Real Work Conversations
Me: I'm not planning on using those Chic-fil-A coupons if anyone wants them.
Carissa: I don't eat at Chic-fila (pronounced 'chic-fil-uh').
Me: You do realize it's Chic-fil-A, right?
Carissa: If they wanted me to say it that way, they would have spelled it right. It's not 'fillet' up there on the board, is it? ... I've got issues with Chic-fila.
Me: Apparently.
Hillary: So what do you do with something like Toys-R-Us?
Carissa: I haven't really considered that. I'll have to do some thinking on it and get back to you.
Carissa: I don't eat at Chic-fila (pronounced 'chic-fil-uh').
Me: You do realize it's Chic-fil-A, right?
Carissa: If they wanted me to say it that way, they would have spelled it right. It's not 'fillet' up there on the board, is it? ... I've got issues with Chic-fila.
Me: Apparently.
Hillary: So what do you do with something like Toys-R-Us?
Carissa: I haven't really considered that. I'll have to do some thinking on it and get back to you.
posted by Jmac at 8:56 AM
7 Comments:
It's Chick-Fil-A, not Chic-Fil-A. You should know that... didn't you work there?
Interesting aside... apparently, the business cards of CFA execs also double as coupons.
Jmac never graced the halls of the Fil-A. That was me, Xon, Bryan, Nick Moore, and the Grin.
What possible issues could one have with Chick-Fil-A? (Aside from the issues that one comes to have after working there, that is) Yummy chicken sandwiches. I will tolerate no other assessment.
Chick-Fil-A is seriously cultish -- the "my pleasure" lines leave one creeped out. Apparently they also keep so much interest in each operation that they take serious profits away from the original owner-manager. Word on the street is that they are over-involved in people's lives, too, but I don't know those details.
Anytime Christians get involved in franchising or merchandising, a cult invariably ensues. This is why one does not worship both God and Mammon. You cannot spread the Gospel and expect to make a profit, nor can you look to a profit as a sign of one's effective witness.
Well, I think her issues had more to do with her being a vegetarian ... and they were more joking.
Well, each store is owned independently, so I can only talk for the store we worked for. I did find it odd that our off the job meetings were always on Sunday (CFA has a strict not open on Sunday rule -- but we were sort of working at the meetings). There were no "lines" we had to say like "my pleasure." Our store wasn't much cult-like at all. It was more dorky North Augusta high schoolers. The Christian aspect of the company wasn't shoved down our throats at all (though I think it does help to mention your church or whatever when interviewing).
And the goal wasn't to spread the Gospel, it's a freakin' Chicken sangwich restaurant. The goal was to sell sangwiches.
Xon and I should do some posts about the various shenanigans we pulled while there.
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