouth dropping him. That's bad. Walking over to the cash register after punching the owner and opening it and grabbing $58 cash is worse. The Jersey Journal reported that the The boss’ girlfriend, an employee of the restaurant, told Gadson, “Just put the money back and we will not call the police.”

Gadson had that figured out too:

“I don’t care, call the police, (Expletive).”

Police arrived and took a report. Lo and behold guess who was seen walking back to the chicken place a couple hours later? Eric Gadson. No doubt he had forgotten his letter of reference. Police came back and cuffed Gadson who claimed he didn't steal the $58, he said it was "owed" to him. Yep, the judge will love that one.

There you go a career in the deep fried chicken game goes up in smoke. The owner said that Gadson had worked there for a couple months. Well Jersey City Desk readers, if you ate at this particular chicken joint while Gadson was working drunk, you might wanna start up your Obama care and maybe get tested. Johnny tends to not trust drunk people to prepare the food he eats. Especially angry employees if you get the drift.

Thus far Gadson has been charged with aggravated assault.