# "Have a blessed day!"... \[Chick-fil-a\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 27, 2014, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-blessed-day-chick-fil-a/702649 "2014-10-27T15:11:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-blessed-day-chick-fil-a/702649/61 "2014-10-28T15:36:15Z")
[QUOTE=control-z] And judging by the crowds I don’t think that boycotting Chick-Fil-A is hurting their business much. [/QUOTE] It’s not hurting their business, especially since you can’t keep Americans in general and southern Americans in particular away from fried meat, and in fact two of the people I know who work there are flamingly gay, but… they aren’t contributing any of _MY_ money to lunatic Fundamentalist lobbyists, and that’s all I care about achieving. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-blessed-day-chick-fil-a/702649/62 "2014-10-28T15:41:24Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > The CFA near me (Chicago suburbia) has never wished me a blessed day. You should be grateful they never capped you with an AK. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-blessed-day-chick-fil-a/702649/63 "2014-10-28T15:42:45Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Still don’t think the chicken is anything to brag about. It’s acceptable, maybe better than some other fast food joints, but that’s hardly a high bar. I felt the same way about In-n-out. for all the hype that people gave me about it, I found it to be… a fast food burger. A decent one, but nothing to get excited about. And their fries are cooked in one go so they’re either limp, or over-done and oil soaked. > [@FuriousGeorge](#): > > I bet you are a lot of fun to hang out with… > > “Hey let’s go hit Chik-Fil-A. Their sammiches are the shit.” > > \ > > “Right. So Chik-Fil-A it is. Deuces.” yep. To me that’d get you uninvited from any further lunches. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-blessed-day-chick-fil-a/702649/64 "2014-10-28T15:50:52Z")
> [@FuriousGeorge](#): > > I bet you are a lot of fun to hang out with… > > “Hey let’s go hit Chik-Fil-A. Their sammiches are the shit.” > > \ > > “Right. So Chik-Fil-A it is. Deuces.” Are you \*\*\*trying \*\*\*to hear the rant? 😃 I’m quite a lot of fun, but after living for 30 years in the Southern Baptist Capital of the USA, I just don’t have any patience with the whackadoodle Fundamentalist Christian Right, and choose to not support it or businesses owned by people associated with them. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-blessed-day-chick-fil-a/702649/65 "2014-10-28T16:02:05Z")
> [@Alex\_from\_CB](#): > > You hear…blessed… used in place of _fortunate_ or \*lucky \*all the time down here in the slave states. > > Coach Bobby Liverspots of The West Florida Fightin’ Flamingoes said, " we was blessed that ball bounced sideways and rolled out of bounds to protect our win." Being blessed is a small price to pay for posts like this one. Brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-blessed-day-chick-fil-a/702649/66 "2014-10-28T16:11:51Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > I felt the same way about In-n-out. for all the hype that people gave me about it, I found it to be… a fast food burger. A decent one, but nothing to get excited about. And their fries are cooked in one go so they’re either limp, or over-done and oil soaked. Ditto the Shake-Shack that opened nearby recently. I realize there are lines around the block at their NYC locations, but I just don’t get the attraction. Fast food is fast food. Perhaps I need to adjust my expectations. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-blessed-day-chick-fil-a/702649/67 "2014-10-28T16:18:37Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > Are you \*\*\*trying \*\*\*to hear the rant? 😃 > I’m quite a lot of fun, but after living for 30 years in the Southern Baptist Capital of the USA, I just don’t have any patience with the whackadoodle Fundamentalist Christian Right, and choose to not support it or businesses owned by people associated with them. Suit yourself. Personally, I’m a conservative Catholic, but would NEVER eat Domino’s pizza, because it tastes like crap. What do I care if Tom Monaghan spends his money on causes I approve of? I won’t shun foods I like or eat foods I hate because of a political or religious agenda. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-blessed-day-chick-fil-a/702649/68 "2014-10-28T16:22:22Z")
When all the Cathy family’s anti-gay funding came out - so to speak - the Chic-Fil-A franchisers in my town, which is famously gay-friendly (the stereotypical family is two lesbians and a dog), fell all over themselves to assure residents that they welcomed any and all customers. I’m not generally a fan of Chic-Fil-A, but I will give them props for what they do right. I had an after-school job at a Chic-Fil-A, and I can tell you that the food preparation areas that you don’t see are immaculate. And the lemonade? Fresh-squeezed lemons, sugar, and water; any ex-employee can tell you about the agony of slicing a box of ice-cold lemons, then pressing each one down on the juicer; the lemon juice found every nick and paper cut on your numb and aching hands. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-blessed-day-chick-fil-a/702649/69 "2014-10-28T16:33:29Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > When all the Cathy family’s anti-gay funding came out - so to speak - the Chic-Fil-A franchisers in my town, which is famously gay-friendly (the stereotypical family is two lesbians and a dog), fell all over themselves to assure residents that they welcomed any and all customers. You don’t happen to live in Decatur, GA do you? Because that describes the town I live in (well, right outside the actual borders of the town) to a tee ;). ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-blessed-day-chick-fil-a/702649/70 "2014-10-28T16:35:48Z")
