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this is just like bloons td
A dart monkey would do a number on those tires
Spam a bunch of tack shooters and watch the shrapnel fly!
lmao, yes
But why?
It would take longer to drive there sit in that line and then drive home than it would take to just make chicken for yourself. Add some pickle juice to your chicken seasoning and it’ll taste just like Chick-fil-A. Then you could have delicious chicken at home without all of the Christian hate, er, love.
Plus it’s not just about total time between “I want food” and “Nom nom”. There’s also the matter of how usable that time is. On a good day it might only take me a few minutes longer to get fast food, but all of that time is spent behind the wheel and most of it is spent driving. Making a sandwich at home, on the other hand, only about a minute is spent actively handling food. The other seventeen minutes while the patty cooks are free; I can it spend doing anything I please. So instead of comparing twenty minutes for fast food vs. eighteen minutes for DIY, it’s really more like twenty minutes vs. one minute.
Chick-fil-a chicken is fried. You really shouldn’t be off doing something else in your home while you’re frying anything.
just get an air fryer, they work great and lets you use waaaaaaaaaaaaay less fat.
I have an air fryer but it doesn’t really fry things. Not in the way an actual fryer does. All an air fryer is, is a convection oven.
Sssshhhhh, don’t let the air fryer fans hear you…
well my experience is that it works just as well, and is much more convenient.
just dip stuff in egg and panko then toss it into the air fryer, yeah sure whatever it’s not technically frying but it tastes good so i don’t give a shit.
Well I’m glad you like it. But for everyone else who wants actually fried food I think they’re stick with fryers lol
Cfa moves fast. That’s probably only a 10 min wait. If that was a mcdonald’s or burger king it would be an hour wait.
I was reading the chic fil a guys biography in a thrift store other day. It opens with how he was going to give a guy a free car, but recorded the “you get a car” message at the end of 3 consecutive cassette tapes of Christian preacher sermons. Presumably, that’s, what, between 3 and 6 hours worth of church to have a chance to catch the message that you get a free car?
Then the guy didn’t listen to them all the way through so didn’t get a car.
The guy was essentially orphaned from an abusive home and walked hours to work every day. The chic fil a guy was like “what an unfortunate story!”
motherfucker you tricked him like some kind of goblin
Unfortunately no. They serve Limited menu, you’d be through that line in 10 minutes or so
I used to work for a chick fil a - ask me anything.
Is it true that you had to perform oral sex on an effigy of Pat Robertson as a means of entering timecard punches?
Only my manager. It was her punishment for being a lesbian.
Do you still enjoy the taste of fried chicken?
It was almost 20 years ago that I worked there, but yeah I still do. Used to get a spicy chicken wrap for my free meal everyday.
I don’t understand this restaurants draw. It’s not that good and it is always packed. And they are owned by bigots.
Chick-Fil-A has been around more than my whole life. I remember going there as a kid in the mall. I remember going there as an adult in the mall.
At no time eating at Chick-Fil-A do I once recall thinking to myself “goddamn, this is exceptional!” It’s a chicken sandwich. It’s not particularly good or bad, and I am not into waffle fries.
At no time eating at Chick-Fil-A did I once think “this line is too long, I will eat elsewhere.” I don’t recall ever seeing a line at all.
Long about 1986 they started making standalone locations, but I never saw any until the 2000s. I never went, because I had long since decided that mediocre chicken sandwiches weren’t really my thing. However, since I first noticed the standalone locations I have also noticed that their lines have consistently gotten longer and longer. It’s interesting that the growth of these lines seem to have coincided with the rise of social media, but I won’t get too tinfoil-hatty here.
So anyway. One day, I decided I should give them a try - obviously, they’re getting something right, right? Let’s see what all the hype is about.
Yeah no, it’s the exact same mediocre shit. It’s fine. It’s not great, it’s OK for fast food, maybe even slightly above average. But is it good enough to wait in a line like this that wraps around the building twice? No, thank you.
So I guess what I am saying is, I’m with you. I have to figure it’s the power of marketing, because the only thing they’ve done that I can see is increase their marketing. Also their marketing - at least the public marketing (who knows what guerilla shit they do on social media to keep those lines growing) - is super weird. Cows exhorting you to eat chicken, because they don’t want to die. I suppose given that cows have no messiah, this is a perfectly reasonable position for them to hold in the eyes of the Chick-Fil-A Illuminati, but idk.
