But I’m not going to stop eating at Chick-fil-A. And yet, at the corporate level, the purveyors of the Original Chicken Sandwich have put some money behind a controversial cause, and that fact has led some people to call for a boycott of the restaurant. In fact, the only political conversation I remember having was about raising the minimum wage. Nor was it a politically charged environment. There were no confessions of faith on the job application or group prayers in the mornings, and the only indoctrination I received was to respond with “My pleasure” every time someone said “Thank you” (even today, I sometimes catch myself saying it reflexively). And while the sound system in the front of house played nothing but that summer’s top 10 Christian-radio hits, it was not a particularly religious workplace. It was a decent job, and the people were friendly.
I spent the summer of 2007 slinging waffle fries and wiping down tables at the Chick-fil-A on Main Street in Summerville.