well... http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2007/0723/080.html
Chick-fil-A, the corporate parent, has been sued at least 12 times since 1988 on charges of employment discrimination, according to records in U.S. District Courts. Aziz Latif, a former Chick-fil-A restaurant manager in Houston, sued the company in 2002 after Latif, a Muslim, says he was fired a day after he didn't participate in a group prayer to Jesus Christ at a company training program in 2000. The suit was settled on undisclosed terms.
― keeping things contextual (DJP), Thursday, 26 July 2012 19:23 (eleven years ago) link
ok. that's reason to question whether they should move into chicago. but rahm emanuel didn't explain his decision on the basis of employment discrimination, but rather on the basis of the CEO's statements about homosexuality.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 26 July 2012 19:25 (eleven years ago) link
I am not disagreeing with you in terms of rhetorical strategy
― keeping things contextual (DJP), Thursday, 26 July 2012 19:26 (eleven years ago) link
i imagine lots of large companies are sued for employment discrimination, tho. 12 times in 24 years doesn't seem overwhelming, particularly if there's no mention of the company's culpability.
― mookieproof, Thursday, 26 July 2012 19:26 (eleven years ago) link
^think so too
I never heard of this joint til the last couple years cuz, u know, New York. Certainly wouldn't eat there now. But...
doesn't every city contain enterprises run by some fucko?
How about pharmaceutical giants? Munitions makers? Telecoms that give to Romney, Focus on the Family etc? If you're going to start banning 'evil' businesses how far do you want to go?
That Forbes thing is likely damning, but if there was no verdict against them in any of those 12 cases they have a fig leaf to employ. "Never Been Convicted."
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 26 July 2012 19:27 (eleven years ago) link
I tend to be absolutist about the First Amendment so I get instantly discomfited when a person voted into office makes statements about what is permissible speech.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 July 2012 19:27 (eleven years ago) link
― mookieproof, Thursday, July 26, 2012 2:26 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah, esp. for a huge chain like this. mcdonald's has probably been sued 100s of times. doesn't mean chik-fil-a doesn't discriminate, but there's not quite a smoking gun.
i mean the antipathy to this company is heartening but i wish people could get as angry at big oil.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 26 July 2012 19:31 (eleven years ago) link
most people in this country have more of a need for gas for their cars and plastics for their everything than they do fast food fried chicken from one specific chain
― keeping things contextual (DJP), Thursday, 26 July 2012 19:34 (eleven years ago) link
iow, oil companies are actually holding us hostage, CfA is not
one exception: college students
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 July 2012 19:35 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i know dan, it's just unfortunate isn't it?
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 26 July 2012 19:36 (eleven years ago) link
it's more than unfortunate but it's also understandable
there's also a relatively simple exit plan for most ppl if they detest CfA and don't want to support them; it's not quite as easy to live in the first world without plastic
― keeping things contextual (DJP), Thursday, 26 July 2012 19:38 (eleven years ago) link
It's fantastic.
― Marco YOLO (Phil D.), Thursday, 26 July 2012 19:49 (eleven years ago) link
I dunno, I kinda like this!
http://gawker.com/5929341/openly-gay-internet-celebrity-antoine-dodson-upsets-fans-by-expressing-support-for-chick+fil+a
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 26 July 2012 20:04 (eleven years ago) link
srsly cannot believe how stupid some of the comments on greenwald's twitter are. it doesn't seem like such a hard thing to get: boycotts, protests, and withdrawing advertisements are all legit and laudable ways to protest a business. using government power to BAN that business isn't legit or laudable.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 26 July 2012 21:18 (eleven years ago) link
I think he's getting more trolls than usual
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 July 2012 21:19 (eleven years ago) link
ha, this is the fucking truth. in my experience, chik-fil-a is always, always the most popular option in a campus food court where it is available.
― mississippi joan hart (crüt), Thursday, 26 July 2012 23:35 (eleven years ago) link
I dunno how to post tweets but
Edwin Lee @mayoredlee
Closest #ChickFilA to San Francisco is 40 miles away & I strongly recommend that they not try to come any closer.
― Dunn O)))))))) (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 26 July 2012 23:50 (eleven years ago) link
the sad thing is i haven't been to chik-fil-a since graduating and every single fucking time i've seen it mentioned in the last week i've felt the overwhelming urge to go there
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 27 July 2012 00:12 (eleven years ago) link
you're in good company. We can join our pals at The Corner.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 27 July 2012 00:18 (eleven years ago) link
shakey how do you feel about chris daly
― mookieproof, Friday, 27 July 2012 03:37 (eleven years ago) link
why would chik-fil-a want to serve a den of iniquity like san francisco anyhow?
