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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 192 points 1 year ago (22 children)

I'll never understand the literal lines around the block for fucking Bigot-Chicken.

[–] lookorex@lemmy.world 73 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I mean, if you don't mind/know about the bigotry, it's pretty fuckin good chicken. And their waffle fries are good too. Haven't eaten there in years and I do miss the food. But it's still a hard no for me.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 45 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (35 children)

it’s pretty fuckin good chicken.

But is it "wait a fucking half hour or more in a god damned drive through" good? Fuck no it isn't.

[–] Kepabar@startrek.website 17 points 1 year ago

The streamlined menu makes it so the line goes pretty fast.

Even when it's around the building it'll only take 10 min.

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[–] qooqie@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It’s not that good anymore. IMO Wendy’s chicken is better nowadays

[–] stevehobbes@lemy.lol 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Popeyes spicy chicken is so much better than either.

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[–] braxy29@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (5 children)

can't speak for the bigots, but as a non-bigot who buys it for my kids a couple times a year -

there is no ethical consumption under capitalism. i say this as someone who doesn't shop at amazon or wally world, but it's really difficult to avoid every single brand/company with an asshole owner/ceo. additionally, my impression is they are one of the better employers in the area for people who just need a job and lack skills/ability to do something else.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

there is no ethical consumption under capitalism.

the only valid critique in the thread.

Although I am a bit tired of it amounting to an excuse of not trying to do positive things at all.

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[–] gorlak@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I’ve had this idea kicking around in my head for a few years: Christian Chicken Offset Charity. It would be an app that would notify you “You appear to be patronizng a bigoted establishment, do you wish to make a $1 donation to Charity X to offset?”

Could work for Hobby Lobby, In ‘n Out, etc, too.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It would be so much easier to just not shop at those places.

[–] vind@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

But if you didn't know about it in advance, that system would be useful

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[–] JCreazy@midwest.social 59 points 1 year ago (9 children)

I don't eat chick-fil-A because of reasons but damn when I did they knew how to move lines fast. Also, the food is okay but it isn't as good as people make it out to me.

[–] MirthfulAlembic@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I tried it a few times when it came to my area after hearing people rave for years, and I feel the same. It's good, but that's it. On par with KFC.

Popeye's is way better in my opinion. It's also cheaper, and the staff tend to be pretty entertaining in an unintentional and chaotic way. It's the only fast food restaurant where employees are consistently very honest. Like, if they don't have red beans because somebody fucked them up, I have been told exactly that.

[–] Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

“You get what you get. NEXT!”

Ngl the raw “you think I give a fuck about this job?” attitude their employees give off is super refreshing compared to the saccharine, focus tested to death, mandatory prompts that pass as conversation at Chic-Fila

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[–] MaxVoltage@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

its a Christian thang

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[–] TIMMAY@lemmy.world 56 points 1 year ago

bigot chicken

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] AncientFutureNow@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago

Fuuuuuccccck Chikfila

[–] greenskye@lemm.ee 41 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can see it in the photo, but it's always bothered me how my local chic fil a built a nice covered spot for their workers to work with heaters and fans for temperature control and then I basically never see the workers actually work there. They all seem to work at the very beginning of the line, never patient enough to just let cars move up to them.

Why build it that way if you never use it (or aren't allowed to)??

[–] QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They go down the line during a rush to give the kitchen more time to prep orders.

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[–] uis@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

And people in us say somethig about weather when talking about pedestrian infrastructure.

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Yup. This is unintentionally c/fuckcars material.

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[–] Fapp@lemmynsfw.com 35 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I don't know what those are, but I love standing in the rain and I hate getting wet. So that just looks incredibly nice

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes but have you ever been stuck in a 1 foot square tent with yourself?

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[–] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 35 points 1 year ago (7 children)

And Popeye's sandwiches are like double the size of Chik-Fil-A

[–] nxdefiant@startrek.website 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And Popeye's spicy actually is.

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[–] weasel5053@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The in-person order taking is a much worse experience for the customer. Let me look at the damn menu board. It should not take any more time to prepare a meal than it takes for a car to progress from the order board to the window. I don’t see how them getting the order earlier (presumably the purpose of this) is helping in any way.

If you want chick fil a and value your time, the in store pickup is a much more efficient.

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[–] pifox@pawb.social 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I used to work at chick-fil-a. Those things sucked. They were hot and smelled of body oder. It was hard to do anything in them.

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[–] skydivekingair@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

Chick-fil-A minions*

[–] SilverbrookCVN@sopuli.xyz 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I've read that the chicken Aldi sells in a red bag cooked in an air fryer is on par with CHICK-FIL-A. 🤷‍♂️

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[–] Xariphon@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago

Rain hoods and bigotry.

[–] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Popeye's chicken sandwiches are awesome and no one has to stand in the rain.

[–] Blackout@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago (4 children)

You should visit the Popeye's in Detroit. You place your order, sometimes you get a bag full of food you didn't order and appreciate the generosity. Other times the staff takes a 30min weed break before they get to serving you. It's a special place.

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[–] watersnipje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Weird, but better than standing in the rain I guess 🤷‍♀️

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