Keeping the kids entertained during the summer can be challenging, so parents are always looking for fun activities and programs for their little ones. One place you probably haven’t thought of as a summer camp option is Chick-fil-A, but a location in Hammond, Louisiana is offering one in July. It’s for kids between five and 12, who’ll get to learn all kinds of things that the restaurant workers do and it’s stirring up a lot of controversy.
According to a Facebook post about the Chick-fil-A Summer Camp:
- There are six sessions to choose from, July 15th, 16th, 17th, 22nd, 23rd and 24th, each from 9a.m. to noon.
- The cost is $35 per child, which includes a kids meal, T-shirt, name tag and a snack.
- Kids will “get a behind-the-scenes look at hospitality and service” and see what it’s like to work there.
- Camp activities include “learning dining room hosting and customer service skills, learning how to take an order, learn how to bag an order, making your own Ice Dream cone or cup and how to be a Chick-fil-A mascot.”
The comments section of the post has racked up more than a thousand comments, mostly from people calling out the restaurant for taking advantage of campers by putting them to work and making them pay for it and some even tag the U.S. Department of Labor.
- "Wait. You're wanting parents to *check notes* pay you to use their young children as laborers. But they get a free meal, snack and shirt that will give you free advertising?" one asks.
- "Please just take your kids to the park and spend those $35 on water balloons and nerf idk," another comments.
- “So u want ppl to pay to have their kids work for u for free,” a third writes.
- But some folks think it’s a great idea, including this one: "I’ll go against the grain here. Kudos to you, Chick-Fil-A Hammond. It’s nice to see an offer to teach young children about work ethic and responsibility, while having a little fun at the same time."
Source: Delish
Scott's Thoughts:
- I am not sure I like the idea of my kid working, and me paying THEM.
- How is this restaurant actually going to operate with all these little kids there at lunch rush?
- What do you think? Is this a terrible idea or a brilliant one? Would you send your child there?