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As I sat in a 20-car drive-thru line with my coworker last week, I had a stunning realization: I don’t like Chick-fil-A anymore.
As a child of the south, Chick-fil-A has always been a staple in my fast-food portfolio. Breakfast minis before the first bell in high school, an 8-count after football practice, two original sandwiches on Saturday before college football kicked off — I was as brand loyal as they come. I’d eat anything Chick-fil-A put on my tray.
After I made it to college, my love for Chick-fil-A started slowly wearing off. I stopped trekking over to the Chick-fil-A drive-thru and started settling for the on-campus Chick-fil-A. That was a huge mistake. Suddenly, soggy chicken and cold fries were the norm. The menu was limited, so I could only get lukewarm nugs or a sandwich. When I’d thank the cashier for placing my order, she’d look me in the eye and say: “You’re welcome.”
On-campus Chick-fil-As, or Chick-fil-A Expresses, aren’t usually run by the restaurant, but by the big catering companies who’ve been contracted to run point on all campus dining. These companies don’t give a shit about the quality of my Chick-fil-A sandwich. They don’t care that they hired a group of unfriendly losers to serve it to me. They don’t care that the quality of the chicken was so diminished that outside of the packaging, it didn’t even look like Chick-fil-A anymore. Coupons? Sorry, those don’t work here. All they wanted was for students to use their campus dollars instead of meal swipes, so they smacked a “Chick-fil-A Express” sign atop this garbage dump of a restaurant and tried to brand it like a normal one.
Regular Chick-fil-As are still good, but they aren’t as incredible as everyone pretends them to be. Chick-fil-A is one of those brands that everyone loves to love, because it’s cool to love them. Whataburger, In-and-Out, Shake Shack, Chipotle, etc., all fall under the same category of “food brands that could serve you literal trash but you’d still say you love them because everyone else does.” That’s not saying CFA is bad, but to hear the stories about all these people who drive “miles and miles” to get a CFA sandwich is just ridiculous. If the line is going to take more than eight minutes, there is usually a better food option close by.
Maybe it’s because the Chick-fil-A Express ruined my love of the brand, but I don’t crave Chick-fil-A anymore. I’ll just never get that bad taste out of my mouth. It makes me sad, because I know deep in my heart I want that feeling of loving Chick-fil-A again. But I’ve been disappointed by the CFA Express too many times now to bother going back. I’ve traveled around the world, so this change in heart could be because my palate has expanded so vastly in three years that I’ve just grown out of my Chick-fil-A phase.
The food at Chick-fil-A is fine. It’s simple food for simple people. Let’s all stop pretending that we would take a bullet for the local CFA restaurant manager if we had to. Chick-fil-A isn’t light years ahead of Zaxby’s, Bojangles, Popeye’s and the rest of the fast-food chicken crew. It is what it is: a fast food restaurant. It’s a good quick option if there isn’t a line.
Chick-fil-A sauce is still dope, though..
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I’m looking at you sitting in your cubicle right now and hate-fucking you with my eyes.
This doesn’t make Steve Holt any more real
Your office looks incredibly depressing. Jesus.
That’s just how SteveHolt rolls: His desk as empty as his soul.
Because he doesn’t exist
The only keys that work on that Mac are CTRL+C and CTRL+V.
Judging from the slumping shoulders and Popeye arms, that is one butt-ugly woman.
Look like Dorno’s big, fuzzy forearms in loose sleeves. Coincidentally, he’s barely posted any articles while “Steve” has been shitting them out constantly.
That looks like Brian McGannon.
Steve Holt looks 5’6″ and 175 lbs
I can’t believe I didn’t see it before. It was right in front of me the whole time. DeVry, you’re SteveHolt.
Think about it. DeVry Guy loves a well-executed TFM troll. Hell, in the early days of TFM, he essentially was’t much more than a troll, but he was just funny and good at it unlike 99% of the trolls you see on this website. Plus, SteveHolt’s articles started appearing on a regular basis around the same time DeVry was hired by Grandex. He was also the first member of the Grandex staff to truly embrace the #blackballsteveholt movement (and who doesn’t love a good hashtag more than DeVry).
If my theory is correct, Jared Borislow has created the greatest troll to ever appear on this website. You clever son of a bitch.
I think you’re on to something here…
Responding to negativity with negativity. NF
let’s go play ping pong.
No.
SteveHolt is the human version of zipping your dick in your pants.
woulda beat your ass anyway
You drink Natty Light for the taste you sorry excuse of a man.
Why not enjoy the buzz and the taste simultaneously?
You deserve nothing, Steve.