Want a chicken sandwich? I can name half a dozen local shops that will hook you up with better. Is it fast? Jesus Christ, no. The apologists say yes, given the size of the lines, but I say no, given the size of the lines. I guess that’s a matter of perspective.
What’s not disputable is that this is fast food that, like all fast food - you can honestly live better without.
Your comment was so long, you should get English Comp101 college credits for that.
It’s the sauce
It’s incredibly easy to understand, people have different tastes and are able to not mind that it’s packed! They’re probably also unaware/don’t care that the restaurant is owned by bigots.
It’s not that good compared to any food that isn’t fast food, but compared to other fast food joints it’s hard to beat on quality alone.
I rarely go to such places but the quality of service tends to be above average.
What is the bigoted part about them? Sorry, my country only has a handful of American chains(looks at shitty pizza from Dominoes) and I don’t think this one has launched here yet.
The owners are (or at least were) serious about their Christian beliefs and used the company’s wealth to help fund anti-LGBTQ+ groups. Whether that’s changed or not, I don’t know, but they shell mediocre chicken sandwiches so it’s no loss to just ignore them, except for the amount of pollution people seem to generate waiting in line around their buildings:
https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/5/29/18644354/chick-fil-a-anti-gay-donations-homophobia-dan-cathy
Did you read that article? The way people talk about you’d think they were donating to conversion camps. But the two organizations named were… The Fellowship of Christian Athletes and The Salvation Army. I mean far be it from me to say what constitutes “anti-lgbt organizations”, but it seems clear to me now why the specific organizations are never mentioned.
[Chick-Fil-A’s] WinShape Foundations is now taking a much closer look at the organizations it considers helping, and in that process will remain true to its stated philosophy of not supporting organizations with political agendas," the chain is said to have written in a letter to Alderman Proco Moreno. The Chicago group added in a press release: "In meetings the company executives clarified that they will no longer give to anti-gay organizations, such as Focus on the Family and the National Organization for Marriage.
Those aren’t the only two; per their own press release they’ve donated to these Christian Nationalist organizations.
It is good for fast food and, despite being packed, you could join a line of 20 cars and still be on your way in under five minutes. They are incredibly efficient and that helps when people are making decisions, especially with a screaming child in the back.
Maybe it’s just because the one near me has horrible quality control but the lines are long, they are not quick, and the sandwiches are mediocre at best
They are incredibly efficient
Being efficient for a drive through and being efficient on an absolute scale are entirely different things. In reality, there is no such thing as an efficient drive through once you account for all the externalities.
Imagine how many people you could get to circle around a square building if they had pedestrian friendly infrastructure
Odd choice to pick an example with frequent crowd crushes.
World’s oldest circle pit.
But that’s communism!! /s
Gotta have that conservative christian chicken sandwich.
We call it “Hate Chicken”.
“Bigot Chicken” here.
its insane yes, but it cant even keep up. Lines out to the street are common in Arkansas
In my opinion, this should be illegal or businesses fined. Their drive thru leaks onto public infrastructure (the road) reducing its throughput and potentially creating a dangerous situation.
Judging by the cordoned off parking spaces, I’m assuming this photo is from a COVID measure.
There are many Tim Hortons drive thrus leaking into the streets from pre covid to post covid.
If the shittiness of Tom Hortons coffee isn’t going to stop people using the drive-through, I don’t know what legislation is going to do. /s
Things I think have a legitimate use case to retain drive-throughs: Car-washes, Oil changes, Tire changes, gas stations. Basically anything where the car is what is being worked on.
Same with the Wendy’s here.
Yes, it should be illegal. This happens with all the cult-y fast foods places out here. In N Out, Whataburger, Hate Chicken (aka Chick fil A), Dutch Bros, etc.
Parking, getting out, and going inside will easily save you 50%+ wait time.
Weren’t parking minimums supposed to prevent this? :-D
Then again, the worse the traffic jams the more people may consider alternatives.
