Playing Chicken With The Left
By Mitch Berg
A friend of mine went to Chick-Fil-A appreciation day yesterday.
He was not alone:
Holy Buckets! What a day. I had been to the University to scout out the location on Tuesday. There was no line for any of the food places on Tuesday including Chick-fil-a. There were not a lot of people there yesterday but as I looked around the tables there were Chick-fil-a packaging on about 20% of them. That was representative of the number of food outlets in Coffmann Union.
But it was a different story today! We arrived shortly before 11:30 at the UofMN. Spent $3 on parking. We got down to the lunch place where you have the choice of Panda Express, Chick-fil-a, Baja sol, Topio’s, Cranberry Farms, Greens to go, maybe some others.
There was a small line in front of Chick-fil-a when we got there. Fellow freedom-lovers were apparent in the crowd so we struck up conversations with them. One of them will hopefully send me his picture of me in front of the Chick-fil-a sign. We sat down with our DELICIOUS sandwich and waffle fries (outstanding). I watched the cashiers. There were 4 today compared to 2 yesterday. They were very busy with bag after bag of Chick-fil-a product going out the door. We left about noon and the line was out the door and around the corner. We headed for the exit and there was a swarm of freedom lovers (I recognized a couple of them in the group) coming in. We got to the elevators that led to the parking garage and a family of about 7 was getting off, saw our cups with the Chick-fil-a emblem and asked, “How do I get to that place?” pointing at our cups.
[An unnamed fellow diner] and I kept talking about the warm feeling we had along with happy taste buds and a full tummy.
Maybe I should bring Chick-Fil-A to the polls this November.
August 2nd, 2012 at 8:07 am
Unfortunately, I was unable to get down there yesterday, but a friend of mine did go. His observations were the same as your friend’s. She told me that she was heartened by what she said was a “fair number” of young black and Hispanic people in the line and around the joint eating their meals. She said that she started a conversation with three black women and a 10 year old boy in line behind her. She found out that, as Christians, they were just supporting a business that is doing God’s work. I wonder if there were any GLBT supporters in the crowd that were there to defend the Cathy family’s right to do as they please? Although I know that would be wishful thinking, but I know some gay people locally that deplore their radical wing, so…
August 2nd, 2012 at 8:09 am
Sorry, I said “His” instead of “Her”. UGH! Gwen, if you’re reading this, my bad!
August 2nd, 2012 at 11:44 am
For “Kiss In Friday” I would have one cashier and one cook staffed for each restaurant – period. Make them wait six hours. The question I have is whether the local TV stations will air the kisses on their newscasts. If they do, every parent within their broadcast orbit ought to call station management and voice a righteous and loud complaint for exposing their children to behavior they neither endorse, nor condone.
August 2nd, 2012 at 5:27 pm
I think Mr. Cathy has started something here unwittingly. Prior to his statement and the intolerant lefts overreaction. The GBLT lobby may have a great deal of clout among far left big city politicians and they probably scare the poop out of RINOs but as for the rest of us I think we are just tired of their unending demands.
August 2nd, 2012 at 8:52 pm
Wow. Did you see this video from Tucson. I am happy to report that the man’s employer fired his sorry rear end.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPLNgkP9nzc
A couple of thoughts:
1. This guy is a bully, a big bully.
2. This employee should get a bonus.
3. This video should be used in customer service training on how not to react to a big slimy jerk.
4. You should go out and eat MOR CHIKIN! Chick-fil-a is soooo tasty.