Cuppyycaakes
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Blonde is a natural hair color??
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/southeast/16-year-old-chick-fil-a-worker-sent-home-over-unnatural-hair-color/
KidintheCloset
I was just served this week by a chick-fil-a worker with bright pink hair. Getting sent home for her "unnatural" locks is complete bs on the manager's part.
Drawstencil
Bigots gonna bigot
SavageDrums
But we don't have to give them money to do it...
Bladedrummer
Fuck chick fil'a, the most racist and bigoted junk food joint. Boycott.
omgWhatever
If you think of all "work appropriate" hair, you'll end up realizing exactly none of them are ethnic in origin. It is a good example of institutional racism.
noJustNOnoooooo
Its almost like the owner of the company is a garbage bigot that inspires other bigots to also be garbage.
cloverleafbane
bUT tHeYR ChiKEn gOod!
n0n53n53
it's not even that good, and it's expensive. I'd go to Popeye's any day over CFA
whadyameanthatnamestaken
I hope she sues the fuck out of them
JinxRocks
ChiKKK-Fil-A.
zeacorzeppelin10
It's Fucking Chick-fil-A, she's lucky they didn't whip her.
Marikhen
Love how the article's excerpt from the employee handbook singles out women for rules on long hairstyles and ignores men having long hair.
dghughes
Jesus! I mean jesus. I mean Jesus fucking Christ!
IlluminaBlade
There are red haired and blonde Africans soooo.
localsurfer
She's American, not African.
Thewulasvegas
Chic fil le miss spelled “skin”.
shyasen
This.
dickblack12
arumunus
Fuck Chick-Fil-A. Fuck Hobby Lobby. Fuck Home Depot. Fuck Walgreens.. (honestly fuck most corporations but those are ones in town I actively avoid giving money to.)
welcometothedystopia
Forgive me if this is stupid, what's up with HD and Walgreens?
arumunus
Home Depots not as bad since Bernie Marcus has retired now- but he was super pro-Trump and was spouting off about how people today are "fat woke liberals who dont want to work, just want to be handed money." Walgreens had decided to not sell Plan B pills in red states banning abortion, as well as letting their associates decide if they want to sell contraceptives or not, based on their beliefs.
arumunus
Also not stupid at all, btw.
3Davideo
It should be common knowledge by now that Chick-Fill-A has highly reactionary attitudes. Don't work for them.
Sm9yCg
Why do minors have jobs without extra protections in your country?
FairfaxJack
Wait, they're homophobic *and* racist? Shocked, shocked I tell you!
Gabelvampir
I'm not from the US, isn't Chick-Fil-A a know and proud bigotted business? So nothing surprising there.
thereitis101
Chick-fil-a. There’s certain places that you can expect this. Hobby Lobby is another. Pretty soon, the Orlando Magic.
SlightlyAngryAtAllTimes
... Who the fuck cares about hair color? As long as it's not in my food I couldn't give a fuck
reverendbonobo
I actually prefer they have brightly-colored hair, so if one shows up in my food I know exactly who it came from.
MeekrabJones
I guarantee you the exact same store has at least one white, bottle-blonde employee who doesn't have to deal with this.
NaughtButOne
No see it's fine because white people can naturally have blonde hair so it's okay because it's a 'natural' hair colour and... What's that? Melanesia? ... That's a made up word. Anyway, as I was saying, only white people can have blonde hair.
Steffn
Cultural appropriation!!!
xj4low
And the employee handbook doesn't define unnatural colors. There can be fair skinned African Americans with lighter colored hair.
Haloghost2
Reminds me of when I had a meeting with HR about my dreadlocks being against dress code because it was an extreme hairstyle.... They were very neatly done and I got tons of compliments on them...
GhostoftheNorth
Typical christian discrimination, that place should be boy-cotted.
DartTarget13
Their sauce: 1/4 cup mayo, 1 teaspoon mustard, 1 tablespoon barbecue sauce, 1 tablespoon honey. Now you never have to give them money again.
ATLandNerdy
No hyphen, Boycott is actually a name, the first (or first infamous) person in the English speaking world it happened to. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott
xXxX66SICKXxXx
If only christo-fascist racists weren’t a huge part of their customer basis and would probably be elated that “woke” people are boycotting and buy more maybe the boycotting strategy would actually hurt them.
Willowknowsall
Way ahead of you but that was because of the anti -LGBTQ+ stuff. But now will go ahead and add racism to the pot
Sthawwaths
It’s so expensive compared to alternatives where I live that I’m surprised a single person goes to it.
