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Ma’am, Your Burger Has Been Paid For

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Re: Ma’am, Your Burger Has Been Paid For

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Wow, this almost makes Chick-fil-A seem like a non-bigoted 21th century hospitality establishment. Only almost though.

This only incidentally involves Chick-fil-A, and is utterly orthogonal to the (IMO) reprehensible beliefs and behaviors of its executives.

Re: Ma’am, Your Burger Has Been Paid For

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Wow, this almost makes Chick-fil-A seem like a non-bigoted 21th century hospitality establishment. Only almost though.

Chick-fil-A employees are the most polite out of all the fast-food establishments I've frequented. The tables are always spotless, and the food is (I'll concede, this is subjective) damn good.

I don't think it's particularly difficult to separate a few bigoted executives from the totality of the company.

Re: Ma’am, Your Burger Has Been Paid For

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post #4

Wow, this almost makes Chick-fil-A seem like a non-bigoted 21th century hospitality establishment. Only almost though.

Chick-fil-A employees are the most polite out of all the fast-food establishments I've frequented. The tables are always spotless, and the food is (I'll concede, this is subjective) damn good. I don't think it's particularly difficult to separate a few bigoted executives from the totality of the company.

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Re: Ma’am, Your Burger Has Been Paid For

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I'm guessing there's a gap between place-your-order and receive-your-order where you sit while your order is prepared.

So, if the place is busy, the person immediately behind you has already placed their order at the time you receive and pay for yours.

Re: Ma’am, Your Burger Has Been Paid For

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Makes you think about how much fast food is consumed in the US. I like a McBurger myself once in a while, but people eat altogether too much of that junk over there.

Nice article though: people in the US, especially outside the big cities, are often very kind. My Italian wife is always pleasantly surprised by this when we're there.

Re: Ma’am, Your Burger Has Been Paid For

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"Perhaps the largest outbreak of drive-through generosity occurred last December at a Tim Hortons in Winnipeg, Manitoba, when 228 consecutive cars paid it forward."

Damn you socialist Canada. You did it with your healthcare and now you are doing it with your fast food too? :)

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