chickfila

dmchicago said:

So all those germs on your sleeve don’t bother you?

Why would they?

I have been eating at restaurants all my life. Nice ones and not so nice. I open doors without protection. I push the start button on those AWFUL air dryers in the rest rooms with my bare hands most of the time, I sit at their tables, touch their chairs, handle my change after paying (Lord knows where that's been), etc. The list goes on. I even shake hands with people, sometimes total strangers!!! All sorts of nasty habits. 

When I was in college, I used to go to a pool hall that also served BBQ. NC Sanitation Grade C. (I think a D meant you got shut down.) Once, I got halfway thru my sandwich and discovered a used Band-Aid in it! I honestly don't remember whether or not I finished the sammich, but at that point, I might as well have. I know I didn't eat the Band-Aid though.

Anyway, to the best of my knowledge, I have not died or had any illness, catastrophic or otherwise, a result of my devil may care attitude. And no food poisoning.

These days, snowflakes are everywhere!

Carolina Q said:

I have been eating at restaurants all my life. Nice ones and not so nice. I open doors without protection. I push the start button on those AWFUL air dryers in the rest rooms with my bare hands most of the time, I sit at their tables, touch their chairs, handle my change after paying (Lord knows where that's been), etc. The list goes on. I even shake hands with people, sometimes total strangers!!! All sorts of nasty habits. 

When I was in college, I used to go to a pool hall that also served BBQ. NC Sanitation Grade C. (I think a D meant you got shut down.) Once, I got halfway thru my sandwich and discovered a used Band-Aid in it! I honestly don't remember whether or not I finished the sammich, but at that point, I might as well have. I know I didn't eat the Band-Aid though.

Anyway, to the best of my knowledge, I have not died or had any illness, catastrophic or otherwise, a result of my devil may care attitude. And no food poisoning.

These days, snowflakes are everywhere!

 Theoretically if they push the button on the dryer they washed their hands sayin

theyolksonyou said:

alaskanassasin said:

Carolina Q said:

I have been eating at restaurants all my life. Nice ones and not so nice. I open doors without protection. I push the start button on those AWFUL air dryers in the rest rooms with my bare hands most of the time, I sit at their tables, touch their chairs, handle my change after paying (Lord knows where that's been), etc. The list goes on. I even shake hands with people, sometimes total strangers!!! All sorts of nasty habits. 

When I was in college, I used to go to a pool hall that also served BBQ. NC Sanitation Grade C. (I think a D meant you got shut down.) Once, I got halfway thru my sandwich and discovered a used Band-Aid in it! I honestly don't remember whether or not I finished the sammich, but at that point, I might as well have. I know I didn't eat the Band-Aid though.

Anyway, to the best of my knowledge, I have not died or had any illness, catastrophic or otherwise, a result of my devil may care attitude. And no food poisoning.

These days, snowflakes are everywhere!

 Theoretically if they push the button on the dryer they washed their hands sayin

Those things spray fecal matter, saying.  Saw it in the net, must be true. 

Hot aerosolized feces. Mmmmmm. 

This is true by by the way. 

WeberWho said:

st¡ke said:

At the chick-fil-a next town over I've noticed a truism. People who use the drive thru are almost aways even fatter than the people who park and go inside. 

Same for all fat-food places (not a typo). I have seen a line of a dozen cars around a McDonald's, while the parking lot is empty. 

That's just giving up, really. 

The closest fast food place to my work is McDonald's. They just finished remodeling it. Guess how they want you to order it when inside? With an I-Pad. You have to wait in line to use an I-Pad. Yes, place your own order. You know how many other people just touched that I-Pad right before you get your food? I don't want to go inside and wait to order my food from an I-Pad. I'm not expecting much from their food from the start but at least give me an employee to take my order when coming inside. I would have gone through the drive through otherwise. I'll wait in the drive through over a fake I-Pad employee inside any day. (I haven't gone back since)

I'm in sales and some of my customers are QSR's (quick service restaurants) one of the biggest reasons (and something they won't tell you) is that "technology ordering" via kiosk or iPad is that the guest will order more. I know this sounds weird but people feel bad about ordering extra large when doing so in person, with technology ordering, no remorse needed when ordering a big mac and supersizing all the sides. 

The return on investment can be as high as 20% per QSR location, that being larger order (size of product) and numbers of items sold per order.  

BGEChicago said:

WeberWho said:

st¡ke said:

At the chick-fil-a next town over I've noticed a truism. People who use the drive thru are almost aways even fatter than the people who park and go inside. 

Same for all fat-food places (not a typo). I have seen a line of a dozen cars around a McDonald's, while the parking lot is empty. 

That's just giving up, really. 

The closest fast food place to my work is McDonald's. They just finished remodeling it. Guess how they want you to order it when inside? With an I-Pad. You have to wait in line to use an I-Pad. Yes, place your own order. You know how many other people just touched that I-Pad right before you get your food? I don't want to go inside and wait to order my food from an I-Pad. I'm not expecting much from their food from the start but at least give me an employee to take my order when coming inside. I would have gone through the drive through otherwise. I'll wait in the drive through over a fake I-Pad employee inside any day. (I haven't gone back since)

I'm in sales and some of my customers are QSR's (quick service restaurants) one of the biggest reasons (and something they won't tell you) is that "technology ordering" via kiosk or iPad is that the guest will order more. I know this sounds weird but people feel bad about ordering extra large when doing so in person, with technology ordering, no remorse needed when ordering a big mac and supersizing all the sides. 