I have gone to Popeyes twice, I have gotten food poisoning from Popeyes twice. Have not gotten food poisoning from Chick-Fil-A so I’ll give Chick-Fil-A the edge.
You have no one to blame but yourself. Both Popeyes and Chic-Fil-A have great food.
Because you can choose whether or not you get sick?
What kind off neighborhood do you see chick-fil-a’s in? Now compare that to the neighborhoods you see Churches or Popeyes in. Cased closed. KFC can be a little bit of a wild card in this method.
This is just proof you are a stone cold liberal…
I completely understand, is like how getting rid of the forums, slowly started to kill my love for this page, even though is still puts some good articles from time to time, is just not the same. Bring back the forums!
I wonder if Steve masturbates to his own comment sections. He must get pleasure from the hate we give him.
You’re going to hell for this one, Steve.
Wow SteveHolt, two food related articles in one day! Thanks you fat fuck.
Steve Holt goes on pornhub for the comment section.
Same reason we read his articles.
Responding to negativity with negativity. NF
How many times are you gonna try that line champ?
There are two kinds of people; those who like Chick-fil-a, and pedophiles. Based on past behavior we should have known steve didn’t like CFA
Steve Holt ruined TFM for me
Every time Steve Holt submits another article, an innocent puppy is killed. Fuck you, Steve Holt.
You know that feeling you get when a Chipotle burrito bursts? thats how I feel when I read a Steve holt article
I would do highly immoral things for there to be a Bojangles in West Virginia.
Hello fellow mountaineer. At least they finally put a damn Chipotle in
Steve’s Articles ruined regular TFM articles for me.
I think this every day
I thought Steve Holt was HelmetStickers’ new username and HelmetStickers was always just a bad writer. Or did HelmetStickers get fired and now his account is a troll account used by another TFM staff member under the alias of an Arrested Development character? What’s really going on? I’m honestly really curious now…
You just can’t stop hating America, Holt. What the hell is wrong with you?
TFM employees, quit it with the SteveHolt posts. We know it’s just you guys trolling us.
Steve Holt ruined TFM.
I’ve tried to ignore most of your articles, but this crossed the line
Something something Steve holt sucks
It’s like you’re trying to make us hate you more. And it’s working.
Steve Holt works for The Chive.
Suddenly becoming disloyal to a brand you have loved since birth because they decide to expand. NF
so fucking true
Suck my ass Holt
Zaxbys beats out any other chicken place.
As someone raised on Chick Fil A and recently started eating Zaxbys I can confirm. However I feel like Zaxbys will cause me to have a heart attack significantly faster.
Zaxbys is alright but bojangles is way better than zaxbys. Chick fila will always be amazing but slightly different in style from zaxbys and bojangles so can’t compare them. Steve you’re also still not real nice try though
Could’ve been so much better
You hate chic fil a because their ceo believes in traditional marriage you liberal fuck.
Hating food companies who exist to help you enjoy life because of one man’s political beliefs. NF
8 piece after flag football practice
Steve what kind of liberal fucking bullshit dope have you injected into your chode this week which you proceeded to slap on the keyboard to type this piece of shit? Who the fuck doesn’t like Chic-Fil-A?
Chicken minis are for girls
Steve, your absolute shit. Your opinions make me wanna curb stomp your face you incompetent prick.
Do some research Steve. Chick-fil-a doesn’t have a local store manager, they are individually owned and operated. Dumbass.
They can still hire someone to manage the restaurant. Like…a store manager.
Great piece. I don’t like Chick-Fil-A either.
Wow dude go fuck yourself. My original post was “If we really want to blackball Steve Holt, stop posting and viewing his shit-tier articles. We all hate him, and the circlejerk in the comments is always the same, but we always keep clicking, and so he’ll always be employed. He gets 10-30 comments per article, and thousands of views. If we stop clicking his buzzfeed-tier articles, he’ll get fired.”
But then that post got changed to “Great Piece. I don’t like Chick-Fil-A either.”
I’ve screencapped this one, btw
Yeah? Did you?
I’m calling bullshit
Feel free to call bullshit, i wish I had screencapped the first one so I could prove it. The comments section is the only feedback loop Grandex has for it’s target audience and here you all are abusing the fuck out of that too.
Well telling them that you screen-shotted kinda defeats the purpose because they won’t edit it now
#TeamPopeyes
#TeamButtStuff2k15
Lets be honest they’re pretty much the same thing
Eatin’ the booty like groceries since 1999
You’re in high school
Yeah ok
You’re the kid born in 1999 that shares posts about being a 90s kid
Proof or GTFO
Enjoying a diverse selection of all foods at all times. RFM