Totters
"OH, BUT THE DISCRIMINATION MAKES IT TASTE BETTER," or some other bullshit excuse. Tbh, really tired of people supporting their awful practices, choices, and food.
HerrHat
Well, that would be kinda on brand since fried chicken and such is largely southern slave legacy.
GravyEducation
Easy peasy that place sucks. Hyped to the 9s can't deliver the goods. You guys try chik fil a sauce? Find a worse fast food condiment
DocAqua
I'm doing my part.
adairyan6
I don't get to say good things about Texas often but we have the new Crown Act which prevents this.
NoQuestionMarksInDeclarativeSentences
Gay friend took his pregnant sister-in-law to get Chik-fil-a a bit ago. I was pretty surprised. I don't go there, cuz of the bigotry.
IrrelevantHandle
Honestly, for pregnancy cravings I might make an exception. Like, I boycott Nestle, except their purina beyond grain-free salmon and sweet potato cat food is one of the few foods my mom's elderly cat can/will eat so I'll buy it for her. I figure their profit margin is such that I'll never make a difference either way so any line I draw is more for my ego than anything else.
Mavgurian
1. It is the sum of all of us. 2. You're ego is worth it.
Mavgurian
Your, dammit!
CampbellsChunkyCyst
Boy do I love me some fried chicken, but I've never been there because I just can't in good conscience. My life has been perfectly fine without this so-called "chicken crack" that people speak so highly of. Best place to get fried chicken has always been at a local noname hole-in-the-wall grease pit, not a chain. And it's usually only good out of pure luck, or because of that one fat guy named Dave who's been working there since the 90s.
GravyEducation
So many better chicken places. It's regional specific though. So ya gotta check. Up here in Minnesota we've been gifted with a few like Canes but OG chicken sandwich was Culver's. They make a good one, that shit was the shit before THE WARS started and I doubt they changed a damn thing. Unphased. Pro. I've heard good things about Church's and Zaxby's but they're not here. Plenty of good local joints
RedWingedBlackbirds
I worked with a Dave at a chicken place!
StandingOutsideABrokenPhoneBoothWithMoneyInMyHand
Good chicken in NE Ohio is V's Gourmet Chicken on Lakeshore in Cleveland and Guido's Original Pizza & Catering on W Main St in Kent. Out of the national chains, I like Popeyes, but the local places run slower than molasses out of a bottle in Yakutsk in January. The best run Popeyes that I've been to is at the Vermilion Travel Plaza on the eastbound side of the Ohio Turnpike. Those people were hustling.
mikeatike
You are only missing out on soft wet breading that doesn't stick to the chicken and nearly stale bread and awful sauce.
Tible19
Don't forget the absurd amount of sugar they add to the breading. Thats the part people are addicted to, they had to add a shit ton of sugar bc it doesn't hold up on its own so it needs to give you a dopamine boost to be edible.
Mavgurian
Go to your local Korean place
CampbellsChunkyCyst
Interesting chicken style, but I'm not a personal fan of the double-dipped, double-fried method. Sometimes it's fresh and it's pretty good. Most of the time I usually receive korean chicken that's 90% breading, 10% chicken, and hard as a rock. Seems also very dependent on the foot traffic that day. It's kinda like going to get a doner kebab. If there isn't a line of people at lunch, that spinning meat's gonna be overcooked and dry as shit.
Sasurau
Never went there before 2012, and ain't no food good enough for me to pay so the profits fund fucking hate. Fuck them and Walmart and Amazon, too. Hate how sometimes Amazon is literally the only way to get something (I angrily buy some $25 bullshit once every year or so).
IrrelevantHandle
Amazon owns like 20% of the fucking Internet. We're probably both on at least one site they host right now.
Sasurau
Absolutely. 100% avoiding Amazon, re AWS, is pretty much fucking impossible.
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
Marvel films also fund Dan Cathy's hate activities, just FYI.
Sasurau
I haven't watched a TV show or movie in... uh, really not sure. No moral stance, though, just too ADD for shows and I end up doing other shit.
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
Fair, I just like people swearing off chicken that there are other links in the chain.
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
*to let people know
Sasurau
Oh, agreed- as another commenter mentioned in reply to my comment about Amazon (re the ubiquity of AWS) there's always another link in the chain of chucklefuckery. Mostly it resolves around, for me, drawing a line and extending it out as far as appropriate or feasible. There really is no way to be a 100% ethical consumer in Capitalism, sadly. But at least I can draw some lines.
