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The Chick-fil-A Cows

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The Resume

    (1994- )
    First Chick-fil-A opened in Atlanta, Georgia (1967)
    Cows first appeared on billboards (1994)
    Replaced the chain's old mascot, Doodles the Chicken
    Urge people to 'Eat Mor Chikin'

Why they might be annoying:

    They are Holstein dairy cows and thus are not going to be turned into burgers no matter where you eat.
    Chick-fil-A also operates Dwarf Houses, where the menu includes the hamburgers that the cows are so upset about.
    Their TV ads were suspended during a mad cow disease scare to avoid the appearance of cashing in on the panic (2002).
    They advertise for a restaurant that closes on Sundays.
    A number of the give-aways with Chick-fil-A kid's meals have promoted James Dobson's fundamentalist group Focus on the Family.

Why they might not be annoying:

    Chick-fil-A runs a 'First 100' promotion, in which the first 100 customers at a new location win a free combo meal a week for a year.
    The cows' ads sometimes incorporate local inside jokes, such as the billboards in Knoxville, Tennessee, showing cows in orange safety vests announcing 'Chikin Zone Next 3000 Miles,' in reference to never-ending road construction projects in the area.
    They were inducted into the Outdoor Advertising Hall of Fame (2006) and the Madison Avenue Advertising Walk of Fame (2007).

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 8 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 13 Votes: 84.62% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 29 Votes: 58.62% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 24 Votes: 29.17% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 32 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 21 Votes: 47.62% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 21.05% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 37 Votes: 45.95% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 70 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 42 Votes: 66.67% Annoying