Sunday, February 6, 2011

IT WAS A FUN DAY!

Lately Hubby has been so excited about the new addition to his shop, which I fondly refer to as his cave. Just recently he was pleasantly surprised when he was approached by Chick-fil-A's CEO, Dan Cathy, to use the shop for one of his (Dan) new leadership tool kit videos. I am so glad we decided to paint the original section of his shop and get all the tools and other stuff organized.

Here are some photos of the film crew doing the shoot. A moving van arrived with the lighting and camera equipment. Then the crew arrived. At one time I counted 14 people in the shop. It was an all day affair. They arrived around 10:00 a.m. and was here until around 7:30 p.m.

This crew was a great group of people. They all were kind, courteous, and intense. It was so much fun to watch this group of professionals work getting all the lights and equipment assembled before Dan arrived to do the video. They all knew their jobs and went about doing them with a focus like you have never seen. It took hours to get the lights and cameras set up, to put amber gels over the outside of the windows to make it look like afternoon light for the duration of the shoot and then there was a smoke machine to give it the look they wanted. Shoot, Hubby could have just turned on a saw to give it the look they wanted, because it looked like sawdust was flying around in there. You can see in this photo that the smoke machine had been running. They did move the table saw to the side to make more room for the camera and placed the work bench at an angle.

After the job was complete they packed up all the equipment and we couldn't even tell they had ever been in the shop or around it. All the trash was picked up, all Hubby's tools and equipment was returned to their original location, and we didn't have to move a thing. I loved that.

This is Chick-fil-A country. Hubby has served on jury duty with Truett the founder, we know Dan and his wife from church, we run into Don aka: Bubba, at Wal-Mart, we have seen their entire family at a local barbecue place after a funeral, so these are hometown people. Dan's son and daughter-in-law were in this same place (restaurant) months later and because the BBQ joint didn't take credit or debit cards at that time (now they are high class and do accept the plastic) son and daughter-in-law had to leave and find an ATM to get cash to buy their meal. Truett and his wife still live in the house where they raised their family, which a very modest home. These people are a down-to-earth, loving and kind family.

Chick-fil-A is a privately-owned family business that lives their values and gives back to the community. This family and business is generous and giving and this is why they are so blessed.

We LOVE Chick-fil-A. Thanks Dan for such a fun day. You and your film crew are welcomed in our home/shop any day.

7 comments:

Jean Campbell said...

A fun day, yes! May I add that Chic fil A stores are never open on Sundays, long a rule with Mr. Cathy. Do you know that he is a car collector and has one of the bat-mobiles from the original movie? My mother used to think she had not been to Atlanta if she didn't get Chic fil A.

I was in Clayton County last week for my brother's burial. The funeral was in McDonough. We ate at OB's barbecue. That wasn't the one you frequent is it? Melears is a good one too. I sometimes miss the Metropolitan area but am glad we are far from the traffic.

Jean Campbell said...

We lived in Clayton County for 30 years, moving south to my husband's boyhood home in 1994. I do know Dean's Barbecue, but have not eaten there in many, many years. When I worked at Southern Regional Hospital, the unit secretary used to stop sometimes and pick up bbq at Melears for our supper as she came through Fayetteville. OB's is not special but it was convenient last week. We ran into our insurance agent of 50 years there that day. His sons went to school with our sons. Small world coincidences abound.

gareth said...

Sounds like you had an exciting day. Should give you plenty of memories and a good talking point.

Unknown said...

I was blog surfing and Chick-fil-a caught my eye because we definitely love them! We always seem to want to eat there after church on Sunday's, probably because they are not open :) That's great to know they are so down to earth... very cool! Thanks for letting me stop by~Jackie

OurWanderingAdventures said...

That all sounds so amazing!

Lisa said...

Blog hopping..and came across yours. I LOVE CHIK FIL A!! Especially their sauce! What I love most? They are closed on Sundays! Finally...a business who doesn't forget! From Louisiana....

Anita @ GoingALittleCoastal said...

Looking around your blog and enjoying it! I love Chic fil A too. Our little town just got a brand new one. It was very exciting. My son was trying to get a job there. He was supposed to get a call back for a second interview but they left him hanging. That was so disappointing. He still hasn't found a job. :(
Okay, now I'm hungry!