When you thank an employee at Chick-fil-A for your chicken sandwich meal with diet lemonade and two sides of Chick-fil-A sauce (oh, is that not everyone's order?) it's likely that you'll get "my pleasure" in return. Chick-fil-A employees, aside from gracing us with crave-worthy chicken, are generally polite and seem to genuinely care about customer satisfaction and experience. At least Hunter Harris, a 23-year-old Chick-fil-A employee in Austin, Texas, does: He recently saved a choking customer's life.
A surveillance video from the restaurant shows a man stand up and frantically point at his throat. A woman sitting nearby steps in and tries to give him the Heimlich maneuver, but it doesn't work. Luckily for the choking customer, Hunter comes from behind the counter to perform the Heimlich, saving the man.
The Southpark Meadows location where the incident took place posted the surveillance video on its Facebook page, with a caption applauding Hunter: "Our own Hunter Harris stepped up and demonstrated life-saving skills on Saturday June 23rd. Thanks to his skilled and sprightly actions our guest is alive and well today!". The post quickly went viral, and people showed their appreciation for Hunter's quick actions. One Facebook user commented, "Great job, I love chick fil a even more now!!! And let me guess, it was 'his pleasure' to help that man #hero." Another said, "God bless Hunter! Thank god man is ok now."
To Hunter, though, it's apparently all in a day's work. This is actually the second time he's helped a choking customer on the job, according to KXAN. In a statement for CNN, Hunter said, "I did what I think any of my coworkers would have done in that situation and ran to help." Sigh. As if we needed another reason to "eat mor chikin." Thankful for the Hunters of the world!
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