Smough75
And where I live, 30-50 cars deep, seemingly always. Come for the chicken, stay for the Hate, I guess. Never have, never will.
vanishinggirl
Never eaten there, never will.
BigDaddysMeatWagon
I heard it read good and tried it. it was... "Ok". Not good. Not terrible. You'll get better chicken other places.
blainetog
I've eaten there once so I'd know what I'm missing. It's extremely mid and I don't understand the obsession. Wendy's is way better in every way.
banjostrings
I’ve had it once, it’s not good.
Override9636
It's literally just chicken marinated in pickle brine. You can make it at home for way cheaper and way better. Oh, and chick-fil-a sauce is just: 1/4 cup honey, 2 tablespoons yellow mustard, 1/4 cup barbecue sauce, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 1/2 cup mayonnaise
CyanideBreathMint
Dawn your atheist armor, because they will want your blood for sharing that recipe!
Override9636
The belt of factchecking, the breastplate of peer review, the boots of testable hypotheses, the shield of evidence, the helmet of statistics, and the sword of citations.
mikeatike
You're not missing out on much. Wendy's does as good on fried chicken sandwiches. Anyone that gets defensive about fucking fast food fried chicken is a moron.
GravyEducation
I love arguing about it though because Wendy's suuuuucks! Like where are you guys getting this gourmet Wendy's, you want fast food chicken from a non chicken joint you go to Arby's! Anyway downvote my Wendy's hate but upvote my loathing of those lgbtq hating chik fil a motherfuckers so put this comment at 1
mikeatike
That is what I am trying to say. Chick-fil-A manages to be worse.
ShameSpearOfHurt
Wendy's can definitely be hit or miss but usually, it is really fresh and great when I would go. Arby's however I never got around to trying their chicken sandwiches. Their other food made me wish I was dead for about a day once, and I haven't been back.
GravyEducation
Another "I can write an essay." So Arby's sucked for a while and then their management changed. (Simpsons joke "I'm so hungry I could eat at Arby's") and after new CEO they blew up! They did new ad campaigns (recently "we have the meats" who doesn't know we have the meats). Their chicken isn't what you'd get from a GOOD place, it's still Arby's, but I like Arby's. Hill picked grave dug lol
Skywatcher16
stop spending your money at bigot chicken. they are the fast food version of hobby lobby.
1mthedude
I will say Chic-fil-a is one of the most overrated institutions in recent memory.
SploogeMcDuck316
same I never thought it was as good as people made it out to be. Never understood the hype.
Namorath9
Agreed .... I'm canadian and heard all about how amazing chick Fila is so when on vacation we went there ... and it was good but nothing special
GravyEducation
People don't remember the start of the chicken wars. Chik fil a fired the first shot. Then was immediately obliterated by like everybody. Seriously youre signature sauce is like BBQ and ketchup but worse, I could write an essay
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
50/50 BBQ and mayo. And they sell it in stores like it's some secret recipe. And people buy it.
GravyEducation
Their chicken is no higher quality than anyone else, they brine it but yeah, everybody does that now once the people figured out brining chicken is good. It's barely seasoned, terrible sauces, lines out the door for what? McDonald's matches that shit. Also they don't salt their fries enough (waffle fries bro you need SEASONING) oh also they hate queer people so fuck em. Nicest thing I can say is the work environment does seem to be positive and the staff are cool but... nah man
GravyEducation
Especially since this story is explicitly flying against that positive staff environment thing so 0 for 10 chikky feelay
TimeFoDat
I actually like the flavor but it has more calories per serving than I thought was even possible. It’s not just mayo, it’s hydrogenated oil.
Leithoa
Every mass produced condiment is. Gotta be shelf stable.
armagetz
You realize that mayo is typically like 70-80% oil?
Snooj
I only had it once and it was gross. Given their corporate policies that's enough of a sample size for me.
GravyEducation
Go to any other chicken restaurant. I like arguing fast food (especially since certain chains are super regional) but I like Canes as polarizing as it is. If you don't like the sauce you don't like Canes. But at least they aren't telling gay people to fuck off and closing on Sundays because Jesus. Atheists work on Sundays you don't think I might want some chicken as a treat for my last "weekday"
Snooj
I like Crown Fried Chicken. Great staff, good food. Local Maine place; I think they only have a couple locations but we're lucky enough to be near one.
