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christx30

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2. It's not the cost of doing business.
Fri Aug 14, 2015, 09:24 PM
Aug 2015

They are using the profits to do more than they have to do. He could have laid those people off, but he kept paying them.
McDonalds would have fired everyone for the duration of the renovations and hired new people.
This guy kept paying his people, and brought them back in. These people are going to be happy about going to work, and do everything they can to take care of their customers.

Chick-fil-A is about the highest profit fast food chain out there. onehandle Aug 2015 #1
It's not the cost of doing business. christx30 Aug 2015 #2
I love chin fil la. Very delicious and a BIT healthier then other places yeoman6987 Aug 2015 #6
See, nobody understands what you just stated. Its a shame too. 7962 Aug 2015 #7
Maybe they've gotten better, but SusanCalvin Aug 2015 #14
They didnt say you had to go to church, just bring a bulletin 7962 Aug 2015 #17
It is still flat illegal. nt SusanCalvin Aug 2015 #25
A private company doing what it wants yeoman6987 Aug 2015 #69
They are a place of public accommodation operating under the law. SusanCalvin Aug 2015 #83
I still think it's fine. I don't mind it at all even though i yeoman6987 Aug 2015 #85
It may not be illegal, but it certainly is a steaming pile of bovine fecal matter! n.t. RoccoR5955 Aug 2015 #76
I don't agree. I think it is a company that is advertising yeoman6987 Aug 2015 #78
DU went nuts over that. I found a place on the net where you could print out an MADem Aug 2015 #26
Oh I love including ffrf, SusanCalvin Aug 2015 #30
But really, they're not telling you how to think, just show em a bulletin 7962 Aug 2015 #47
If it was a religious charity, SusanCalvin Aug 2015 #48
Oh, and SusanCalvin Aug 2015 #49
Sounds like a coupon. Igel Aug 2015 #53
I dont know what ffrf & fsm means. 7962 Aug 2015 #75
"Of course if you had something with a huge face of Satan on it that might go differently!" SusanCalvin Aug 2015 #84
ffrf nontracts, fyi SusanCalvin Aug 2015 #86
Which law is that breaking? PersonNumber503602 Aug 2015 #58
The Civil Rights Act tammywammy Aug 2015 #60
I bet a good lawyer could beat that. There's no requirement of religion, 7962 Aug 2015 #74
Thanks for the link. PersonNumber503602 Aug 2015 #81
Why is it illegal? hack89 Aug 2015 #54
Violation of the Civil Rights Act tammywammy Aug 2015 #56
Thanks. Nt hack89 Aug 2015 #61
I like their food and go once a week. 840high Aug 2015 #21
CORRECT Cosmocat Aug 2015 #66
This! scscholar Aug 2015 #77
It's always nice to see a decent franchise owner sharp_stick Aug 2015 #3
Five months secondvariety Aug 2015 #4
I'd bet NJCher Aug 2015 #8
2 months? No way. 9 months minimum on a developed site. 1 year on an FSogol Aug 2015 #46
Maybe secondvariety Aug 2015 #64
the criticism of chick fila was never their business practice JI7 Aug 2015 #5
That was my problem with them--I avoided them for the anti-gay legislative support. MADem Aug 2015 #28
Nope, but I wouldn't eat there. SusanCalvin Aug 2015 #31
I'll be frank--there's only one, I think, in my entire state, and it's in some mall I never have MADem Aug 2015 #32
I've heard a lot about their food for a long time. SusanCalvin Aug 2015 #34
Ha, I think we're at cross purposes--I was still rambling on about MADem Aug 2015 #35
"Tracts"? jberryhill Aug 2015 #36
I should have said tract citation. I meant it in the sense that MADem Aug 2015 #37
It's a citation to a "verse" jberryhill Aug 2015 #38
Interesting! Must be an age thing....! MADem Aug 2015 #39
Right, but they wouldn't call the Bible a "tract" jberryhill Aug 2015 #40
They might, depending on context. MADem Aug 2015 #41
"History" well before inn-n-out burger jberryhill Aug 2015 #42
Maybe from non-liturgical types. MADem Aug 2015 #43
Oh yeah jberryhill Aug 2015 #44
OT/UNRELATED Bigredhunk Aug 2015 #9
I don't see it either. tavernier Aug 2015 #11
I don't see what's the big deal about their food either. nt SusanCalvin Aug 2015 #15
++++100000000 itsrobert Aug 2015 #27
The last time I was at one was with my gay cousin and his partner. MADem Aug 2015 #29
My chicken is always great at CFA. TexasMommaWithAHat Aug 2015 #70
The first time I ate there I was expecting something orgasmic based PersonNumber503602 Aug 2015 #82
So he pays his full timers 23 bucks an hour? Wonder how many of the employees are full time then. cstanleytech Aug 2015 #10
Not many. Igel Aug 2015 #55
I don't want to be served by a moody, sulky teen TexasMommaWithAHat Aug 2015 #72
but then it's Austin... catrose Aug 2015 #12
Sigh... SusanCalvin Aug 2015 #33
Austin was unique, back in the day Skittles Aug 2015 #80
Great, but shouldn't take that long to renovate and there is a cost with hiring and training all new Dustlawyer Aug 2015 #13
He sounds like a stand-up guy, yet he is being damned with faint praise in this thread Hekate Aug 2015 #16
Aint that the damned truth. 7962 Aug 2015 #18
The nature of franchising makes it difficult to boycott IronLionZion Aug 2015 #19
Chick-fil-A's franchising system is different from other companies' systems jmowreader Aug 2015 #24
Yup. Igel Aug 2015 #59
One small change to your piece jmowreader Aug 2015 #65
+10 840high Aug 2015 #22
Facts have a liberal spin. Igel Aug 2015 #57
I always ate there because they closed on Sunday. hollowdweller Aug 2015 #63
Faint praise? progressoid Aug 2015 #67
My post was #16, yours is #67. Track back to posts 1-15. Hekate Aug 2015 #79
Good for the franchise owner! n/t JimDandy Aug 2015 #20
If it's fact, then good for the owner and the business. Hulk Aug 2015 #23
that is great, gives the employees 5 months to look for a better job. olddad56 Aug 2015 #45
Or a chance to travel, visit family or just relax yeoman6987 Aug 2015 #71
That's a great franchise owner. pays Higher then state minimum wage & pays to retain good employees Sunlei Aug 2015 #50
The politics of the parent company aside, Cick-fi-A employees get treated fairly well liberal N proud Aug 2015 #51
Most of the Chick-fil-A frachisees are pretty decentpeople - once you get past some of their..... marble falls Aug 2015 #52
I've been to their headquarters many times wilt the stilt Aug 2015 #62
nice.long vacation Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 #68
Local McDonald's did the same thing in my town a few years ago - nt ThoughtCriminal Aug 2015 #73
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