Comments on: Arguing about whether heaven will serve Chick-fil-A or In-n-Out (Part 2)

By: Evan

Evan — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:57:37 +0000

I work at Chick-Fil-A in Longmont, Colorado that just opened November, 2009. I'm only 15 and they treat me just the same as the employee's that are 50. I work Dining room and love it. Chick-Fil-A has my vote!

By: S. Pierce Johnson

S. Pierce Johnson — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:35:17 +0000

Jon, last week I was driving back to Baltimore on I-85 (just north of Oxford, NC) when I spotted the perfect image for this post. (Unfortunately I didn’t have my digital camera ready, but perhaps you have a reader who lives in that area…)

Anyway, there were two billboards placed so close to one another that you read them like a continuous thought. The first one was probably put up by a church or Christian ministry. It was a black background with red wording that asked: “Where will you spend eternity?”

The billboard right behind it was white with the red words “Chick-fil-A”

By: Princess Leia

Princess Leia — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:12:54 +0000

So I'm a new SCL reader who is catching up via the recent "best of" post….but for me it's CFA all the way for one reason alone (I think I had I&O once while in CA for business) – EVERY CFA has a play area. It doesn't matter where you are or when you get there – they always have one. That's essential when you're traveling with small children. McDonald's are hit-and-miss when it comes to playspaces, as are Burger Kings….but CFA saves our sanity every time.

Unless you're traveling on a Sunday or Thanksgiving (possibly Christmas as well, although I've not experienced this firsthand). Then CFA deserves to rot in hell. Firey, firey hell. Because as the kids are both screaming in the back and I've tossed all of our remaining "veggie chips" into the rear-facing car seat (and nearly broken off my arm trying to calm the raging beast), all I can think of is the magical wonderland of CFA and its assurance of a play area. Then we see the sign from on high, lit by angel wings, along the highway – our torture will end at the next exit! We tell the kids that they're not only going to get fries and chicken, but also a chance to play!!! We spot the blessed place on the horizon, but our stomachs begin to roil just a bit as we near – "something's wrong," we start to think. "It's too dark." Panic begins to set in – "WHY IS IT DARK?!!!"

Then understanding washes over us like the dreaded "rogue wave" in the Bering Sea – it's Sunday. They're closed. And our kids have been promised a play space that doesn't exist in the McDonald's that's open next door (unless it's Thanksgiving (or possibly Christmas), then all fast food needs to rot in hell and 7-Eleven saves the day – minus the play area….and a touchable bathroom).

But maybe I'm getting off-topic.

So CFA unless Jesus returns on a Sunday (or Thanksgiving (or possibly Christmas))…which really doesn't make much sense because why would Jesus return on the day He's supposed to rest? Except that the Sabbath is Friday sundown to Saturday sundown. So I'd say that CFA has slightly better than a 1 in 6 chance (six non-Sunday days, plus the time post-sundown on Saturday night that they're open – but maybe that's negated by Thanksgiving (and possibly Christmas)).

1-in-6 for CFA.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:41:53 +0000

I suspect many of you are unable to make an informed decision since, unless you live on the West Coast, In-N-Out isn’t an option for you. I, however, live in SoCal, and there is an I-n-O and a CFA right next door to each other within a 5 minute drive from my house, so I’ll vote for you.

In-N-Out wins, hands down.

There, now it’s decided.

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:43:58 +0000

Chick-Fil-A all the way, baby!

Their chickeny-goodness added to corporate integrity, is only topped off with the individual franchise-owners' awesome contributions to our community.

There TOTALLY will be Chick-Fil-A at the marriage banquet in heaven!

By: Sammi

Sammi — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:10:58 +0000

I bet they could probably fight that in court on the grounds of religious discrimination–I seem to remember a case from my high school law class about a Seventh-Day Adventist lady who was told that her hours would be cut from full to part time because she couldn't work Saturdays, so she took them to court and won.

Unfortunately, I only get that kind of flexibility because I'm a Canadian citizen–my coworker, a contract worker from overseas, was told she had to work on Sundays.

By: RK5000

RK5000 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:48:08 +0000

That's handy, fast food joints tend to have real flexible hours. Other corners of the service sector aren't always so accommodating. Since The Lord's Day Act was repealed in Canada (in 1985) an unintended side-effect has been that many people, who don't want to work on Sunday, have to be available to work on Sunday – especially those who work part-time. I know that if you work part-time at Best Buy you have to be available for part of both Saturday and Sunday, and I was told by employees at Safeway that they have to be available for Sunday shifts as well.

By: Sammi

Sammi — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:16:12 +0000

I suppose I should be grateful that here in Canada, the law states that they have to give you your day of rest if it's for religious reasons. I work at McDonald's, and they're really good about giving me the day off. I've worked in three different restaurants, and only one of them did they ever give me any kind of hassle about it, and even then it was only a small one. . .

I also don't spend any money on a Sunday at all. I try to grocery shop Saturday, but if that doesn't happen, then we do without. I also don't do any household chores on Sunday.

By: Mandy Leech

Mandy Leech — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:05:28 +0000

As our little friend, Liam, calls it, I vote for Chic-a-dee.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:41:11 +0000

hrmm… looks like just too many east coasters and not enough from Cali to make this fair.

I've never had Chik-Fil-A. I get the In-N-Out urge occasionally. I spose after probably 10 years or less of heaven, I'd be tired of either one. Give me a home cooked meal (or an angel cooked meal, or however that works) instead…