GravyEducation
We got this place, I've been meaning to go back, I can't even remember the name but I could get you there, that is like one of those white brick buildings, no frills. It was within walking distance of one of my car shops so we went and had a meal. Fish and chicken, I really wanted the fish n chips, holyyyy shit. Now I have to go back for the chicken. And not trying to be that guy but we were the only white people there and that is a pretty good sign
GoliathSkittles
Where I work has a clause in the uniform policy that employees can't have "unnatural coloured hair" I'm sure a lot of places do, its purposefully vague. It's one of the many tools big companies have to use against employees they don't like while they can turn a blind eye to the ones they do like
graehall
Policy written by 50+ year old white dudes who regularly use Just For Men to look younger
Yupurineutah
Her hair was getting uppity. This will not do. 🧐
PandAnomoly
This is chic fil a trying to tell her to stay in her lane cus they can't have blondes be a different skin shade 🙄
DeadnCold
Ultra white christian business hires racist managers/franchise owners? Pikachu shocked face..
Fyreworx
Who could have seen this coming.
pareidoliaperson
Probably incel too.
VindictiveBathToaster
The new memes won’t be the memes themselves, just descriptions of the memes. Mind blown on star field background
JamueLSaxon4thEdition
But isn't Chick-fil-A owned by ultra racist bigots that regularly contribute anti-gay charities to the point that it stands out more than other corporations?
shyasen
Curious if a white Chik-Fil-A employee who has blonde hair showed up to work one day with brown hair would that manager send that employee home? Or colored contacts? Or glasses? Or dentures? Or makeup? Or nail polish? Or a bra? NONE OF THESE ARE "NATURAL"!! Just like their religious cult or the characters in it.
marsilies
Odds are there's at least one white woman working there with her haired dyed blonde also, and the manager didn't even blink.
ZachariasWolfe
Yeah but white girls could have blond hair naturally /s (normally I don't put a /s and hope people get my sarcasm, but this is the kind of joke I really don't want people thinking I'm serious)
shyasen
100% this.
Gamaset2
This is why i choose to never eat there
tarnok
They misspelled "skin colour" wrong
Rillydealydalilommy
💯🙈🙉
echoawoo
It's always a lol when the religious business owners try to prove to themselves they're not racist. They hire a token, then find some reason to fire the token in a matter of days.
FestusMA
I know this will be … unpopular… but my wife’s dad owns one these and I swear he is not like that at all. Crap now I’m reading what I wrote and it seems like a crock of shiiitrl
Toast2
That's like saying your grandpa was a German Nazi in WW2 but didn't personally kill any Jews so he's not like the rest.
EddyWantok
Perfzilla
the real shock is that we let them get away with this bullshit
selkyselk
It honestly doesn't take that much for people to give up their humanity. Apparently in this case, it just takes some lightly fried chicken filets.
Nobody7713
Who's "we" and how could that hypothetical we not let them get away with it? Loads of people won't eat there because of their shit, but it's not worth getting arrested to vandalize them or whatever.
AusSpyder
It's not really much of a shock if we've been letting them get away with it forever. I'll be more shocked when we stop letting them do this.
Jandegrote
Out of all the things that happen in America this really is not that much of a shock.
WorkerLurker
I’ve never and still will never eat there. Someone had a messed up order and gave me a patty. I gave it to my dog.
Zeus541
I've never eaten there
AnalFistingPornstarLegendWolverine
Honestly for me the shock is there's not one comment yet defending this. Every time there's been a post about their decades of homophobia you get two dozen "yeah but nobody else does chicken as good so I'mma keep eating there til they do" comments.
Zalophus
Politics aside their chicken is shit and hugely overrated. I'd much rather eat Popeyes or Canes.
basufari
Meh haven't eaten there in years, only ate there breakfast anyways, I specifically dont eat there because i am an ally. Wendy's across the street has a cheaper chicken biscuit sandwhich, and to me it tastes better (biscuit to chicken ratio is better to)
dethloc
I will not eat Hate Chicken. Haven’t for years. But they do make the best chicken. But I don’t care how good it is, I ain’t eating it cause I refuse to support that kind of hate
athena0219
They are absolutely NOT the best chicken I've tasted. The fact that I have never ordered from them probably plays a significant role in that. But still!
TheBigBadBonerBiter
Some people just genuinely do not give a shit. My former manager, a gay man, said he still eats from there because "At the end of the day it's a chicken sandwich, who gives a shit?" I didn't really have a response then and sevenish years later I still don't.
aloharamada
I can understand that it's hard to keep track of all the problematic corporations, and if you're at the grocery store you might accidentally grab an item without knowing or overthinking who produces it, lots of brands that are f.e. owned by but not clearly labeled as belonging to Nestlé... but going out of your way to visit a restaurant that you know for a fact is extremely right-wing and donates money to organizations and politicians who shit on human rights... well, fuck you.
stevencloser
"the money you pay for that chicken sandwich goes directly to people who want to kill you"
mippijRunner
My SIL on my husband’s side was talking about how much she shops on SHEIN and I mentioned reading an article about how awful they are as a company and she said something to the effect of yea “I know but what clothes isn’t made by some kid somewhere?”… she has 3 girls. I was so taken aback by that response I didn’t know how to respond.
