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Old 12-17-2014, 11:59 AM
 
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Whenever a new Chick-Fil-A opens, they offer free food for the first 100 customers (It's actually vouchers for one meal per week for 52 weeks). I just saw in Pasadena, Calif., so many tents and carts in front of the one they just opened. I wonder if it's mostly desperately poor people trying to survive, or just people who like Chick-Fil-A.

We live in frugal times.
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Old 12-17-2014, 12:16 PM
 
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People will go to the extreme for free/cheap stuff. We see people camp overnight in front of stores for Black Friday. When Cold Stone was giving out free ice cream, I saw people wait two hours for a cone that cost a couple bucks.

It's probably people who really like Chick F-A and just have time to kill.
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Old 12-17-2014, 04:01 PM
 
Location: Vallejo
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People will go to the extreme for free/cheap stuff. We see people camp overnight in front of stores for Black Friday. When Cold Stone was giving out free ice cream, I saw people wait two hours for a cone that cost a couple bucks.

It's probably people who really like Chick F-A and just have time to kill.
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Old 12-17-2014, 08:17 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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A meal is approx $7, so $7 x 52 weeks = $364? Camping out for a few hundred dollars worth of food that's not even good for you.
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Old 12-17-2014, 08:36 PM
 
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A meal is approx $7, so $7 x 52 weeks = $364? Camping out for a few hundred dollars worth of food that's not even good for you.

Sure seems I pay a lot more than7.00 when I go but whatever it is still not enough to compensate for my time waiting there
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Old 12-17-2014, 09:25 PM
 
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Chick Fil A is the In N Out of the chicken world!! So good
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Old 12-18-2014, 09:30 PM
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Location: City of Roses
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Sad times. Reminds me of history lessons and the Russian bread lines during WWII. I sure do hope that the people who get that food are needy and not just fast food addicts.
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Old 12-18-2014, 09:31 PM
 
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Whenever a new Chick-Fil-A opens, they offer free food for the first 100 customers (It's actually vouchers for one meal per week for 52 weeks). I just saw in Pasadena, Calif., so many tents and carts in front of the one they just opened. I wonder if it's mostly desperately poor people trying to survive, or just people who like Chick-Fil-A.

We live in frugal times.
I could not stand to eat there that often and I think the last time I got something from there it was at a Mall that I had to be at for something specific and all I got was the fries and an unsweet tea.
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Old 12-18-2014, 09:35 PM
 
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Sad times. Reminds me of history lessons and the Russian bread lines during WWII. I sure do hope that the people who get that food are needy and not just fast food addicts.
Not even comparable; the breadlines were due to the physical lack of food available. The US is not even close to being short on food.
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Old 12-19-2014, 11:25 AM
 
Location: Central Texas
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People who aren't bargain hunters camp overnight for days waiting for an iPhone. I think that is far dumber than waiting for free food.
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