Evil has moved into my hometown.

[thistlechaser]

There will be a lack of links in this post, as I don't want to pinpoint where I live.

Alternate title for this post: Be careful what you wish for.

I was driving through the town I live in, looking for somewhere to have lunch. A new building was going up, and I said to myself "I hope it's somewhere interesting to eat". Then I spotted the "Chick-Fil-A Coming Soon!" sign.

Chick-Fil-A. Here. How can that be? An actively homophobic company in the San Francisco Bay Area.

As soon as I got home, I started doing some research. Turns out they tried to open a store one town over, and the residents blocked them (through zoning laws, unfortunately not because it's a company of hate). Unfortunately my town had had hearings on them moving in, but I've never seen a hearing announcement for anything (they're not exactly something I ever seek out or usually care about), so I had no idea.

I wish I could hope that the people here just won't patronize that business, but the place has a great location in a town that has 30+ minute lines for even just fast food at lunchtime.

I'm going to have to see that place every time I drive anywhere. Every time I go to work. Every time I go to swim. Multiple times a day. I don't know how I'm going to resist throwing rocks at the window or something.

Go away anti-equality, pro-hatred people, and take your chicken sandwiches with you.

Comments

[pure-trance.livejournal.com]

San Jose already has a Chick-fil-a :( It's always SUPER busy too. I hate them. Even if they weren't homophobic everything is drenched in peanut oil...

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Oh peachy. I had read mention of one, but one site said it was now closed, so I hoped they were all gone from the area.

Peanut oil + homophobia = not good eats!

[pure-trance.livejournal.com]

I mean I guess it's possible it was closed but it was open at least last month and super busy (huge drive thru line) at the time... It's the one at the @First shopping center. Would be nice if that one happened to close since the last time I was there, I just wonder why they would close it since it seemed to be extremely popular.

And yeah I have to agree about that equation @_@

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ah, if it was busy, it likely didn't close since then. Maybe there was another one around here that closed? Way too many of them, whatever the answer is. :/

[pure-trance.livejournal.com]

Yeah...as for another one I don't know, I thought (wishful thinking?) that that was the only one in the area so I have no idea haha.

But anyway 1 is too many, ugh.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yep, agreed on one being too many. :/

[voidmagus.livejournal.com]

My wife loved chic-fil-a. They're all over the place here, and the protests/counterprotests around them got...interesting. There were a few days where crowds of people of a variety of orientations were standing in the parking lot making out. Best Protest Ever.

After that whole mess, Chic-Fil-A did at least admit fault, but I found replacements for tasty chicken (Long live Champys! local landmark, awesome chicken, and sometimes crawfish) so my wife wouldn't miss it and we haven't been back.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Hahaha most amusing protest ever!

I wish they weren't homophobic; I love fast food fried chicken sandwiches, but I refuse to give my money to them. I love equal rights more than I do (assumedly) tasty chicken!

[doxxxicle.livejournal.com]

We don't have Chic-Fil-A here in Canada, or at least not around my part of Canada. I always mentally hear the name as Chick-Filler, which causes this weird combination of amusement/squick.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

For some reason my brain reversed part of their name, so for years I pronounced it "chick-a-fill" in my head, which made no sense at all, though did sound kind of cute. Chick-Filler made me snicker!

[kamalloy.livejournal.com]

Oh holy crud. I'm not the only person who thought it was "chick-a-fill?"

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ha! Apparently not! I thought that was something unique to my messed up brain!

[kamalloy.livejournal.com]

Our brains can be messed up together. ;)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yay messed up brain company!