I walked into fundie hell tonight

[Horse with no Name]

Had a school event. Decided to take the kids to Cici's for pizza afterward.
Didn't really notice anything different until I had sat down and started eating. The last time I was in there, it had a local flavor--football jerseys--local sports figures, different schools represented, etc.
But now, There was religious music playing. There were Christian posters all over the walls. There was a fucking prayer request box. The TV was tuned to Faux news. There were a minimum of 5 crucifixes on the walls.
There was a receptacle and a sign for free bibles if you don't have one.
WTF is up with this?
I felt like I ended up in church when I just went to eat a slice of pizza.
I let the manager on duty know of my displeasure with it when I left.
I doubt it will do any good.:(

[wakeme2008]

1. Ate at Cici today in Florida

nothing like that... Must be a manager thing...

[realisticphish]

2. damn, thats messed up

its a national chain, right? odd for a national chain to go fundie like that

[eleny]

3. At first I thought you wrote "free babies if you don't have one"

Doh!

[meganmonkey]

4. You did all you could do

As long as you let them know they lost your business.

I would suggest encouraging your friends to make a similar statement.

[paparush]

5. We occassionally go to a CiCi's in Asheville, NC

and it isn't anything like what you are describing.

Fundie Food! Sounds like a good bumpersticker.

[Jara sang]

6. Ever been in a Chik-fil-a?

They are owned by fundies. They are closed on Sunday. I was in their once and the people in the booth next to me broke out into prayer. :scared:

[wakeme2008]

9. But I like them

:)

The owner is a true Christian, he closes all his stores on Sunday because it is a day of worship...

He talks with his money or lost of money....

[hollowdweller]

23. Chick Fil A is alright by me. They keep the Sabbath Holy

I think the Sabbath off is a good idea. Notice that the fake Christians who love mammon more than God talk about legislating morality for individuals like on abortion and contraception, but the idea of making business lose money by observing the sabbath is never mentioned.

Think if everyone had Sunday off. People might actually get to know their neighbors that work difft schedules. The family could set down for a meal.

[AntiCoup2K4]

36. I agree, and I'll take it one step further....

In fairness to all Muslims, Jews, and Christians, I propose permanent three day weekends for all. And if any other religious traditions have a Sabbath day other than Friday, Saturday, or Sunday, we'll figure something out.

[PsychoDad]

50. A three day weekend would be great.

But that would mean that american workers would have to earn as much in 4 days as they do now in 5. ;(

[Warren DeMontague]

39. I'd like to find a restaurant that engages in good, old fashioned

Roman Saturnalia Celebrations.

[Catherine Vincent]

18. Nothing wrong with blessing your food before eating it.

I love chick-fil-a. I wonder if the owner contributes to both or no parties?

[FreedomAngel82]

30. Right

My grandfather and grandmother on my mom's side do that. They're not fundies at all (my grandfather doesn't like Bush at all and thinks he's a moron and voted for Kerry).

[minkyboodle]

35. but Chik-fil-a is gooood

At least they are consistent closing on Sunday and giving up the revenue... although I must confess I have muttered some unkind words when I show up hungry and forgetful at a Chick-Fil-A's door on sunday... heathens like me need that sandwich even on the sabbath damnit :)

[distantearlywarning]

7. I went to a Cici's last week.

Really bad food and a bunch of noisy teenagers. Other than that, nothing objectionable (and it was a damn cheap dinner).

I suspect this is probably an individual franchise thing.

ETA: The Cici's I went to is close to the WV/PA border in Southwestern PA.

[mwb970]

52. There's one right near my house.

Lots of plastic and mediocre food, but no Christgear.

[Maddy McCall]

8. Call their national and regional HQ and complain.

Chances are, the national doesn't know that a local has been adorned in Christian paraphanalia.

**********************************
At CiCi's Pizza we are committed to providing you with the best restaurant experience.
In an effort to make it easy to contact us please use one of these 3 options:

Give us a call at 972-745-4200

Write us a letter at:
CiCi's Pizza
1080 W. Bethel Rd.
Coppell, TX 75019

Email us:
Please use the tabs to the left to voice your praise, concerns, suggestions or vendor proposals.
We are glad to hear from you!

http://www.cicispizza.com/cicis/contact.html

[billbuckhead]

11. CiCi's has pizza so bad, it should be called fraud.

Every frozen pizza in a supermarket is mulitples better.

[FreedomAngel82]

31. The one here is okay here and there

I'd rather by DeJorno's in the super market personally.

[jojo54]

12. I agree

I think that at the very least, they'll ask this manager to not display his personal preferences, religious or otherwise.

[snowbear]

13. Heh heh, thanks with that contact info..

I've never heard of the chain.

Hey Horse.. you should have checked the kitchen and made sure Chan Chandler wasn't the one tossing your pie! :o

Or did you just walk out without ordering?

If it was me... I would've headed to the next pizza parlor ASAP!

[Horse with no Name]

17. It's a buffet

We walked in--I was herding the kids and getting drinks, pizza, etc.
When we finally settled down to eat--I looked up and saw what was around me.
It wasn't like this the last time I was in there.
I was shocked.

[Horse with no Name]

16. Thank you.

Will call tomorrow.

[Rosco T.]

21. Let us know what they say.... n/m

[AntiCoup2K4]

34. Depends on the company.

Is the restaraunt corporate owned, or is it a franchise? And if it's a franchise, do they have a contract with the corporation to conform to a certain appearance?

If this particular CiCi's is a franchise operation and they don't have a certain template for the appearance of the facility, then there's probably not much the company could do. Unless the franchise starts losing money, of course. Then they won't need an excuse.

