Why must Chick-Fil-A be closed on Sundays?

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: mpitts

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: Amused
Marlin1975,

Ever stop to think that you may be as intolerant as the religious people you think you oppose?

I used to be an atheist activist, until one day I realized I became exactly what I was opposing.

heh, no kidding, opposite extreme.

Add that to the fact that their chicken biscuits are so damned good..

and their bbq sauce

Agreed.

:thumbsup: for the churhies and their spectacular food.

 

[AnyMal]

Originally posted by: rbloedow

Originally posted by: Amused
Marlin1975,

Ever stop to think that you may be as intolerant as the religious people you think you oppose?

I used to be an atheist activist, until one day I realized I became exactly what I was opposing.

Good post - I realized this also. Besides, it's such a waste of time to put so much effort into opposing religion. I don't believe in it myself, but I don't give the beliefs of someone else that much attention - believe what you want, I don't care.

"Live and let live" is a good motto to live by :thumbsup:

 

[Vette73]

Originally posted by: Amused
Marlin1975,

Ever stop to think that you may be as intolerant as the religious people you think you oppose?

I used to be an atheist activist, until one day I realized I became exactly what I was opposing.

How am I intolerant? I don't force my beliefs on others but I don;t want them to force their beliefs on me. A business is just that a business. I don;t want to hear about religion or poltics etc.. when I go to K-Mart, AdvanceAuto, or any other busienss. So how does that make me intolerant?

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: yetti

Originally posted by: jumpr
Calm down, it's only 9:23 a.m. Why must you need chicken so early?

2 words, chicken biscuit.

id take bojangles/hardees over anything at chick fil a, but maybe the local one sucks and has put me off from trying it elsewhere? the chicken has a funny taste to it

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: Marlin1975

Originally posted by: Amused
Marlin1975,

Ever stop to think that you may be as intolerant as the religious people you think you oppose?

I used to be an atheist activist, until one day I realized I became exactly what I was opposing.

How am I intolerant? I don't force my beliefs on others but I don;t want them to force their beliefs on me. A business is just that a business. I don;t want to hear about religion or poltics etc.. when I go to K-Mart, AdvanceAuto, or any other busienss. So how does that make me intolerant?

I've been to chick-fil-a and it doesn't even mention religion anywhere that I could tell, besides that blurb about why they're closed on sundays. As mentioned, it's an unusual thing, so instead of saying "We are not open on sundays, deal with it.", they give a reason.

 

[Megatomic]

I've never heard the word god spoken by an employee or seen it printed in any Chick-Fil-A store I've visited. They didn't make me prove that I was a Christian before they sold me their products and they didn't force me to pray before beginning my meal. How are they forcing their religion on you?

 

[AnyMal]

Originally posted by: Marlin1975

Originally posted by: Amused
Marlin1975,

Ever stop to think that you may be as intolerant as the religious people you think you oppose?

I used to be an atheist activist, until one day I realized I became exactly what I was opposing.

How am I intolerant? I don't force my beliefs on others but I don;t want them to force their beliefs on me. A business is just that a business. I don;t want to hear about religion or poltics etc.. when I go to K-Mart, AdvanceAuto, or any other busienss. So how does that make me intolerant?

Your intolerance comes from your ignorance, which, in turn, come from your lack of comrpehension. If you read their policy again, it said nothing about REQUIRING either employees or customers to be religious. The day off to spend with the family or simplt to relax is hardly something that can be classified as "religious". Besides, it's a private enterprise, and they can do as they're pleased including giving you a free Bible with every meal if they choose.

 

[imported_yetti]

Originally posted by: xSauronx

Originally posted by: yetti

Originally posted by: jumpr
Calm down, it's only 9:23 a.m. Why must you need chicken so early?

2 words, chicken biscuit.

id take bojangles/hardees over anything at chick fil a, but maybe the local one sucks and has put me off from trying it elsewhere? the chicken has a funny taste to it

that's a good possibility. give it a try from somewhere else.

 

[Vette73]

Originally posted by: AnyMal

Originally posted by: Marlin1975

Originally posted by: Amused
Marlin1975,

Ever stop to think that you may be as intolerant as the religious people you think you oppose?

I used to be an atheist activist, until one day I realized I became exactly what I was opposing.

How am I intolerant? I don't force my beliefs on others but I don;t want them to force their beliefs on me. A business is just that a business. I don;t want to hear about religion or poltics etc.. when I go to K-Mart, AdvanceAuto, or any other busienss. So how does that make me intolerant?

