There is no defense for bland food. Its an offense that should literally never exist. Not in a school cafeteria. Not in a home cooked meal. And absolutely, definitely NOT in fast food whose only reason to exist is that its supposed to taste good.
It has nothing to do with being "real food". It has to do with a complete lack of seasoning. And this touches on really the one and only major problem with CFA. Wheres the buffalo chicken sandwich? The one with jalapenos? The one with barbecue and onion rings? The one with swiss cheese and ranch for people who still like bland but like their bland a little saucy? The 18 other kinds of interesting and flavorful chicken sandiwch varieties humans have come up with?
Nope, but we've got a plain chicken on some plain bread. Would you like fries with that? Good, cause thats the other item on our menu, regular fries.
People around here like to fetishize simple menus in the hopes of promoting quality. And theres something to it. But when the simple menu is a boring ass plain chicken sandwich, I can approve of the chain all day long, its still gonna be boooooooring.
No amount of "my pleasure" changes that.