Chick-fil-A is turning down artificial intelligence in its drive-thru lanes, choosing human employee interaction over automated order takers as competitors embrace voice technology.
The food is good, for “fast” food it’s amazing. Like, I don’t think there’s another fastfood option that hasn’t fully transition to the mcChicken method were the patty is reconstituted scraps.
Their politics with LGBTQ is (was?) absolute dog shit and more than enough reason to boycott them as an isolated issue…
But honestly looking at any other aspect of their company, and they’re one of the most worker friendly options. Which again, is not a high bar to clear, especially in fast food.
So if anyone is boycotting Chick-fil-A, they have valid reasons. It’s just damn near every other option is even worse, so if they have consistent logic their boycott list is every major corporation. Like, the owner has 10 billion dollars, no billionaire owned company is going to be ethical. If someone’s only issue with Chick-fil-A is the anti-lgbt stuff, that doesn’t mean they’re a good person, it means they only care about the demographic they consider “us”.
But again; saying they’re food isn’t good is just a flat out lie.
Dude, you’re fighting a losing battle here. Their food is good, I like it just fine, and these people are clearly just letting their personal bias get in the way of that. I do not agree with Chick-fil-As politics, but im not gonna let that stop me from eating it when my boss goes out and brings it back to us for free. There isnt a single good chicken place near work, other than Chick-fil-A.
I mean, there’s a reason humans are still tribal in 2026, and it’s not exclusive to conservatives.
We evolved to handle the social load of less than 200 other humans, that’s the entire world we evolved for…
Everyone else is a “them” and we can juggle a couple groups of them, lumped by superficial characteristics because that’s how tribes identified themselves.
We couldn’t know every member of every tribe, so we judged everyone by their tribe.
People who strongly identify as LGBT, hate Chick-fil-A more than they hate McDonald’s, despite McDonald’s working closely with trump, treating their workers much worse, and serving vastly unhealthier food. And their CEO probably being just as against LGBT as chicfila’s.
All that matter is chicfila is “a bad tribe” so anyone that doesn’t treat that specific tribe as 100% an enemy, becomes an enemy of everyone slightly connected to LGBT in their eyes.
It’s not logical, but I understand why they’re doing it.
It just sucks that same behavior is exploited for issues much larger than a fucking chicken sandwich. If they “fight” chicfila with shit like comments in this thread, they get the same dopamine hit as doing anything productive, and then are less likely to actually be productive.
Bread and fucking circuses man.
The only way out of that maladaptive wiring, is treating every individual as a tribe of one, it’s just hard and brains are lazy.
The last sandwich I had there was… fine. Squished, plain bun, thin breading, yet outrageously expensive.
A Raising Cain’s sandwich is way better. Even if price wasn’t a factor, and I couldn’t go local for some reason, I’d much, much rather have Steak and Shake, P Terry, Chicken Express, Rosa’s, Fuzzy’s, PDQ…
steak n shake is one of the things i really miss after moving to the DC area. other fancy burger places like five guys held me over for a while, but they don’t hit like steak n shake.
Has Freddy’s made its way up to DC yet? I may dare say it’s better.
When I lived in DMV, five guys was a new thing and it was so awesome. Cheap, fast, amazing. They had so much business that they would “soup Nazi” people if they didn’t know what they wanted after waiting in line.
I’m sorry but it’s not good. I’ve eaten at multiple locations and I would 100% rather have chicken sandwiches or fried chicken from local places we have here instead. Their food is overrated.
I don’t care for their politics but that has nothing to do with crappy food.
You like their food (objective, so there’s no “lying” around that), and so excuse their politics. I get it, it’s like separating the artist from the art. Lots of people pay to see Tom Cruise movies, or now to see Ed Sheeran, or maybe Bill Burr.
I said compared to every other fastfood place that uses processed chicken patties, it’s good.
Some people don’t.
The other point you e completely missed:
So if anyone is boycotting Chick-fil-A, they have valid reasons. It’s just damn near every other option is even worse, so if they have consistent logic their boycott list is every major corporation.
