Eat More Chicken at Chick-Fil-A!

So get this, I slept in a parking lot last night. It’s a good story, here’s how it goes. In a shopping complex close to my house they built a Chick-Fil-A. My brother in law, Brian, heard from a friend of his, that at the grand opening of a Chick-Fil-A they give the first 100 customers a years supply of free combo meals. Now anyone who has ever eaten at Chick-Fil-A knows how good their food is; the chicken sandwich topped with two pickles, their classic waffle fries and don’t forget the fresh squeezed lemonade. I mean how could you pass up on a free year’s supply of combo meals. I knew I couldn’t, so when Brian told me a couple of weeks ago that the grand opening would be May 22nd, I started preparing myself for the blessed day when it would rain down free chicken from the heavens (and rain it did.) We have had such lovely weather that I was actually looking forward to spending the evening of the 21st outside, however this good old Utah weather sent us a curve ball and it turned cold and raining the day of the 21st. I was a little hesitant and thought maybe I won’t go after all; cause is it worth being miserable stuck out in the rain and cold just for some free chicken. What I failed to consider was that my brother in law had all this well thought out and came prepared with a tent, sleeping bags, extra blankets and even a portable space heater, so it was more like an awesome adult slumber party instead of a night in the cold. I arrived around 7:00pm the evening of the 21st. I helped Brian set up our tent and we scoped the place out. The rules stated that once you were checked in you could not leave the area they had roped off even to get something in your car, so we made sure we had everything we needed before we went to check in. My sister-in-law, Pam was coming later that evening and I thought to myself why not share this joyous occasion with others, so I called my sisters to see if they wanted to come and share in the fun. Rebecca, and her boyfriend, Dallin, didn’t have anything going on and being the adventurous souls they are, thought it sounded really fun and came on over and joined us. When the three of us checked in around 8:00pm we were numbers 55-57. When Pam checked in around 9:45pm she was number 90, by 10:15pm they had given the last number away, so we hunkered down for the night. During the festivities that night Chick-Fil-A handed out chicken nuggets and ice cream to everyone, it made me that much more excited for my free year’s supply of chicken.

Enjoying the festivities! Jacob Evans, me, Pam & Brian Slade

They did the last roll call around 11:15pm and then we all went to bed. Neither rain, nor wind, nor dead of night deterred us from our goal, though they all sure tried. We stayed snug and warm inside our tent while it was raining and blowing outside. At 6:00am in the morning the Chick-Fil-A staff woke us up, this was the moment we had all been waiting for. We stood in line according to our number waiting for the doors to open and at 6:20am they finally did.

Rebecca, Dallin and everyone else standing in line in the morning.

We were lead in through the door and greeted by Chick-Fil-A personnel, they were banging pots and pans and there in the middle of all the excitement and commotion was what we had been waiting for, our free year’s supply of combo meals. The definition of year’s supply is 52 combo meals. I’ve got myself 52 coupons for free combo meals from Chick-Fil-A that can be used anytime within the next year. Maybe if you’re nice to me, I’ll treat you to lunch. :-) In our group of die-hard Chick-Fil-A fans we had 7 people, that is 364 free combo meals and that my friend is a lot of chicken. Eat more chicken! Eat more chicken! Eat more chicken…

Chick-Fil-A Fans!
Front: Rebecca, me, Pam. Back: Dallin, Brian, Vaughn, Jacob.