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 27 July 2012 03:40 (eleven years ago) link
sinners have money
― keeping things contextual (DJP), Friday, 27 July 2012 13:30 (eleven years ago) link
― mississippi joan hart (crüt), Thursday, July 26, 2012 7:35 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is what i like about it. it's stellar hangover food.
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Friday, 27 July 2012 13:42 (eleven years ago) link
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, July 26, 2012 11:40 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Lol, chik fil a is based in atlanta, which isnt exactly the capital of upstanding behavior.
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Friday, 27 July 2012 13:48 (eleven years ago) link
Also, lots of gays here.
Mayor Menino of Boston steps down from his grandstand:
http://bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1061148712
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Friday, 27 July 2012 13:54 (eleven years ago) link
he's basically been doing that all week; yesterday the local news was buzzing with clips of him going "I don't know that I can legally keep them out but it's my opinion they shouldn't be here. Part of my job is to give my opinion; that is why I'm mayor. If I didn't give my opinion, if I didn't say anything when people asked, 'Mayor, what do you think of this issue?' I wouldn't be doing my job."
― keeping things contextual (DJP), Friday, 27 July 2012 13:59 (eleven years ago) link
Uh.
Seriously, UH.
http://www.ajc.com/business/chick-fil-a-public-1486023.html
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 27 July 2012 19:06 (eleven years ago) link
omg at dude dying
― Dunn O)))))))) (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 27 July 2012 19:15 (eleven years ago) link
surely the hand of the Lord at work lol
― Dunn O)))))))) (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 27 July 2012 19:16 (eleven years ago) link
You just know that places like the Corner are going to run "Liberal Hate Murdered Chick-fil-A PR Man" stories.
― LISTEN TO THIS BRAD (Nicole), Friday, 27 July 2012 19:19 (eleven years ago) link
That's cause God is a commie long-haired hippie. Um, I guess.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 27 July 2012 19:21 (eleven years ago) link
Maybe God is trying to tell them something
xp: damn you Ned
― keeping things contextual (DJP), Friday, 27 July 2012 19:23 (eleven years ago) link
scrolled past ned's link in fb real fast and O_O'd when i misread the name of the dead CfA dude!
― arby's, Friday, 27 July 2012 19:26 (eleven years ago) link
Some more on Perry, actually:
http://www.hillcrestcoc.net/perry.htm
http://www.theloveliestvillage.org/profiles/blogs/having-a-truett-cathy
Though I can't quite get over this from the second link about the company founder:
"Although Cathy has had some bad ideas, his commitment to the Lord has always kept him grounded. At the beginning of his fast-food career, he opened a second restaurant that went up in flames. He used this accident to reassess his financial status and the Lord’s plan and invent the chicken sandwich."
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 27 July 2012 19:59 (eleven years ago) link
this dude is the Puff Daddy of fast food
― keeping things contextual (DJP), Friday, 27 July 2012 20:05 (eleven years ago) link
Those sentences are worthy of Evelyn Waugh.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 27 July 2012 20:06 (eleven years ago) link
Correct on both counts.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 27 July 2012 20:08 (eleven years ago) link
RIP D4n P3rry :(
― mississippi joan hart (crüt), Friday, 27 July 2012 20:14 (eleven years ago) link
it's realy sad, I was a spokesman
― keeping things contextual (DJP), Friday, 27 July 2012 20:14 (eleven years ago) link
I wonder which Perry kin is your favorite:
DonVicRickKaty
― LISTEN TO THIS BRAD (Nicole), Friday, 27 July 2012 20:28 (eleven years ago) link
you're forgetting the best ones!
― Dunn O)))))))) (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 27 July 2012 20:28 (eleven years ago) link
http://halftimeadjustment.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/steve-perry-two.gif
― Dunn O)))))))) (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 27 July 2012 20:29 (eleven years ago) link
Maybe this should be taken to a poll.
― LISTEN TO THIS BRAD (Nicole), Friday, 27 July 2012 20:30 (eleven years ago) link
also don't forget
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/7425GT9YsiM/0.jpg
― Dunn O)))))))) (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 27 July 2012 20:32 (eleven years ago) link
i love chik-fil-a claims to have "invented the chicken sandwich" in 1972 against a wall of evidence that demonstrates that chicken sandwiches had been in existence much much much earlier than that.
i think that violates one of the commandments, but i can't be bothered to check which one.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 27 July 2012 21:20 (eleven years ago) link
thou shalt not chickenbrag
― electric point-electric counterpoint (m bison), Friday, 27 July 2012 21:21 (eleven years ago) link
I know Jack Nicholson got in trouble over a chicken salad sandwich in '70
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Friday, 27 July 2012 21:22 (eleven years ago) link
did he beat it with a golf club
― Dunn O)))))))) (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 27 July 2012 21:24 (eleven years ago) link