[Democraticthinker]

10. Bad food

The food there is so bad. That should be reason enough not to go, nevermind the fundie stuff.

[seabeyond]

14. i think they franchize, so the stores are individually owned

generally there are contracts on the appearances of the stores to keep them all consistantly the same. a fundie must have bought this one. let corporate know

[FreedomAngel82]

32. Right

The one we go to here is pretty nice. The restaurant has local school jersey's up of sport teams and whenever someone comes in the workers behind the bar say hello to you and goodbye when you leave and they're really good about cleaning up the place and keeping it really nice and refilling the soda machine with ice and drink and they even special order pizza if you just want one kind or something. They even have it to go and dilevery which is pretty nice. The management is really nice and very coporative where I go to CiCi's. On the tv's they usually have it on ESPN or Cartoon Network and have a seperate little room for game's.

[donheld]

15. White Fence Farms in Denver

Is quite a bit like that :puke:

[snowbear]

19. Wow.. that's kind of a creepy name.. White Fence Farms?

sheesh! :o ... Sounds awful!

[donheld]

22. It's a really nice place, just too many bibles etc

lying around free to pick up.

http://www.whitefencefarm.com/denver/

[hollowdweller]

25. Bibles don't bother me, nor crosses but Fox News isn't Christian IMO

They don't heed Pauls advice to correct someone with a "spirit of gentleness, lest you too be tempted" it's too harsh to be Christian.

[Hardrada]

38. How about White Fence Manor

Would be an insane asylum in a Hitchcock movie!

[Ilsa]

20. Cici's? No big loss.

:puke: The one we had here that closed down due to crappy-tasting food.

Let the fundies eat their crap.

[liberalnurse]

24. Sounds like the

Twilight Zone to me......:scared:

[Raiden]

26. What! You came to Eastern KY?!

:P

[kansasblue]

27. I don't understand why you are so upset about it.

a 'fucking' prayer request box ? Your wording is inappropriate.

The company has a right to serve that group, or a group of DUers. Chill

[me b zola]

28. hey, hall monitor

perhaps the OP is upset because the fucking prayer box wasn't constucted from cherry wood.

[earth mom]

37. No-They are obviously alienating customers.

Are they in business to serve the "public" or their fundie religion? Why do these people feel it's okay to shove their religion down other peoples throats? It's insulting, disrespectful and annoying. :puke:

[Bouncy Ball]

45. Perfectly allowable to use that word on DU.

Don't like it? Don't read it.

[Sparkly]

51. The OP explained it well.

"I felt like I ended up in church when I just went to eat a slice of pizza."

[FreedomAngel82]

29. What the hell??

Wow, I'm surprised. I've never heard of that before.... Can you do something about it? Isn't that supposed to be a public place?

[Warren DeMontague]

33. I'm never leaving Northern California again

If I can possibly help it.

[LightningFlash]

40. It sounds like a similar experience...

I had this happen when walking into a townhall bar, it felt like the whole place had become a church.

It's absolutely frightening, they want to kill everything that gets in their way and absolutely hate Islam like it was some kind of cancerous virus. I've never seen people like this before. It makes me wonder if this country is even safe at all.

[nedbal]

41. where exactly was the place I want to complain too !!!

[Walt Starr]

42. Go here and complain to the national headquarters

http://www.cicispizza.com/cicis/contact.html

There are required standards for individual franchisees and the person who owns this one might be violating his contractual obligations.

Tell 'em you'll never go to another Cici's in the world after your experience with this one Cici's.

[triguy46]

43. All you can do is take you measly $3.95 per meal and walk out

We did the same thing 15 years ago when Rush was the spokesperson for Pizza Hut. Will never, ever, go there again. Plus, their pizza sucks. So does Cici's for that matter, though it is cheap.

[Horse with no Name]

44. Update

I telephoned the main office of Cici's today. I was told that this particular store was a franchise.
However, this type of atmosphere was not in fitting with their corporate image that they wish to portray and said they would have the district manager call me and also talk to the franchise owner.
The argument that I laid out was that I am a Christian, however, I do not want someone else's variation of my religion shoved down my throat.
I also pointed out that this type of atmosphere would be offensive to persons of Jewish or Muslim faiths--of which we have in our area.
I suggested that if they choose to allow this type of store remain in their chain, they might want to post a warning on the door that only Fundamental Christians are welcome because they would most certainly be the only ones completely comfortable in this atmosphere.
I also pointed out that if I had noticed the atmosphere before I paid my $30 for my family to eat, I certainly would have walked out and took my money elsewhere.
I pointed out that if I want to attend church, that I have a church home and certainly don't need to feel like I am attending church when want to eat a slice of pizza.
Anyway--will keep you updated if anything further happens.

[Bouncy Ball]

46. I don't eat at Cici's anymore and now I'll continue to

just on principle from this.

Talk with your wallet, it's the only language they understand.

[Bouncy Ball]

47. Slight correction: you walked into fundie heaven.

It was a thinking person's hell.

[datasuspect]

48. texas?

figures.

people in that state have gone fucking nuts.

that's why i had to leave.

[Horse with no Name]

49. eeeyuppp.

I know. It is TOTALLY nuts in our corner of the world sometimes.
To me, incidents like these, feel like the raping of my religion.
This is a complete violation of the teachings of Jesus.
Religion is a sacred tenet and intensely private. I am soooo tired of it being shoved in my face everywhere I turn. I am almost to the point of gagging when one of the idiots call themselves a Christian.
It is one of the things that angers me to no end.