Saturday, September 29, 2007

I take Saturdays off for religious reasons



The weather's finally cooled down enough (a chilly 90 degrees) that one can go hiking without evaporating. We checked out a new trail (new to us) at South Mountain Park (the largest muni park in the country). It was a nice trail with lots of elevation changes and great scenery (see pics here). To see even more pics (taken by my 6 year old son), go to Ladybug Writing. My son Alex has a blog now. It's funny in a Steven Wright ironic sort of way (completely unintentionally).

Heading home from the park, we looked for something to eat. The wife and kid decided on Chick-Fil-A. I picked up something from Baja Fresh. As a matter of principle, I try to avoid eating at restaurants that purposely misspell their name for the sake of cuteness. That and the fact that they are not open on Sundays. I'm thinking of starting a discrimination suit. If I want chicken nuggets on Sunday, I should be able to get them! For some reason, lawyers won't return my calls. I'm thinking it might be something along the lines of Coke suing Coke for taste infringement. But I digress.

I kid. Businesses (especially privately owned ones) have the right to run their ship in a manner they see fit, as long as it is not discriminatory. And I have seen no indication that Chick-Fil-A is doing anything too hokey.

I'm just saying. The Christian music piped in and the Winshape posters (marriage retreats, Christian kids' camps) on the wall might make some people feel they are in the wrong place. By the same token, a Christian might feel out of place in Hot Topic with pentagram jewelry and Lamb of God playing. I guess I'm not really criticizing, just observing. When you are not looking for some things, you might not see them. I only started to notice some of the things because I had wondered why they weren't open on Sundays and delved a bit deeper. Their official line:

Admittedly, closing all of our restaurants every Sunday makes us a rarity in this day and age. But it's a little habit that has always served us well, so we're planning to stick with it.

Our founder, Truett Cathy, wanted to ensure that every Chick-Fil-A employee and restaurant operator had an opportunity to worship, spend time with family and friends or just plain rest from the work week. Made sense then, still makes sense now.

Nothing wrong with that, I guess.


And on a completely unrelated note, Dbacks make the playoffs!! Woo-hoo! And we're going to game one of the Divisional Series on Wednesday. I got on the Internet early this morning when they went on sale and was able to get tickets for us and my folks. This is the first time my dad has ever been able to go to a playoff game of any kind and was thrilled when I told him.

11 comments:

wstachour said...

I put up a post a while back about In-n-Out Burger in California, where I was surprised to find little biblical phrases in obscure places on their food packaging. But the food--the whole concept--is so good I have to... forgive!

Never eaten at a Chik-Fil-A, though they're around here in KY where I work. Guess I won't tomorrow (Sunday) either.

Laura said...

Go Cubs!!!!! :P

dbackdad said...

"Go Cubs!!!" - You too? Oh, the humanity. I get enough of that in my own house. lol

I've decided to make Michelle go sit by herself when we go to Wednesday's game.

Shawn said...

Cubs is a four-letter word! I'm just sayin'... and God doesn't like cursing, so he obviously can't like the Cubs - a four-letter team. And, you know, if you're not for God...you're against him. Surely God won't allow the godless Cubs win...

What? Bitter? Not me...clearly!

Have fun at the playoffs.

dbackdad said...

"Cubs is a four-letter word!" -- Amen, brother! I'm with you. I was pulling for the Brew Crew.

Laura said...

Come on... I've lived on the North Side for over 10 years now. It just kinda gets in your blood.

Actually, I don't really care. I don't follow baseball really and the only thing Wrigley seems to be good for is screwing up traffic by my apartment.

That said... the Cubbies are due.

Scott said...

The only thing that makes the Cubs making the playoffs worth something is the look on the face of all the Cubs fans when they finally get knocked out. Hopefully it'll be in the first round.

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Scott said...

Thanks Diamondbacks!

One more win plz!

dbackdad said...

Wish granted. Go Dbacks!