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The scene outside a crowded KFC just moments ago, where a manager had barred entry to the establishment, leaving what appears to be a dejected Wally Shawn stuck outside muttering, "Inconceivable."
And now this harrowing report from the scene of a KFC on 42nd Street between Madison and Park has landed in our inbox:
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?
More than a dozen calls placed to the KFC in question have been met with an ominous busy signal. We can only assume a riot squad is currently cracking skulls to save that last defenseless grilled chicken from the freeloading mob. Developing...
UPDATE: The photo seen here was just sent to us from our source, who returned to the KFC in question but was unable to get inside to assess the situation. We're told that "unfortunately the manager is now standing in the entrance and all of the patrons are inside since it's post-lunch rush." We can only assume it's a bloodbath in there. Still developing...
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Orpah!
Who eats that SHIT anyway?
Even if you eat it - Do you have to spend your entire day sitting on a dirty sidewalk. Begging -- Not Good
is PETA protesting the event?
Damn that colonel with his wee beady eyes
I had no idea what was going on at that KFC between Madison and Grand Central. I stopped and looked, some employee outside told me "we are not taking more free coupons" and I was like "free chicken! nobody told me" :(
Point being, if you want to offer it to people who may actually need it, that is not the way.
the jury's out. oprah fans LOVE chicken.
I can hear the deafening clickity-clack of all the trolls typing away at a furious pace to see who can post the first racist comment...
It's no longer clever to post things like this. Just let it go, man. Let it go.
But... but... I am the Internet White Knight! Defender of e-justice! *sob*
it was never clever.
I think commenter 5 [right above you] made it past the wire as the First Racist Douchebag To Post.
Congratulations "hotstepper" - with this racist comment, you are now officially entered in the "SPEND THE DAY WITH DAVID DUKE" sweepstakes!
First prize - spend the day with arch racist David Duke, in his fabulous rented trailer in a swamp outside of New Orleans, Louisiana! Watch him update his neo-nazi blog, yell racial slurs at Black schoolchidren and iron his white sheet!
Second prize - a free all expenses paid trip (via Greyhound Bus) to the grave of American Nazi Party founder George Lincoln Rockwell, in beautiful New Berlin, Wisconsin!
Third prize - a set of steak knives!
Forgot to add, there was not a riot. Just a lot of people inside. The line was almost in the sidewalk.
It's over.
Marketers and advertisers have won.
Speechless.
No wonder Oprah is so fat and disgusting.
It's grilled not fried, what more do you and your PETA cronies want from KFC?!
Idiot, Peta is not about the cooking methods but the slaughtering methods and KFC is JUNK FOOD and most of the patrons are FAT and DISGUSTING as Oprah. Even the rodents are supersize in KFC. It is all the hormones to make them grow quicker for slaughter and how they are keep in small cages. Get some simple fact instead of your lame juvenile comments. Do you know that all the hormones used in farm factories even cause girls to menstruate early? damn, people with their lack of simple knowledge. look at the China Study where a village which was introduced to an animal-based diet develop diseases that were unknown to them but quite common in USA.
I saw lots of fat people in Montreal.
Ever had a T-rex poutine from La Banquise there?
Edge, don't you ever stop stalking me really?. Get over it, this is why you can't criticize Israel for bombing school because then you have people like you who can't let go of the criticism. I don't support bombing children, deal with it and move on now.
Look, I know secretly you wish I was stalking you (online and off) but it's just not happening. I don't want to tell you how to live your life, but maybe you need to spend a weekend on Christopher St. or someplace.
The Edge who compile of list of what he/she though I like and dislike, Yes you are stalking me and it is not flattering at all but quite freaky.
Where were you when the Taliban were blowing up ancient Buddhist works of art in Afghanistan?
Where were you when jihadists were kidnapping and beheading civilians in Iraq?
Oh yeah, that's right, you were in the alley giving handjobs with your mouth to anyone wearing a hemp pullover and holding a cucumber.
STFU.
Stalker, keep your wet dreams about me to yourself, it is not flattering but disgusting.
here's a solution to your quandry:
if you're a vegetarian, eat your plant-based food and then shut up.
easy!
its QUANDARY and I don't have any doubts and it is a societal issue. what ignorance.
thank you spell checker, but you forgot to shut up. now the outcome is uncertain. what will you do? i am perplexed.
