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Dustlawyer

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13. Great, but shouldn't take that long to renovate and there is a cost with hiring and training all new
Fri Aug 14, 2015, 10:41 PM
Aug 2015

staff. Still the better way to handle from an employee perspective.

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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