Chick-fil-A issues a groveling apology after Black cop is forced to pay for meal while White cops were free

[misanthrope]

25. I stopped patronizing Chik-fil-A nearly 40 years ago

It was as a result of my discovering they closed on Sundays in a public display of religiosity. Not because they wanted to guarantee their workers a day off, but because socially dominant religious doctrine dictates as much. It is a marketing ploy, plain and simple.

It immediately struck the same chord with me that resonates when I see small businesses use prominent religiosity in their marketing, Jesus fish on their work vehicles or Christian scripture in their advertising. If you do good work, treat people fairly and charge reasonable rates, those qualities should be what impresses customers, not religious bias. And honestly, if you are the Christian you try to proclaim yourself to be, those aforementioned attributes would be adhered to anyway and clients would notice for themselves. You wouldn't need some showy display -- dare I say, your "virtue signaling" -- to generate business.

What religious displays in business actually imply to me is that the business owner can't depend on their behavior to convey the depth of their convictions. So they use whatever leverage they can to make a buck. Like a money changer in the temple.

"Never go into business with a religious SOB, as he'll always have his God telling him how to screw you on the deal." -William S. Burroughs