Chick-fil-A employees were at work in Orlando Sunday

[Ms. Yertle]

http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/158700906-story

Chick-fil-A employees were seen distributing sandwiches and ice tea to those who waited several hours in line to donate blood in addition to the hundreds of law enforcement officials who responded to the shooting scene.

Class act. It's good to know that things like this can happen.

[stonecutter357]

1. Thanks Chick-fil-A Employees.

[cwydro]

2. That's very cool.

Thanks for posting!

[philosslayer]

3. ugh

I hope people stayed away. Haters.

[Mass]

5. The owners may be haters, but the employees are just there earning a living.nt

[rateyes]

13. I knew Truett Cathy, and while I disagreed with his opinion on gay rights, this

is exactly something he would do.

[pintobean]

10. Irony

[yeoman6987]

35. Such a selfless act Chick Fil A did

I'm going to lunch there today as I hadn't heard this incredible story before. I hope everyone does. We support good deeds.

[Ms. Toad]

36. Stayed away from donating blood?

The free food went to support people who donated blood for the largely LGBT individuals who needed it.

That would be a pretty severe cutting off the nose to spite the face kinda act.

[liberal N proud]

4. Maybe that will signal a change in Chick-fil-A's stance on gays

They do not have a good history with LGBT rights.

http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2016/02/02/3745345/chick-fil-a-still-anti-gay/

Let's hope this signals some sort of change on the issue for them.

[justiceischeap]

6. I don't know how Chik-Fil-A franchising works

but I'm guessing it was the local owner and not the corporation that did this. There's a vast difference between franchise owner and corporation.

I'd be interested in that part of the story so the correct person gets the kudos.

[philosslayer]

7. Stores are forbidden from opening on Sundays

It doesn't happen, and is corporate policy. I heard of a franchise owner who had a store near a Super Bowl location, and opened on Super Bowl Sunday for obvious reasons. His franchise was taken from him the following Monday. (Chick-Fil-A owners don't "own" their particular locations. They are just operators.)

[justiceischeap]

8. Thanks for the info.

We'll have to see how this plays out when Orlando is behind us.

[tammywammy]

9. Last December we had a few tornadoes hit north Texas

Some Chick-fil-a locations opened on Sunday not to customers, but to give food to victims and first responders. There must be a clause in their franchise agreement that allows them to open for such occasions, which is different than opening to make money on a Sunday.

[LittleGirl]

23. YES, I thought they were all closed on Sundays. eom

[Gothmog]

11. Good story-thanks for posting

[oberliner]

12. Chik-fil-A is one of the most anti-gay companies in America

Their CEO is a despicable homophobe of the highest order.

[philosslayer]

14. And they break corporate policy...

To profit off of this tragedy. Yuck.

[Blue_Adept]

17. what profit? Everything was donated.

First responders and the like were not charged for food and drinks handed out to them.

[oberliner]

18. Profit in the sense of generating good PR for themselves

With local Fox affiliates reporting on what a wonderful company they are.

[Blue_Adept]

20. Well, that'll keep people from doing good things

Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

I'd hate to look at the world through that lense. it's corrupting.

[oberliner]

21. That's what Trump said when he got crap about his donations to veterans group

Why are people giving me such a hard time? I am trying to help veterans!

[Blue_Adept]

22. so now we're comparing locals that live in orlando trying to help out to Trump

Please, proceed.

[oberliner]

25. No

Just saying that motives can be dubious at times.

[LoverOfLiberty]

27. Trump was called out

because until he was, those donations weren't being sent to the veterans groups as he claimed. It had nothing to do with his motives.

[oberliner]

31. OK

Honestly, the only point I wanted to make was that Chik-Fil-A has been an enemy of civil rights for the LGBT community for a long time, and so I am a little cynical about them getting positive PR related to this tragedy, considering the homophobic agenda of the company and its leadership.

[Whiskeytide]

19. I think they gave the food away...

... The article at the link didn't say that, but that was the impression I got from the statement that they distributed sandwiches to people in line giving blood.

The corporate management may be assholes, but this particular franchise deserves some props for this. Pretty decent act.

[Brainstormy]

15. Thank you

for stating the truth. The acts of kindness from one particular franchise or a few particular employees don't change that.

[hertopos]

16. I hope he will not be fired by doing this

I know a former employee and heard a lot of scary stories.

hertopos

[Politicub]

24. Mercy - what a sacrifice. Cooking and serving on Sunday.

I guess the bar is pretty low for a homophobic company to get praise.

"We served food to people waiting in a line... On Sunday. Yay, us."

[Ms. Yertle]

26. Giving away free food to people in line to donate blood

I think that's a pretty high bar, actually, and I hope other restaurants did the same.

[LoverOfLiberty]

28. I agree

I will never eat at a ChilckfilA but I do respect their charity work in this situation.

[SCantiGOP]

29. Agree, good for them

[closeupready]

30. There's a new Chick-fil-A location in Midtown - I now steer VERY clear of that corner.

I used to go that way occasionally, hitting the McDonald's or the bank - no more, not since they opened a few months back.

As a gay man, I get bad vibes around there now ... I don't like even LOOKING at the sign.

[Person 2713]

34. Same here

[billy d.]

32. Chick-fil-A employees were at work in Orlando Sunday

Let's not forget that the gay that tried to donate blood was turned down because of being gay. So there fore there were no gay's that received free chicken sandwich. If their heart was on the right side they would have been delivering free food to the familys of the dead and wounded which mostly were from the gay community. To me this is a lot of recognition for rubbing salt into the wound............

[MH1]

40. "the gay that tried to donate blood was turned down because of being gay" ??

I thought that policy changed a very long time ago.

[Pharaoh]

33. oy...........

a homophobic corporation trying to get some good free press out of this tragedy.

pretty sad,

[OxQQme]

37. You're entitled to your opinion Pharaoh.

It seems kind of dark to me.


snip> Not so yesterday. In a shocking move the Orlando location, at University and Rouse Road, fired up its grills on Sunday. The chain is notorious for not being open—ever—on the first day of the week. Employees cooked up hundreds of their famous chicken sandwiches. They brewed dozens of gallons of sweet tea.
Then, instead of making a single dime, they crated the product of their labor to the One Blood donation center. The food and drinks were handed out, free of charge, to all the people who had lined up to donate blood.

Turns out that while the founders definitely don’t approve of the gay lifestyle, they believe in compassion. Who knew? A bunch of people claiming to be Christians, caring about others even when they don’t agree with them. These employees took time out of their personal schedules, volunteering to feed those who were donating blood, that was desperately needed by the hospital to treat the severely injured survivors.

http://dcgazette.com/2016/chic-fil-gay-club-shooting-isnt-viral/

[Pharaoh]

38. okay

your right

knee jerk response to chick fillet owners.

sorry.

[linuxman]

39. Man, look at all the haters. Sad.

What did you do for Orlando in the last 48 hours?

God bless the manager, God bless the people donating, and God bless the volunteers, first responders, and all the other helpers down there.