You might ask how this is possible but I grew up in the northeast and, in my area at least, we didn't have Chick-fil-a. Then I moved to Alaska and there's no Chick-fil-a there. I became painfully aware of that because all of the southerners reminded each other woefully every time the conversation turned to restaurants. Lots of chain restaurants are mourned when you live in Alaska. I remember the 3 hour waits for lunch at the Olive Garden when it opened in 2012.
Then we moved to Missouri and the nearest Chick-fil-a was 90 minutes away. By the time I'd made the trek to Springfield, I had other things on my mind. Target! The mall! Homegoods! Sushi!
Then we got to Colorado Springs and there are a few Chick-fil-a locations but once you've done without for so long, it just wasn't on my radar.
Finally, yesterday, a new location opened on my end of town. People had been camping out there all week because the first 100 in line get free food, once a week, for a year (or something like that). That would still not be worth camping, for the record.
This is the side of town next to a military base and, with that population, I predict that business will be booming for the next 8 million years. Chick-fil-a is more prominent in the south and, usually, servicemembers tend to be from the south. It's a statistic I've seen somewhere.
So, I went to the splash pad yesterday with my friend (and her kid, obviously) and I stopped at the drive-thru on the way home. It was fast, efficient, and, whoa, were they nice and polite at that drive-thru window. When I mentioned this, my friend said, "Yeah, it's ALWAYS like that. I've never had a bad experience." Even on opening day, there were a billion people and cars everywhere, but I still made it through the line, paid, and had my food within 15 minutes. The grilled chicken sandwich was really tasty too. I'll definitely go back.
Sometime, when I'm on the other side of town, I suppose I can go to Chick-fil-a, walk next door to the Hobby Lobby, and just make a day of it. I really don't think it's a coincidence that they are right next to each other.
Then we moved to Missouri and the nearest Chick-fil-a was 90 minutes away. By the time I'd made the trek to Springfield, I had other things on my mind. Target! The mall! Homegoods! Sushi!
Then we got to Colorado Springs and there are a few Chick-fil-a locations but once you've done without for so long, it just wasn't on my radar.
Finally, yesterday, a new location opened on my end of town. People had been camping out there all week because the first 100 in line get free food, once a week, for a year (or something like that). That would still not be worth camping, for the record.
This is the side of town next to a military base and, with that population, I predict that business will be booming for the next 8 million years. Chick-fil-a is more prominent in the south and, usually, servicemembers tend to be from the south. It's a statistic I've seen somewhere.
So, I went to the splash pad yesterday with my friend (and her kid, obviously) and I stopped at the drive-thru on the way home. It was fast, efficient, and, whoa, were they nice and polite at that drive-thru window. When I mentioned this, my friend said, "Yeah, it's ALWAYS like that. I've never had a bad experience." Even on opening day, there were a billion people and cars everywhere, but I still made it through the line, paid, and had my food within 15 minutes. The grilled chicken sandwich was really tasty too. I'll definitely go back.
Sometime, when I'm on the other side of town, I suppose I can go to Chick-fil-a, walk next door to the Hobby Lobby, and just make a day of it. I really don't think it's a coincidence that they are right next to each other.