I don’t understand Dutch bros. I guess if you prefer a lil coffee in your choccy milk, then it’s the place to go
If anyone’s going to get a fine there it would really be the individuals. While the business is creating the demand, there isn’t really any process they could put in place to stop people lining out onto the road.
Also, if we were going to forbid it, what would be the substantive difference with forbidding just parking on the public road? Which, yeah, that’s definitely a conversation we should have and a direction we should move towards—it’d probably have a greater effect anyway. But it’s not clear that there’s really a great mechanism for specifically banning queueing.
In WA they’ve had to close one because morons would back up onto the street, down an offramp, and onto the freaking interstate. For a chicken sandwich.
Of course it’s in a non-walkable spot, across the interstate from all of the businesses and offices so everyone drives there
fuck I hated getting off 405 there, fucking madhouse bellevue christian chicken frenzy every fucking lunchtime
and you knew exactly where I was talking about. They closed it finally!
They closed it finally!
No shit?! excellent!
Just searched it. Hate chicken is back open in Bellevue after a remodel.
you can’t keep a good hate bird down apparently
They did! But I’m real real nervous it’s only to add another drive-thru or something stupid.
I don’t get it either. The chicken sandwich is OK at best. A solid 7/10 just for consistency. Everything else is meh. People seem to like their fry sauce, which is probably required to eat their flat tasting waffles fries.
Americans like sauces and dressings on things. Ranch on everything, unless it comes with their own sauce.
I grew up around the East Coast of the US so I’ve been exposed to Chick-fil-A since I was born. Then I lived a good portion of my life in the West Coast, and when Chick-fil-A starting popping up here, people were going nuts over it. I guess they still are and I feel like I’m the only sane one who knows their food is mid at best with all their sauces
Never waiting that long for a mid ass chickin sandwich
it says something very interesting that the chik-fil-faithful swear up and down it’s the tastiest thing ever when it’s weak soggy breaded no spice bland ass whitemeat with a fuckin’ pickle.
makes me wonder if they’ve either never had decent chicken, or are just lying because this one chicken vendor stans for xtians lol
I have to put my own mayo on the sandwich? WTF
I… I kinda like them <.< If they’re that bad, someone please save me with good chicken sandwiches. I will wait. The cat on my lap will not.
I personally can’t think of any other fast food chicken sandwich that’s as good or better. Maybe Popeyes chicken sandwich if you want something crispier.
I’m sure the chicken you’re cooking up on the hot plate in your 7th floor walkup is stellar.
Dude home made fried chicken is ALWAYS better. Once a batch size gets too large it always sucks. Give it a try you wont look back.
Commercial fryers keep a higher, more consistent temperature, which is ideal for frying food. As long as the cook knows what they’re doing, keeps the oil fresh, etc., you will always get a better result from a restaurant fryer (not talking about CFA anymore).
But you aren’t getting breaded chicken faster than waiting in that line
Like Lord GabeN says: ‘Late is just for a little while. Suck is forever.’
Fine but not the point of the original comment
I’ll wait for good food. Mediocre better be fast.
A huge amount of cars waiting to move just reminds me of like a beetle nest.
“Why don’t kids play outside anymore?”
Why would they be playing outside at a fast food restaurant instead of their own yard?
I think a lot of the comments here mischaracterize chik fil a as another shitty burger joint in a way that would be confusing to people that never seen one. They make really good chicken sandwiches because chicken sandwiches is almost the only thing they make. While most fast food joints might have 1-3 people running it during non-peak hours, chic fil a constantly has a small army in there. I don’t even know how so many people stay busy but that crazy looking line pictured will be cleared out in under 10 minutes.
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They did but no longer do. The owners may still personally, but if you were to dig into the owners of every company you’d probably come to the conclusion that there is no ethical consumption under capitolism.
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I don’t see anywhere they’ve done either of those things. The closest they’ve come is saying on Facebook that they’ll stay out of the “policy debate”: https://www.facebook.com/ChickfilA/posts/10151226208515101
Being decent to every human shouldn’t be considered politics.
They actually don’t any more. They’ve apparently refocused their charity contributions to helping the homeless or something like that.
I’m still going to judge them for their previous actions and continue to boycott them
You’re welcome to. I haven’t been in years and was surprised to learn that recently.
