#129. Chick-fil-A
Apr 9th by Jon
For those of you not blessed to live in an area that has access to the deliciousness that is Chick-fil-A, it is a restaurant. The food is quick, not fast, cost efficient, not cheap. They serve chicken almost exclusively and are slowly but surely giving fast food restaurants the elbow of death. The reason Christians love them is that the company is run with Christian values. By that I don’t mean they have a Jesus fish on their business card. They are closed on Sundays. This is perhaps the biggest statement that a company that stands to make tens of millions of dollars on the weekends can make about what the Sabbath means to them.
There are no Bible verses inside the restaurant. The fries are called “waffle fries” not “Paul potatoes” or “trinity taters.” They aren’t overt in their faith but they weave it into everything they do and everything they do is great.
Add all that up and Christians can’t wait to throw money at Chick-fil-A. My wife and two kids have eaten hundreds of meals there in the last few years and when I recently did a freelance writing project for them I would have hugged the president except it was a conference call and I had signed paperwork that I would not hug any executives.
Perhaps a friend’s mom best captured the Christian love for Chick-fil-A when she said, “I like going to Chick-fil-A, it feels like tithing.”
Comments
No, they don't have Bible verses on the walls, but the Chilck-Fil-A I worked at in high school had "God's Command: Thou shalt not steal" on the cash registers. It made me laugh.
one thing you forgot to mention. they deep-fry in devil sauce (aka peanut oil).
sadly, some of us can never eat there without certain death. i suppose that is our cross to bear.
Hmm, I'm an agnostic who loves Chik Fil A. Sigh.
Oh! And the workers are so incredibly polite! They always say, "My pleasure" when you thank them for something!
How is some place like this not in Grand Rapids, MI?
i think there will be both … i mean, come on. this is the home of the god who made chickens AND cows, so both will get equal time. and there will be chipotle (paying for chips is worth is b/c the guac is SO MUCH BETTER than moe's. say no to moe's!).
Ok, better late than never, but I have something to share. Recently I have learned that in Chandler, Arizona, (Southeast of Phoenix) there will be both an In-N-Out and a Chick-fil-A very near each other. The former has been there for a few years, I'm guessing the latter will be finished with construction by January or February 2010. Should you ever want to try both on the same day or want to avoid some sort of schism between your friends, they are at the Northeast corner of the 101 freeway (aka Price Rd.) and Chandler Blvd. This has been simulposted to the In-N-Out discussion.
WHY do I live in Seattle?! We don't have Chick-Fil-A OR In-n-out. I only found out that they existed last summer!!
Not only is their policy of being closed on Sundays nice for the employees and the company reputation, but it's fantastic business sense. We easily manipulated humans, always want what we can't have, and thus we crave Chik-Fil-A on Sunday precisely because we can't get it. I'll bet a big chunk of their business is done on Mondays, people who were craving it the day before going in to get their fix (guilty as charged)