Chick-fil-A, McDonald's closes some dining rooms amid worker shortage
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A Chick-fil-A in a shopping center in Bessemer, Alabama, is describing itself as "in the midst of a staffing crisis" and is closing its dining room as of Monday. "Our team members are exhausted and there is no relief for them in our roster," the eatery explained in a notice posted Saturday on its Facebook page. The outlet said it would continue operating its drive-thru and mobile curbside service.
Things were even worse at several other Alabama Chick-fil-As. "You may have noticed that we have closed our dining room, turned off curbside delivery and limited the amount of catering orders we will accept," a Chick-fil-A in Calera posted last Friday. "This was done to help reduce the stress on our team."Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.