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No, and I don’t need you to change your mind. I was just updating your information.
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Ok cool, have a good day!
“they’ve changed” - you say it like a corporation has a moral compass, or feelings. It’s just a piece of paper.
If they’re moving money in a different direction today compared to how they did yesterday, that’s a change.
Your belief in if that is or isn’t a change is irrelevant - it is a change.
Did the religious assholes running it have a change of heart towards LGBT+ people? Probably not. But no-one is saying they did.
The LGBTQ people I know go there anyway because there’s no ethical consumption under capitalism. There are LGBTQ people working there, too.
Before I started actively boycotting them for their support of anti-LGBTQ work, I always felt their chicken was only ok. I think burger king’s Ch’King is way better and that Arby’s chicken sandwich is also superior. When they finally got to my market I was thrilled and then very quickly let down.
I asked a bi friend of mine his thoughts about the whole donation thing, and they included “it’s a great fucking sandwich” so he’s my out to get one when I am in the US.
As a member of the LGBTQ community myself, I don’t begrudge you that at all. My feelings on the matter are my own and I don’t need or expect others to conform to them.
I just also happen to not like them at all so it helps with the boycott 😅
Popeyes chicken sandwich is actually really good too
I haven’t had Popeyes in so long. There’s only one near me but there’s so much more that I love between here and there.
Unfortunately for most Americans, this is the situation. All of those places have a mediocre chicken sandwich because all of the restaurants are chains. Small businesses struggle with how new commercial areas are built, and chains run on such thin margins it is hard to compete.
I live in a Chicago neighborhood and have access to many delicious, reasonably priced chicken sandwiches. I have not had the need or the craving to go back to chic fila a since
Anyone else always read it as chick-fillah? It’s such a stupid spelling.
I always said chick fil aye in my mind
That’s how they want it to be pronounced, so success I guess.
How’s it meant to be pronounced? I’ve only ever seen it written down.
Chick feeler? Chick filler? Chick fill urgh Chick fill Ah
I just don’t understand what they’re trying to call it. Unless it is “filler”, my best guess is something like “fillet”, though I can’t make the letters match up with the words.
Chick-Fil-A is pronounced Chick-fuh-lay. It is like Chick-Filet, but the American pronunciation of filet (and what I would assume the proper French pronunciation – the ‘t’ is silent).
Ah, okay - so the “A” is pronounced like the letter “A”, with the “feelay” bit like when McDonalds used to do “filet o’fish”?
Yes, exactly!
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The only reason the lines backup now is because they don’t use the normal drive thru system anymore. They try to be innovative and have people standing outside with iPads to take your order. Then you sit and wait for them to cook it all because they took too many orders at one time.also they usually have multiple lines all merge into one window. It’s madness over at the chic fil a drive thru!
Having worked at a Wendy’s, McDonald’s, and a Chick-fil-A… The Chick-fil-A system is superior. At least from an employee standpoint. The amount of volume that we could move through the drive thru with the two lane system and people taking orders in person was kind of insane.
It is exactly like you said, but the line moves! It’s nothing like other fast food restaurants. Yes chick looks like madness, but it’s a controlled madness. It reminds me of Costco. If you been there during peak hours, it’s a total madhouse. But, a controlled madhouse.
Idk before our Chick-Fil-A added the second line and started with the iPads, the line extended out onto the four lane road leading into the parking lot and back a block or two.
Same with the restaurant I work at, the parking lot is woefully too small for the volume of traffic we get, and the line regularly spills onto one of the busiest roads in town and holds up traffic badly. We’re the third busiest restaurant of its brand in Canada.
I thought Tim Horton line ups were bad. Holy heck how do they even account for this at the city planning level?
That’s the neat part: they don’t!
(Seriously, my city at least is so understaffed it’s like the wild fuckin’ west, with business owners doing whatever the Hell they want and betting they won’t get caught.)
I was just thinking about this today downstairs in the food court at the bottom of the office building I work in. Hundreds of people come through there for the lunch rush to dozens of fast food restaurants (sushi, buritoes, Thai etc), all in the space of less than 30x30m including seating. I was thinking: there’s no way you could do this with a drive through.