Your intolerance comes from your ignorance, which, in turn, come from your lack of comrpehension. If you read their policy again, it said nothing about REQUIRING either employees or customers to be religious. The day off to spend with the family or simplt to relax is hardly something that can be classified as "religious". Besides, it's a private enterprise, and they can do as they're pleased including giving you a free Bible with every meal if they choose.

OMG what part of the NEW people have spun it so it does not offend people to dumb to see where it came from and how it was started. :roll:

I quoted the "new" reason and the "real" reason above. I guess that was to hard for you to understand. Chick-Fli-A has PR people that get paid to spin it so people liek you who are to dumb to understand go OK, I'll take 2.

 

[Megatomic]

Well, like I said earlier - your loss is our gain.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Marlin1975

Originally posted by: Amused
Marlin1975,

Ever stop to think that you may be as intolerant as the religious people you think you oppose?

I used to be an atheist activist, until one day I realized I became exactly what I was opposing.

How am I intolerant? I don't force my beliefs on others but I don;t want them to force their beliefs on me. A business is just that a business. I don;t want to hear about religion or poltics etc.. when I go to K-Mart, AdvanceAuto, or any other busienss. So how does that make me intolerant?

When does Chik-Fil-A force their religious beliefs on you?

Answer: They never have.

 

[AnyMal]

Originally posted by: Marlin1975

Originally posted by: AnyMal

Originally posted by: Marlin1975

Originally posted by: Amused
Marlin1975,

Ever stop to think that you may be as intolerant as the religious people you think you oppose?

I used to be an atheist activist, until one day I realized I became exactly what I was opposing.

How am I intolerant? I don't force my beliefs on others but I don;t want them to force their beliefs on me. A business is just that a business. I don;t want to hear about religion or poltics etc.. when I go to K-Mart, AdvanceAuto, or any other busienss. So how does that make me intolerant?

Your intolerance comes from your ignorance, which, in turn, come from your lack of comrpehension. If you read their policy again, it said nothing about REQUIRING either employees or customers to be religious. The day off to spend with the family or simplt to relax is hardly something that can be classified as "religious". Besides, it's a private enterprise, and they can do as they're pleased including giving you a free Bible with every meal if they choose.

OMG what part of the NEW people have spun it so it does not offend people to dumb to see where it came from and how it was started. :roll:

I quoted the "new" reason and the "real" reason above. I guess that was to hard for you to understand. Chick-Fli-A has PR people that get paid to spin it so people liek you who are to dumb to understand go OK, I'll take 2.

Maybe if you learned to properly form your thoughts and epxressing them in the way others could understand you'd get your point across. Keep trying.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Marlin1975

Originally posted by: Amused
Marlin1975,

Ever stop to think that you may be as intolerant as the religious people you think you oppose?

I used to be an atheist activist, until one day I realized I became exactly what I was opposing.

How am I intolerant? I don't force my beliefs on others but I don;t want them to force their beliefs on me. A business is just that a business. I don;t want to hear about religion or poltics etc.. when I go to K-Mart, AdvanceAuto, or any other busienss. So how does that make me intolerant?

Even if they used to ask people where they went to church, they're not trying to force their religion on people, they're trying to hire people who already belong to their religion. It's not like they're the only minimum wage fast food job out there.

I'm curious how you would know they used to ask that in interviews, as it's been illegal to ask something like that for a long time now.

 

[Injury]

Originally posted by: Marlin1975
Read again, it is. The founder wants to force his beliefs on others so of course the bible says you can;t work on the sabath(sp?) So he said no store can be open on Sunday. I am sure the new people liek to put a happy spin on it, but that is why it is.

:roll:

Are you one of those atheists that think the whole christian world wants nothing more than to convert you or something?

So what if the owner wants to close the store on Sunday? I'm sure at no point during the application, hiring or employment processes does ANYONE imply that you have Sundays off for the sole reason of going to church. Just because the originator of chik-fil-a did it that way, doesn't imply that is the sole reason they do it today.

Does that mean that every employer in an office-type setting where working saturdays are a rare occasion is forcing religion on you? Give me a break. :roll:

 

[LikeLinus]

Originally posted by: AnyMal

Originally posted by: Marlin1975

Originally posted by: Amused
Marlin1975,

Ever stop to think that you may be as intolerant as the religious people you think you oppose?

I used to be an atheist activist, until one day I realized I became exactly what I was opposing.

How am I intolerant? I don't force my beliefs on others but I don;t want them to force their beliefs on me. A business is just that a business. I don;t want to hear about religion or poltics etc.. when I go to K-Mart, AdvanceAuto, or any other busienss. So how does that make me intolerant?

