Chick-fil-A has caused quite a stir after one of the chain's Louisiana locations announced the launch of its summer camp for children. The Chick-fil-A restaurant in Hammond invited parents to sign their kids up to cosplay as a Chick-fil-A employee. The camp, which will take place between July 22 to July 24, will teach attendees how to take orders, bag orders and work as a host, per a Facebook post about the camp. Attendees will also learn customer service skills and make their own Ice Dream cone or cup.
News of the camp first went public on June 6 and since then, several commenters have been sharing their two-cents on the kid-focused initiative. Many expressed sheer confusion and shock while others accused the Hammond Chick-fil-A of shamelessly utilizing child labor.“So, you are charging kids to be trained for minimum wage jobs?” wrote one user. Another warned the restaurant, “Take this down before you end up as national news for all the wrong reasons. Or rather, keep it up so we can laugh at you when you do.”
