One would think wrong.
Chick-fil-A, the shockingly polarizing fast-food chicken restaurant, has once again found itself in the crosshairs of bad-faith actors who just want to pick a fight with the Christ-forward franchise of eateries.
This time, however, it’s not about the company’s Christian origins or its adherence to the Sabbath. No, this time around, these dullards are attacking one Chick-fil-A restaurant’s summer camp event.
A Chick-fil-A in Hammond, Louisiana, announced this fun offering in a June 6 Facebook post:
The camp, which will take place across various days in mid-to-late July, will offer children (ideally ages 5-12) the chance to meet Chick-fil-A mascots and managers.
The camp will also involve a "behind-the-scenes look" at hospitality and service, as well as a "behind-the-scenes view of what it’s like to work at America’s favorite quick-service restaurant."
The camp will cost $35 per child, and will also include a snack, T-shirt and "some goodies."
It is as innocuous and innocent a little summer activity as one can imagine.— if a tad pricey for the value, but what isn’t these days?
And yet, terminally online dunces saw this pretty neat-sounding children’s camp as some horrible form of child exploitation.
A cursory glance at the Facebook post’s comments showed a number of upset commentators.
"This sounds like child labor with extra steps ..." one Facebook user commented.
"Wait. You’re wanting parents to *check notes* pay you, to use their young children as laborers," another user commented. "But they get a free meal, snack and shirt that will give you free advertising?