[QUOTE=GrumpyBunny] I’m quite a lot of fun, but after living for 30 years in the Southern Baptist Capital of the USA, I just don’t have any patience with the whackadoodle Fundamentalist Christian Right, and choose to not support it or businesses owned by people associated with them. [/QUOTE] Preach. And though I seriously doubt I’ll ever marry anybody of either gender, the people who stood in line for more than an hour “that day” are why I smile every time another state legalizes gay marriage. I can’t wait til the Confederate states start toppling once again. (I was particularly furious at a couple of local black churches who made a point of going there in church buses that day, either oblivious to the fact that Chik-Fil-A has been sued numerous times for racial discrimination or else more hating of queers than they are self respecting and loathing of discrimination.) I also think it telling that for all their talk of family values and blessings, the company offers no insurance for family members and does not subsidize the insurance of “team members”- it just offers them group rates. Though to their credit, they pay better than most fast food places and offer some form of scholarship assistance to long time employees. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-blessed-day-chick-fil-a/702649/71 "2014-10-28T16:36:07Z")
I heard the “have a blessed day” at CFA just the other day; but then again in this part of the country you can hear that anywhere. I’ve cut back on my CFA visits in recent years due to their politics, but I relented on my full-on boycott when I noticed my gay married co-worker and his husband go there fairly often. If they’re okay with it, I’m not going to beat myself up for having an occasional sandwich there. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-blessed-day-chick-fil-a/702649/72 "2014-10-28T16:45:48Z")
They opened a CFA in the union here on campus a couple of years ago along with a Panda Express and a pita place. I’d like to try them all but it’s always crowded and the lines are long. I’d use up my whole lunch hour and then some before I got served. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-blessed-day-chick-fil-a/702649/73 "2014-10-28T18:05:22Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Ditto the Shake-Shack that opened nearby recently. I realize there are lines around the block at their NYC locations, but I just don’t get the attraction. Fast food is fast food. Perhaps I need to adjust my expectations. Now I see the problem. Your taste is awful. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-blessed-day-chick-fil-a/702649/74 "2014-10-28T18:33:10Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > Don’t go claiming that CFA sandwiches are not delicious, because a lot of people think they ARE delicious (me included). The only effect your claims will have on people who think they are delicious is to make them doubt your word – clearly you don’t know what you are talking about, or are willing to lie to influence them. It actually hurts your cause. Or, y’know, maybe we actually think they taste lousy and that all you people who claim they’re delicious have been whacked over the head with a rubber chicken a few too many times. As I said in a previous post, I hated their food long before I knew anything about their upper management. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-blessed-day-chick-fil-a/702649/75 "2014-10-28T18:38:06Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > Now I see the problem. Your taste is awful. I see what you did there. You spelled ‘descerning’ incorrectly. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-blessed-day-chick-fil-a/702649/76 "2014-10-28T18:43:17Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > Now I see the problem. Your taste is awful. Have you ever eaten at a place called Terminus? Tell Gareth and him mom hello from me but don’t tell them where I am. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-blessed-day-chick-fil-a/702649/77 "2014-10-28T18:53:27Z")
Chik-Fil-A serves a consistently tasty chicken sandwich. Something I can’t say about many of the other chicken sandwich servers. I’ll still buy CFA because I like their sandwichs. The individual restaurants haven’t been donating to anti-anything groups. Boycotting something that you would never buy anyway it amusing, but pointless. To each their own, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-blessed-day-chick-fil-a/702649/78 "2014-10-28T18:58:38Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Chick-fil-a has the best chicken sandwiches by far. > [@Shakes](#): > > Wendy’s spicy chicken sandwich trumps all FF chicken sandwiches IMO. Oddly enough, \*\*Arbys \*\*has the best chicken sandwiches, IMO. I am a fan of Wendy’s spicy chicken, but a Chicken Cordon Bleu or Chicken Bacon Swiss sandwich at Arbys is practically fine cuisine by comparison. I’ve always hated CFA. Their sandwiches are overpriced, small and befouled with pickles. Their waffle fries bring to mind corrugated cardboard. I’d rather eat pretty much anything else in the food court. (Not many free-standing CFA’s around these parts.) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-blessed-day-chick-fil-a/702649/79 "2014-10-28T20:29:12Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > Oddly enough, \*\*Arbys \*\*has the best chicken sandwiches, IMO. They have a really good pecan-chicken salad sandwich. Jon Stewart has a vendetta against Arby’s for some reason; they’re the butt of a lot of his jokes. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-blessed-day-chick-fil-a/702649/80 "2014-10-28T20:31:28Z")
Is this restaurant mainly Southern? I’ve never seen one in Michigan and there is apparently only one, at Oakland University. Where are its locations mainly located? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-blessed-day-chick-fil-a/702649.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-blessed-day-chick-fil-a/702649.md?page=5)