12.04.08

First 100 Chick-fil-A Grand Opening Contest

Posted in randomness at 6:15 am by eighty5original

On Wednesday afternoon around 12:15pm I pulled up to the new Chick-fil-A on Johns Hopkins Road in Laurel with my bags and a couple of folding chairs, prepared to camp out and become a winner! The first 100 people in line there were to win a years supply of food from Chick-fil-A! My mom had told me about the promotion and planned to do it with me, but ended up changing her mind, so I told a friend about it instead and we went for it. It was really fun, and not difficult at all.

The company made sure we were comfortable, with lunch, dinner, a snack, outdoor space heaters, games, a DJ, water, coffee, hot chocolate, sweet tea, an ice cream social, bathroom access, the list goes on. Around 9pm we got to hang out in the restaurant while we listened to Dan Cathy, President of Chick-fil-A gave a question and answer session, along with an awkward 15 minute prayer that made me very uncomfortable.

We actually didn’t realize that we needed to be there as early as we were. But my mom drove by around 10am to check out the situation, and said there were already 20 tents set up! So I called my friend Kristina and we got our stuff together and headed out. The first contestant was there around 12am the night before, waiting in her car, because you weren’t allowed to wait on the property until 24 hours in advance (6am) Eventually a group came to wait in line that brought a generator, a projector and screen for entertainment. I watched part of Entrapment in the Chick-fil-A parking lot.

A good time was had by all, from families with young children, college students, engineers from the physics lab across the street, and the unemployed, like me! At 6am we gathered in line to claim our prize! I packed up my stuff and headed to my rents place nearby to get some sleep since I had none in the parking lot.