You only know it's spelled "quandary" because you couldn't find it at first when you were forced to look it up!
A person doesn't have to be a PETA crony to think that this is disgusting.
It is. It's disgusting. The blatant disregard for eating something that was once alive would be admirable if it weren't so disturbing. Can you not see how f*cked up this is? Really?
Pretend you're reading it in a Dr. Suess book. Does that help at all?
And before you go assuming a bunch of nonsense about me and what I believe and who I follow or what I eat, you're wrong.
shut up and eat a goddamn steak. You know you miss it you rebellious yuppies.
This post isn't about PETA or Isreal. Go start a chat room.
I find her highly disgusting.
Fatophobia is disgusting.
Oprah is a talented TV personality, a prominent entertainment businessperson and a generous donor to charity.
But all you can see is her body weight.
That's really sad, actually.
Hey fatass, put the donut down, wipe the glaze off your keyboard (don't forget that penny sized crumb that gently fell upon your gut) and shut your mouth.
kthx!
I saw a huge line at the KFC in Penn Station today. It saddens me that people eat this crap-- it's making our country fat and sick.
HERE HERE!!
More fatophobia.
Nice!
It's nice to see the last acceptable form of bigotry is in full force here!
Giant giveaways like this almost always end up being a disaster. KFC tried to generate hype and publicity for its new grilled chicken with a big giveaway gimmick and found out the hard way that it's very tough to do something like that without disappointing more people than you make happy. A better thing to do would have been to give away one free piece of grilled chicken with the purchase of every combo meal or something. Where is Col. Sanders when you need him?
I wonder if this chaos only happened at New York City locations. I understand that some franchises for national chains in NYC don't participate in promotions because of high cost of doing business here. Combined with the high foot traffic, these franchises can potentially lose a boat load of money on these promotions.
Now my question is whether the chains typically reimburses the franchises for the difference in price. If not, they I can see how this 42nd Street KFC had to pull out once it realized how big the turn out is.
I finally printed out a couple of coupons,
I'll wait till the hoards die down then give it a try.
coupon says it's good till 5/19, there's over 3800 comments on the oprah free chicken page.
Seriously.. Don't these people have anything better to do on a Wednesday afternoon than getting this upset about crap junk food?
no
http://www.thechinastudy.com/
If you really want to know about the facts on how animal-based diet is really affecting your health and your children.
STFU you blowjob
Valeriob, you are so lowclass and so uneducated beyond words. Learn some facts instead of posting comments that even a child wouldn't post.
If it's on the internet, then it must be factual.
It's a study done in China done by medical researcher T.Colin campbell, Ph.D. Look at the source. Even if it is in print which this book is, you have to look at the source and not the media type.
Dude, this post is about a Coupon for Chicken and you're over here talking about woman's menstrual cycles.
Please calm down. It's ok. Everything's going to be alright.
No, no, blowjobs are pleasant unlike our feline friend.
The people who actually want to pay for their chicken should go to Popeyes, it's way better than KFC.
Exactly!!! Popeye's is way better than KFC. KFC used to be much better about 15-20 years ago...
this reminds me of the promotion that Popeyes had up in Rochester.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pyW6w5B7Aw
I had never seen that before. Hysterical. Who at that station wasn't smart enough to say, "hey, maybe we shouldn't have only black people interviewed in a fried chicken story"
Thank you for posting this...
Thats funny...
This comment thread is more painful than my bowel movement after downing a bucket of Colonel's extra crispy.
I recommend eating a handful of gravel before any partaking in any KFC outing.
http://www.thechinastudy.com/
USA, the highest milk consumers yet the highest cases of Osteoporosis. common sense, you are drinking milk from another specie and it is unnatural. The more milk that you drink, the more calcium that you lose. the countries with the highest intake of dairy products are invariably the countries with the most osteroporosis. Elephants and rhinos develop their huge bones by eating dark green leafy plants. Shame that people can't even learn some simple facts and are just sheep to the corporate ads. Shame how ignorant and hateful people are and how WE are all affected by their lack of empathy and knowledge.
bok bok bok bok bok!
You're heinous grammar is offensive to Dr. Colin T. Campbell the vegan fruitcake.