Your intolerance comes from your ignorance, which, in turn, come from your lack of comrpehension. If you read their policy again, it said nothing about REQUIRING either employees or customers to be religious. The day off to spend with the family or simplt to relax is hardly something that can be classified as "religious". Besides, it's a private enterprise, and they can do as they're pleased including giving you a free Bible with every meal if they choose.

You have yet to explain how the "Force their beliefs on others". All because they close on Sunday?

This is pathetic. Some people need to grow up.

EDIT: Are you this pissed off about MExican Resturants? They put all their cultural material on the walls, make you eat their food? Do you hate chinese and japanese resturants? They make you use chopsticks and eat rice!! OMG THE FORCING OF RELIGION IS STRONG IN THIS ONE!!!

 

[mb]

It still doesn't make sense that they would close on Sunday. There are PLENTY of people who do not do any worshipping that can work on Sundays - I mean, hey, look at every single other store open on Sunday!
Hell, I used to work at Panera Bread... a good portion of the people that worked there took off Sunday mornings to worship. It's really not that hard.

 

[her209]

If you have problems with Chick-Fil-A, then don't work or eat there.

 

[mb]

Originally posted by: LikeLinus

Originally posted by: AnyMal

Originally posted by: Marlin1975

Originally posted by: Amused
Marlin1975,

Ever stop to think that you may be as intolerant as the religious people you think you oppose?

I used to be an atheist activist, until one day I realized I became exactly what I was opposing.

How am I intolerant? I don't force my beliefs on others but I don;t want them to force their beliefs on me. A business is just that a business. I don;t want to hear about religion or poltics etc.. when I go to K-Mart, AdvanceAuto, or any other busienss. So how does that make me intolerant?

Your intolerance comes from your ignorance, which, in turn, come from your lack of comrpehension. If you read their policy again, it said nothing about REQUIRING either employees or customers to be religious. The day off to spend with the family or simplt to relax is hardly something that can be classified as "religious". Besides, it's a private enterprise, and they can do as they're pleased including giving you a free Bible with every meal if they choose.

You have yet to explain how the "Force their beliefs on others". All because they close on Sunday?

This is pathetic. Some people need to grow up.

EDIT: Are you this pissed off about MExican Resturants? They put all their cultural material on the walls, make you eat their food? Do you hate chinese and japanese resturants? They make you use chopsticks and eat rice!! OMG THE FORCING OF RELIGION IS STRONG IN THIS ONE!!!

Mexican, Chinese, and Japenese are not religions.

 

[LikeLinus]

Originally posted by: supafly

Originally posted by: LikeLinus

Originally posted by: AnyMal

Originally posted by: Marlin1975

Originally posted by: Amused
Marlin1975,

Ever stop to think that you may be as intolerant as the religious people you think you oppose?

I used to be an atheist activist, until one day I realized I became exactly what I was opposing.

How am I intolerant? I don't force my beliefs on others but I don;t want them to force their beliefs on me. A business is just that a business. I don;t want to hear about religion or poltics etc.. when I go to K-Mart, AdvanceAuto, or any other busienss. So how does that make me intolerant?

Your intolerance comes from your ignorance, which, in turn, come from your lack of comrpehension. If you read their policy again, it said nothing about REQUIRING either employees or customers to be religious. The day off to spend with the family or simplt to relax is hardly something that can be classified as "religious". Besides, it's a private enterprise, and they can do as they're pleased including giving you a free Bible with every meal if they choose.

You have yet to explain how the "Force their beliefs on others". All because they close on Sunday?

This is pathetic. Some people need to grow up.

EDIT: Are you this pissed off about MExican Resturants? They put all their cultural material on the walls, make you eat their food? Do you hate chinese and japanese resturants? They make you use chopsticks and eat rice!! OMG THE FORCING OF RELIGION IS STRONG IN THIS ONE!!!

Mexican, Chinese, and Japenese are not religions.

Sigh. Fine. Most Chinese and Japanese resturants have a Buddah (or whatever it might be...not buddah but you get the point) and other religious artifacts somewhere in their place. Mexican resturants sometimes have crosses and other catholic things.

Are you done now? You missed the point.

 

[mb]

Originally posted by: LikeLinus

Originally posted by: supafly

Originally posted by: LikeLinus

Originally posted by: AnyMal

Originally posted by: Marlin1975

Originally posted by: Amused
Marlin1975,

Ever stop to think that you may be as intolerant as the religious people you think you oppose?