The return on investment can be as high as 20% per QSR location, that being larger order (size of product) and numbers of items sold per order.  

I believe the main reason for the screens is to have less employees, but I would imagine some people would order more with the screen. 
I find it funny when someone in line is obviously ordering food for several people, and orders nothing to drink, and the kid asks "is that for here, or to go?"
 
An example of the opposite of ordering more with the screen, I believe Tiger would have only ordered one item if the store had a screen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4Tlob3U_1o

JohnInCarolina said:

BGEChicago said:

WeberWho said:

st¡ke said:

At the chick-fil-a next town over I've noticed a truism. People who use the drive thru are almost aways even fatter than the people who park and go inside. 

Same for all fat-food places (not a typo). I have seen a line of a dozen cars around a McDonald's, while the parking lot is empty. 

That's just giving up, really. 

The closest fast food place to my work is McDonald's. They just finished remodeling it. Guess how they want you to order it when inside? With an I-Pad. You have to wait in line to use an I-Pad. Yes, place your own order. You know how many other people just touched that I-Pad right before you get your food? I don't want to go inside and wait to order my food from an I-Pad. I'm not expecting much from their food from the start but at least give me an employee to take my order when coming inside. I would have gone through the drive through otherwise. I'll wait in the drive through over a fake I-Pad employee inside any day. (I haven't gone back since)

I'm in sales and some of my customers are QSR's (quick service restaurants) one of the biggest reasons (and something they won't tell you) is that "technology ordering" via kiosk or iPad is that the guest will order more. I know this sounds weird but people feel bad about ordering extra large when doing so in person, with technology ordering, no remorse needed when ordering a big mac and supersizing all the sides. 

The return on investment can be as high as 20% per QSR location, that being larger order (size of product) and numbers of items sold per order.  

Do folks in the drive-through also tend to order more than those who come inside?  I mean without the ipads of course.  I’m just wondering if they stay in their cars out of personal shame.

Those statistics I'm not sure about. I work for a company that started in the barcode reading industry but in addition to that that we are moving more to image recognition, I can't speak about the Amazon store but we may have a hand in this: https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=16008589011

@BGEChicago one time I was in Vegas and while speaking with the concierge I asked him if we could have some brighter light bulbs so we could read something without having to hold it right near the lamp (this was just before the efficient light bulbs came out). He took care of it, but thinking about it later, if every hotel room in Vegas had 75 watt bulbs or higher in every lamp, that would be a big draw on the system. So yeah, if McDonald's went organic, that would be a problem. But look at most of the people in line at McDonald's, I don't believe they are looking for healthy food.

DMW said:

The net of this is that if a job can be automated, it will be. It is happening in IT at a rapid pace currently. I often quip that if you aren't doing automation, you will be automated out of a job.

You are absolutely correct brother D. They have brought automation and robotics to things that wasn’t even considered in the realm of possibility just a few years ago. 
A triple head automatic MIG head on 42 inch pipe. It’s actually capable of running up to 5 heads if needed. 

It’s Monday. Chic-fil-a is open today.

I'm not overweight but sometimes the drive-through is the best option. Many times there is a line out the door or a line snaking around the tables. In addition, there is no place to sit.

Battleborn said:

SmokeyPitt said:

I think the first thing to do is lower your expectations a little. I think Chick is really good for fast food, but it is often over-hyped so peoples expectations are too high. I also think it is just not as good in the north because you yankees aren't as adept at frying.

I would just start with a regular Chick-fil-a sandwich and fries (the #1 meal). Ask for 1 of each dipping sauce. The "Chick-fil-a" sauce is good to dip fries in. 

I say the same for those that have never had In-N-Out. It is a really good and cheap fast food meal. There are definitely better burgers, but for the price and freshness it is hard to beat. 

Yep, it always irks me when people expect In-N-Out to compete with places that charge $10 for a burger alone.  Five Guys is considered fast food but a burger there costs as much if not more than a full Double Double meal.  

Growing up in So Cal meant In-N-Out was a staple and regular spot for fast food.  The lines aren’t as long as people exaggerate about and for the competition (less than $10 for a full meal) it’s a no brainer to prefer In-N-Out over McD’s or Bugger King.  And what the heck is up with Carl’s Jr.?  A regular Western Bacon Cheeseburger is now close to $6 and they had that whole $6 burger mocking campaign for awhile.   

Cornholio said:
And what the heck is up with Carl’s Jr.?  A regular Western Bacon Cheeseburger is now close to $6 and they had that whole $6 burger mocking campaign for awhile.   

Hey son, I'm old enough to remember how "Motel 6" originally got their name; $5.99/night! And gas for $0.24/gallon (saw it during a price war for $0.19, once!!)  

There’s a promo in town for a free chicken sandwich every time the Lightning win through their mobile app. Since we won last night I know what I’m having for lunch! Chik-fil-a sauce and Polynesian sauce is where it’s at.