All PETA-craziness aside, I was a little surprised (and saddened) that Oprah would get involved with KFC at all, considering their, controversy-ness (controversiality? Grammar Nazi, where art thou?)
Not to mention that KFC makes people fat, plain and simple. I'd figure Big O would steer clear of the potential shit storm that could follow. Oh well.
I think she gets a big O after eating there.
The promotion is for their new grilled chicken product, which is supposedly healthier than the fried stuff. (I'm sure it's drowned in salt and other stuff to make it taste good, however.)
Inconceivable!!
I have to return to work but do so BASIC Research, I do it all day here with different sectors. Look at how much money they make torturing animals, destroying our planet and making us all sick. it is a societal issue. I don't eat meat yet I can be exposed to swine flu because of meat eaters. What harm does Peta do? It tries to protect. Attack the corporations such as KFC that makes money off this poison and yes it affects us ALL. Not only are there so many fat KFC customers on the trains but also we all have to pay for their health costs down the line.
Valeriob, all your comments are so childish and so pathetic that I won't even respond to them. You really are beneath me.
Come on, you're just trolling, right? I refuse to believe that anyone sucks as bad as you do. You're a painfully unfunny, pseudo-intellectual, sanctimonious boob of a man.
You're on the comment section of an article about a poorly orchestrated KFC promo making moral indictments and trumpeting the awesomeness of a vegan diet. You are undoubtedly mentally ill.
P.S. Read The Great Cholestorol Con - it actually uses empirical data, though I'm sure you'll just dismiss it because you've already made up your mind and that's what idiots like you do.
Look at your source, LOL, sorry I can't help laughing. Colpo is no doctor, he is a personal trainer and he took down his website after he was criticized by actual doctors and he whine about how his book was not selling. He has no medical background. I noted your link is to his new page. LOL
Read this PH.D's book
http://www.thechinastudy.com/about.html
Colpo is a joke. LOL
What people will do for free garbage food. KFC food goes into your body and out the other end without any nutrient value whatsoever.
It's worse than that. You put shit into your body, and your body turns into shit.
And if you're gonna eat meat, try to only eat organic meat. The other stuff is pumped full of hormones and who knows what else.
"chicken"
I'm sensing a lot of hate for food that people here supposedly don't eat.
FELIX IS RIGHT, EDUCATE YOURSELVES YOU UNINFORMED, INSENSITIVE FOOLS.
THE CHINA STUDY IS GENIUS. BY THE BOOK. CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
http://www.thechinastudy.com/
That's nice. Why don't you wait for a related post to advertise this book?
Where's Al Sharpton ?@!
Where's Al Sharpton?@!
Another double post.
How about everyone prints a coupon gives it out to a homeless person who really does NEED it.
Don't the homeless have enough problems? Why feed them this crap when vegetables and wheat products are cheaper and healthier in the long run. Also KFC doesn't care about animal cruelty and homelessness, it is all about its bottom line.
Yeah they need more wheat in their diets.... Malt Liquor just isn't enough
Champale (Champagne Ale) is the new OE.
i was referring to Bread and cereals not alcohol. And by the way malt is lower in calories but not necessary healthy but it is not the poison that KFC sells.
I don't care if KFC cares about them, i care if i can help someone get a meal and if kfc is giving out freebies & they don't care, even more of a reason to do it. As far as the veggies and wheat comment, i'll just say you're an idiot but, as soon as there's an online coupon for a free vegetarian meal, i'll be sure to print those too... hey there's an idea, why don't you get your little Peta buddies to do something useful, like donate a bag of salad, oh wait, they're homeless, isn't the saying Beggars can't be choosers??????????? Seriously, how about you just not comment on anything i say because i find your approach and way of thinking so cultist and small minded, i would laugh in your face if i ever saw you.
you are so closed minded, if you really care about the homelessness then go veg, it takes over 8 pounds of grain to make 1 pound of beef. the UN report stated that the greatest threat to grain and water supply is the farm factories. Not to mention global warming. All the manure and emission from the cows and other animals are the greatest threat to the planet because of the farm factories.. It was all reported by the UN. We are not using our resources efficiently. Austria has a drought for almost a decade. Until people still the BIG picture, we are all heading to a bleak future.
i meant until people see the whole picture ....... Those that don't eat meat do more for the homelessness and world hunger issue than those that eat that steak. The steak that took more food and water to produce and pollute the planet. At least assign blame where it belongs.
for some strange reason I was just walking around yesterday and out of the blue I just wanted some chicken cause I saw a KFC and had the craving. I didn't even know there was a promotion until the cashier said it was free. So I ordered a drink and you know what? that grilled chicken is really good! I mean really good. probably the best chicken I ever ate in my life. seriously.