I used to be an atheist activist, until one day I realized I became exactly what I was opposing.

How am I intolerant? I don't force my beliefs on others but I don;t want them to force their beliefs on me. A business is just that a business. I don;t want to hear about religion or poltics etc.. when I go to K-Mart, AdvanceAuto, or any other busienss. So how does that make me intolerant?

Your intolerance comes from your ignorance, which, in turn, come from your lack of comrpehension. If you read their policy again, it said nothing about REQUIRING either employees or customers to be religious. The day off to spend with the family or simplt to relax is hardly something that can be classified as "religious". Besides, it's a private enterprise, and they can do as they're pleased including giving you a free Bible with every meal if they choose.

You have yet to explain how the "Force their beliefs on others". All because they close on Sunday?

This is pathetic. Some people need to grow up.

EDIT: Are you this pissed off about MExican Resturants? They put all their cultural material on the walls, make you eat their food? Do you hate chinese and japanese resturants? They make you use chopsticks and eat rice!! OMG THE FORCING OF RELIGION IS STRONG IN THIS ONE!!!

Mexican, Chinese, and Japenese are not religions.

Sigh. Fine. Most Chinese and Japanese resturants have a Buddah (or whatever it might be...not buddah but you get the point) and other religious artifacts somewhere in their place. Mexican resturants sometimes have crosses and other catholic things.

Are you done now? You missed the point.

Am I done with what? I've only made two posts in this thread (well, 3 now).

I just like being a smart ass

 

[LikeLinus]

Well don't mr smartass . I'm just trying to prove that him being so anti religion is silly. It's a free world and they aren't forcing anything on him. Religion is everywhere. You have to be OPEN MINDED and learn you can apprecaite things and not be a hypocritical bastard. I can go places and see things that won't affect me because I am who I am. They cannot FORCE anything on me by closing something. It's just pathetic

 

[mb]

Originally posted by: LikeLinus
Well don't mr smartass . I'm just trying to prove that him being so anti religion is silly. It's a free world and they aren't forcing anything on him. Religion is everywhere. You have to be OPEN MINDED and learn you can apprecaite things and not be a hypocritical bastard. I can go places and see things that won't affect me because I am who I am. They cannot FORCE anything on me by closing something. It's just pathetic

Oh I understand that. But I still think it doesn't make sense to keep doing it.. no other place has problems getting people to work on Sunday. I know several people who take off work on Sunday, or at least just Sunday morning. Some people do it just because they hate working the Sunday morning rush (which happened - wait for it - after all the churches got out!), some do it for religious reasons. I think it would be a smart business move for chik-fil-a to open on Sundays, but if they don't, it's up to them.
But oh well, I doubt they'll ever change in my life time.

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: LikeLinus
Sigh. Fine. Most Chinese and Japanese resturants have a Buddah (or whatever it might be...not buddah but you get the point) and other religious artifacts somewhere in their place. Mexican resturants sometimes have crosses and other catholic things.

Wow... now that's what I call stretching.

 

[LikeLinus]

Originally posted by: supafly

Originally posted by: LikeLinus
Well don't mr smartass . I'm just trying to prove that him being so anti religion is silly. It's a free world and they aren't forcing anything on him. Religion is everywhere. You have to be OPEN MINDED and learn you can apprecaite things and not be a hypocritical bastard. I can go places and see things that won't affect me because I am who I am. They cannot FORCE anything on me by closing something. It's just pathetic

Oh I understand that. But I still think it doesn't make sense to keep doing it.. no other place has problems getting people to work on Sunday. I know several people who take off work on Sunday, or at least just Sunday morning. Some people do it just because they hate working the Sunday morning rush (which happened - wait for it - after all the churches got out!), some do it for religious reasons. I think it would be a smart business move for chik-fil-a to open on Sundays, but if they don't, it's up to them.
But oh well, I doubt they'll ever change in my life time.

Well I think more so now it's because their employees like it. Why change it? It's nice for them to have the day off and it doesn't hurt them financially because it's always been that way. It's a good business model for them...so keep it.

 

[LikeLinus]

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: LikeLinus
Sigh. Fine. Most Chinese and Japanese resturants have a Buddah (or whatever it might be...not buddah but you get the point) and other religious artifacts somewhere in their place. Mexican resturants sometimes have crosses and other catholic things.

Wow... now that's what I call stretching.

How so? He doesn't like a place that closes on a day..and they are "forcing their religion". Compaired to a place that has a huge buddah sitting in the doorway as you walk in. I'm confused how that's stretching it.