How the fuck is “So if anyone is boycotting Chick-fil-A, they have valid reasons” defending chicfila’s politics?!
That’s just a lie…
The food is good, for “fast” food it’s amazing. Like, I don’t think there’s another fastfood option that hasn’t fully transition to the mcChicken method were the patty is reconstituted scraps.
Their politics with LGBTQ is (was?) absolute dog shit and more than enough reason to boycott them as an isolated issue…
But honestly looking at any other aspect of their company, and they’re one of the most worker friendly options. Which again, is not a high bar to clear, especially in fast food.
So if anyone is boycotting Chick-fil-A, they have valid reasons. It’s just damn near every other option is even worse, so if they have consistent logic their boycott list is every major corporation. Like, the owner has 10 billion dollars, no billionaire owned company is going to be ethical. If someone’s only issue with Chick-fil-A is the anti-lgbt stuff, that doesn’t mean they’re a good person, it means they only care about the demographic they consider “us”.
But again; saying they’re food isn’t good is just a flat out lie.
Dude, you’re fighting a losing battle here. Their food is good, I like it just fine, and these people are clearly just letting their personal bias get in the way of that. I do not agree with Chick-fil-As politics, but im not gonna let that stop me from eating it when my boss goes out and brings it back to us for free. There isnt a single good chicken place near work, other than Chick-fil-A.
I mean, there’s a reason humans are still tribal in 2026, and it’s not exclusive to conservatives.
We evolved to handle the social load of less than 200 other humans, that’s the entire world we evolved for…
Everyone else is a “them” and we can juggle a couple groups of them, lumped by superficial characteristics because that’s how tribes identified themselves.
We couldn’t know every member of every tribe, so we judged everyone by their tribe.
People who strongly identify as LGBT, hate Chick-fil-A more than they hate McDonald’s, despite McDonald’s working closely with trump, treating their workers much worse, and serving vastly unhealthier food. And their CEO probably being just as against LGBT as chicfila’s.
All that matter is chicfila is “a bad tribe” so anyone that doesn’t treat that specific tribe as 100% an enemy, becomes an enemy of everyone slightly connected to LGBT in their eyes.
It’s not logical, but I understand why they’re doing it.
It just sucks that same behavior is exploited for issues much larger than a fucking chicken sandwich. If they “fight” chicfila with shit like comments in this thread, they get the same dopamine hit as doing anything productive, and then are less likely to actually be productive.
Bread and fucking circuses man.
The only way out of that maladaptive wiring, is treating every individual as a tribe of one, it’s just hard and brains are lazy.
I contest the food part.
The last sandwich I had there was… fine. Squished, plain bun, thin breading, yet outrageously expensive.
A Raising Cain’s sandwich is way better. Even if price wasn’t a factor, and I couldn’t go local for some reason, I’d much, much rather have Steak and Shake, P Terry, Chicken Express, Rosa’s, Fuzzy’s, PDQ…
steak n shake is one of the things i really miss after moving to the DC area. other fancy burger places like five guys held me over for a while, but they don’t hit like steak n shake.
Has Freddy’s made its way up to DC yet? I may dare say it’s better.
When I lived in DMV, five guys was a new thing and it was so awesome. Cheap, fast, amazing. They had so much business that they would “soup Nazi” people if they didn’t know what they wanted after waiting in line.
I’m sorry but it’s not good. I’ve eaten at multiple locations and I would 100% rather have chicken sandwiches or fried chicken from local places we have here instead. Their food is overrated.
I don’t care for their politics but that has nothing to do with crappy food.
You like their food (objective, so there’s no “lying” around that), and so excuse their politics. I get it, it’s like separating the artist from the art. Lots of people pay to see Tom Cruise movies, or now to see Ed Sheeran, or maybe Bill Burr.
Some people don’t.
What the fuck are you talking about?
I said compared to every other fastfood place that uses processed chicken patties, it’s good.
The other point you e completely missed:
How the fuck is “So if anyone is boycotting Chick-fil-A, they have valid reasons” defending chicfila’s politics?!
I’m saying boycotting them is valid
But only boycotting them is illogical