Kicker: Milestone lunch date

PAUL BUTLER, HOST: Chick-fil-A regularly tops the charts for its speedy drive-thru service. But a couple in Birmingham Alabama recently set a slower-paced Chick-fil-A record. Audio here from WVTM 13:

AUDIO: James and Shirley Bailey, both 90 years old, enjoy their lunch, watch the highway 280 traffic pass by, and reminisce about their rich blessed lives.

Just an ordinary day, right? Well, Monday afternoon last week marked three years of the Baileys getting lunch at the restaurant every day of the week, except for Sundays of course.

AUDIO: They'll split a deluxe chicken sandwich and a waffle fry. They'll order their own diet cokes and they'll relive the gifts they gave to others.

The Baileys started coming during the Pandemic, and just kept coming. To celebrate the three-year milestone, the Greystone, Alabama Chick-fil-A staff gave the Baileys their meal on the house.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Well, after 70 years of marriage, I’d imagine it’s been a while since “kids eat free.”

BUTLER: It’s The World and Everything in It.

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