By: Billy BeerSlugger
I’ve been hearing a lot of chatter lately about this Kentucky Grilled Chicken promo they’ve been running and subsequently reneged on. I remember a couple of weeks ago KFC rolled out a commercial stating that it would give away 2 pieces of the new Grilled Chicken if you went to their website and downloaded a coupon.
At this point I’m thinking, “Sounds good, two free pieces of chicken. Can’t beat that”. Ultimately I never went to KFC because I don’t really eat KFC. To me eating KFC is like banging a chick on her period, I’ll do it once in a blue moon but man does it make a mess.
I digress. Shit really started to hit the fan when the announced this promo on Oprah. The response was so overwhelming that a store manager in New York refused to honor the coupons. This sparked a 60’s style civil rights sit in protest at the restaurant. People refused to leave the KFC until they got their free chicken. As if free chicken was a right protected by the constitution.
I can only imagine how many freeloaders used these coupons multiple times. I know times are tight right now but if you are a mom or dad that was trying to feed your family with free chicken from KFC you have got to seriously rethink what you are doing in life.
Unbeknownst to him, F.X. Galvin was quite curious about the long lines at the KFC in the Gallery over the last week or two. As we just watched the Phils lose to Atlanta, the CEO of KFC made his second commercial appearance, this time suspending the free chicken offer.
You may, however, go into a KFC and fill out a Rain Check form and they will send you coupon for the chicken pieces and a free pepsi as well. As always it’s a few (thousand) bad apples screwing a good thing up for everyone else.
What I find hilarious is the sense of entitlement of some people in this country. Guess what, KFC doesn’t owe you anything. If a KFC location doesn’t want to honor the coupon I’m pretty sure they can do that. It’s not infringing on your rights. Pay for your greasy chicken just like everyone else or go home and cry about it. Don’t throw a temper tantrum like a 2 year old in the middle of KFC, your kids are watching you and you’re setting a bad example.