I saw this headline and naively thought the complaints had come from health-conscious fanatics, but it happened in Minnesota, so of course ....

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poor little thing, we won’t let anyone hurt you

Minnesota hospital apologizes for handing out free Chick-fil-A

Essentia Health in Duluth, Minnesota, thought it would be nice to treat their staff at St. Mary's Medical Center with a free lunch last Tuesday.

There was only one problem with that free lunch: It was Chick-fil-A.

Essentia Health's VP for Regional Operations, Tammy Kritzer, hastily apologized after staff outrage erupted:

We have received feedback from some colleagues who were concerned or offended by this occurrence, and we value colleagues feeling comfortable expressing their reservations …

We would like to thank our colleagues who had the courage to speak up to widen our lens of inclusivity, and we appreciate all colleagues continuing to live our values of respect and justice.

Stories like these are so common that they’re no longer news, and there’s no point reposting them except for their humor. Then again, I suppose laughing at these morons was always the point.