1w ago

Don't boycott, boycott but don't call it that.

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I'd like to say I boycott chick-fil-A because of the anti gay thing but its because I actually tried it awhile back and was like meh. Certainly not worth the price and that was way before the recent inflation times. Its the same with walmart. Wish it was prinicple but man even the parking lot triggers me. Actually being in the store is just hell.
- I never got the whole Chick-fil-A thing. It's just a fast food chicken sandwich. It's good, as far as fast food chicken sandwiches go, but that's it. It's definitely not the orgasmically awesome food experience some people make it out to be.
  
  I mean I have popeyes around here and no chain holds a candle to their offerings.
  
  Not all of us have decent fast food chicken chains; out on the West Coast I had 4 Chick-fil-A within easy driving distance before I had one Raising Cane's or Popeye's within an hour of my house.
  Plus, Chick-fil-A is almost more about the sauce than the chicken. The chicken is ok, but the sauce is chef's kiss
  
  Honestly that is just sad to me. Unless its something like pizza or pasta a place should not be riding on the quality of its sauce.
  
  I'm not sure I agree; think about barbeque, Mexican food, Chinese food, curry, salad dressing... Hell, eggs benedict. Ask any chef if sauce is important, and they'll tell you that there's traditionally an entire position in high-end kitchens dedicated almost exclusively to sauces (saucier). Since a sauce can be as much an integral part of a meal as the breading on the chicken, I tend to disagree.
  Your preferred style of fried chicken sandwich may not heavily feature sauce, but other styles do.
  
  Im not saying sauce isn't important but if its all you bring to the table its not going to be enough. Especially the main ingredient like chicken in a chicken sandwich. I mean its great if the sauce is great but if the thing minus sauce not good or even meh then even the best will not save it.
  
  Fair. I'm still of the opinion that a good sauce can save a mediocre meal and that's not necessarily a problem, but I respect your opinion as well
  
  And that is fair as well. Its actually sorta funny because I will get popeyes strips with their blackened ranch sauce but I eat the strips straight up and use the sauce for that exact reason. To improve lesser fare
  
  It's consistently good, and the service is second to none. Every other fast food place has some bad locations, or you show up at the wrong time and it's not fresh, the service is terrible, or the people working there are clearly just not trying.
  Chick-Fil-A maintains consistency by limiting their hours and treating their employees better. Their ingredients are also top notch for fast food. Good salads.
  And good soda fountains. Chick-Fil-A and Whataburger are the only two places left with good fountain Coke.
  I still hate their politics, but there's a reason they've always got a line around the block at lunchtime, and it's not because the service is slow (because it isn't).
- Chick-fil-A creeps me out, because people are i n s a n e for it. Like, cars lined up around the block.
  
  Yeah my wife and I drove down to virginia and there was one across from where we were staying and I could not believe the line. Its like if it were cheap with no line I might buy their faire. And I mean I will shell out and wait for quality. There is a non chain burger place by me that has really limited hours run by some brothers. It opens for lunch and then just late enough so folks can pick something up on the way home from work so like 6pm or something. Always has a line and man it is worth it.
  
  I'm confident that it's part of their marketing. Every store near me has a drive-thru line that impedes traffic and/or crosses over itself. I think this is so that you drive past one and cant help but go 'oh! look at how much demand they have,' as you are stuck the the line to get into their line.

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