Behold the power of a free leg, thigh, two sides and a biscuit. Forget social injustice. You want to organize a sit-in? Try denying folks their right to free Kentucky fried…erm, um…I mean grilled chicken.
You see, yesterday Oprah offered coupons to all of her viewers that entitled them to one two piece grilled chicken meal. The offer is good from now until May 19th, 2009.
First of all, the coupon server is way overloaded and it’s damn near impossible to get the thing to download. And even if you managed that, as many did, not every franchise operator is down with Oprah’s offer.
So leave it to the denizens of New York City to take their protest to the next level. According to eyewitnesses, folks staged a sit-in after being denied free grilled meat with sides. WTF?!? This aint a ’50s lunch counter folks.
I went over to our nearest KFC a few minutes ago…and chaos ensued. Despite the very visible grilled chicken behind the register, the manager told everyone with coupons to leave and that the promotion was over for the day.
The people there are currently holding a sit-in and refusing to leave until they get their free chicken .. .or the cops are called. Racial epithets were being spewed, people who actually wanted to pay for chicken were facing a potential beatdown, and the manager ran from the screaming horde. Oprah, what have ye wrought?
Source: KFC’s Refusal to Give Away Grilled Chicken Sparks Sit-In? Gothamist.com
So is this what we’ve come to? Can’t get people to organize around the crisis of impoverished schools or our well funded, for-profit, out-of-control prison industrial complex, for example; but deprive people of their free two piece, or just delay it for a day, and all hell breaks loose.
Convince me I’m wrong. If you have some harrowing KFC coupon story to share, please tell it in the comments.
Gawker – KFC Coupon Riot Updates
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Well here’s a sight you thought you would never see! Pamela Anderson visiting a KFC in Vancouver yesterday to eat one of their sandwiches.
KFC Canada has introduced a new faux chicken sandwich that’s created mostly from soy. KFC Canada has also promised to treat their chickens more humanely. Every chicken will be set up in their own apartment?
Said Anderson,
“It’s very Canadian of them. Very forward thinking. I’m very proud Canada KFC was the first to do it. Hopefully everyone else follows suit.”
What others said:
- Dlisted says, “Please tell me this was all a prank pulled by KFC! Please tell me Pamela Anderson is sinking her skank teeth into a real chicken. This is the only time I pray for Ashton Kutcher to pop out and tell that bitch she’s just been punk’d.”
source: Pamela Anderson visits Vancouver KFC store [ctv canada]
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