Perfzilla
IM MAKIN NUGS IN THE OVEN BECAUSE FUCK CHICK FIL A
AnalFistingPornstarLegendWolverine
Bro if you're talking in allcaps maybe you should be getting your nugs from the weed man instead.
Perfzilla
FUCK ME IM USING THIS SHITASS VAPE FAKE POT GARBAGE CUZ I MOVED TO A NEW PLACE AND AM TOO BUSY TO GET A NEW CONNECTION
AnalFistingPornstarLegendWolverine
Guys I think we found Skweezy Jibbs' secret imgur account.
APM418
Was going to say Will Stamper, but Skweezy works too.
GravyEducation
I may be of service. I've been spotting buds for people lately. And I just found a secret stash
RetrogradeLlama
Cough. Lawsuit. Cough.
notacobra
There is only a possible lawsuit if the rule is being applied inconsistently. For example, if ALL people with dyed hair -regardless of race or choice of dye - are fired, then there's no law suit. But if there's people of other races with dyed hair and no repercussions, then it is 100% discrimination.
L00kH4rd3r2718
I hope she never has to work another day in her life.
tazedconfused
Also tasty chicken sandwiches, but yes, lawsuit. With some dipping sauce.
MrOne2
schmonday
There's even precedent for this exact scenario: https://www.wmalabamalaw.com/blog/2013/october/be-careful-dying-your-hair-you-may-just-lose-you/
lotri
Arbitrator awarded $250k. But not sure if it would count as legal precedent. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/former-hooters-waitress-awarded-250-000-racial-discrimination-case-n337396
NoQuestionMarksInDeclarativeSentences
"Hooters Girls are required to be camera-ready at all times to promote the glamorous, wholesome look for which Hooters is known" wat
GravyEducation
Pretty sure (say it with papa again kids) John Oliver has a piece on this. Black hair. Specifically. They're trying to literally take part of your identity and squash it. Like when dudes used be "beatnik commies" because they wore long hair. Well guess what bitch crew cut is out
neithermenoryou
It's a good episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf1c0tEGfrU
GravyEducation
Went back and rewatched myself.
NoQuestionMarksInDeclarativeSentences
There is no legal decision on this page; therefore it isn't precedent. Perhaps the case has set it, but you have not linked evidence thereof.
schmonday
Boy, bet you're fun at parties. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/former-hooters-waitress-awarded-250-000-racial-discrimination-case-n337396
NoQuestionMarksInDeclarativeSentences
By arbitration? That's not legal precedent. Can you prove otherwise?
schmonday
You make me want to fall asleep.
wisher1977
Cough. fuck Chick-fil-A. Cough
pirateninjaunicornattacksquad
Hey look, racism.
GravyEducation
I'd take a picture and go "neat!" But this ain't exactly a thing you need a safari to see
Cuppyycaakes
Yep, never cool.
xj4low
I wonder how many unnatural blond w&ite girls work there. Best part Is the employee handbook doesn't define unnatural colors.
Xecryo
Man let me tell you something if your employer tries to tell you what color your hair can be, get out. The only time work should be able to tell you what to wear is if 1) There's a safety hazard (like you don't want to wear loose dangling sleeves near a meat slicer) OR 2) There's a standard uniform that all employees must wear (and it better be the same for both genders). All other reasoning can take a hike.
BagOfPrayers
Alternatively: Gendered uniforms, but anyone can wear whichever one they prefer.
ThePunnyGuy
Psh. I deliver for Amazon and refuse to wear their "uniform". I wear the shorts, but the shirts are wayyyyy too thick for the heat, so they can miss me with that.
Xecryo
You guys really need to unionize. I work retail and we used to have uniforms but over the years that has eroded and now we can have any color hair, jeans, and t-shirts (provided they aren't rude or vulgar obviously).
JanglesPrime
I work BOH at a theater eatery and while they give us branded work shirts and tell us we need black pants the only thing they really require is nonslip shoes for safety. Otherwise it is not an issue.
ThePunnyGuy
Unionizing as a delivery driver is next to impossible because of the way they have everything set up.