Boy, this post is very lively! Who knew KFC could get people's blood boiling...
I've met Buddhist monks who eat meat. They just can't cook it themselves. If offered, however, they can accept.
WHOA, WHOA!
Where were you when the Taliban were blowing up ancient Buddhist works of art in Afghanistan?
Where were you when jihadists were kidnapping and beheading civilians in Iraq?
Oh yeah, that's right, you were in the alley giving handjobs with your mouth to anyone wearing a hemp pullover and holding a cucumber.
STFU.
THE ABOVE COMMENT IS FROM MY STALKER THE EDGE, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU CRITICIZE A SCHOOL BOMBING. YOU HAVE THIS STALKER ON YOU. AND IT PROVES THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE CRUEL TO ONE SPECIES ARE JUST CRUEL IN GENERAL.
LET'S ALL TYPE IN CAPS TO EMPHASIS HOW CRAZY WE ARE OKAY?!?
OKAY!
IT REALLY GETS THE POINT ACROSS. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK, WRITE, AND DO IS RIGHT AND EVERYONE ELSE IS WRONG!
(the rest of us just want him to keep writing to see how bad he can fuck up the English language)
your comment is vile about handjobs, it shows you have no substance and valeriob is a peasant and so beneath me. People like him shine my shoes at the central.
So I noticed you've yet to rebute anything I've said.
Nice job A+++
Oprah really promotes some of the worst products- the secret, kfc, Dr. Phil, etc.
If there was a post featuring the Hipster Grifter and KFC, somehow together, it would be pageview gold.
Only if Jenn Carlson writes it.
The edge, crazy is someone who stalks a person in gothamist for their criticism of a school bombing. You are such a nut that you even post a list of my presumed likes and dislikes. I have every right to criticize a school bombing, the issue with your type is that any criticism of Israel is consider an act of war and you won't let up. you really are a nut. Valeriob is a peasant, whose juvenile comments are not even worth responding. I won't even let him shine my shoes now.
oh. my. god.
look, if you are that convinced you are right about everything, the internet -- much less GOTHAMIST -- is not the place to get on your soapbox. you are just going to be antagonized. look how much fun everyone is having ripping on you.
write a book or something. get booked on oprah to promote it. then tell her and the rest of us idiots what's what.
until then, take a deep breath of something narcotic and chill the fuck out.
first of all they are so miserable with themselves that they need to post juvenile remarks about handjobs and whatever. Do you really think I care? The point is that this thread wouldn't have been so long if i didn't have the same stalkers mostly valeriob and theedge on my ass every day. But does it matter, no because my beliefs which are based on facts are strong. And they are too cowards to rip anyone. This is their only form of aggression. Quite laughable. anyhow i did now fall behind on my work but i will leave it to tomorrow. Time for the gym and then a nice vegan dinner. PEACE . LMFAO
Why are you still talking?
I told you, you are a joke here. A clown. An Assclown.
Enough.
you still can't shine my shoes peasant and I sure you will stalk me again since you are the clown.
Felix makes me think of a southpark episode. I can't decide if he's a turd sandwich or a giant douche. Personally, I lean toward giant douche.
I took a look when I heard about it yesterday and found the site overloaded. I did get through later in the night, but when they insisted I download an application to print out the coupon, I left the site. It's only two pieces of chicken and a couple of sides anyway. It's not worth all this fuss.
Exactly. Pathetic. Nothing from the likes of KFC is ever free, we're paying and paying for it even if we never step into their artery-claudifying whipped chicken fat-injected breadcrumb nugget palaces. It's laboratory food. Someone in New Jersey stumbled over some test tubes and voila! "Secret Recipe".
Maybe Oprah didn't pay the necessary vig to the crips and the bloods so the deliveries could get through.
Thank you all!!!
You are all nutjobs, and I wouldn't have it any other way!
Please refrain from all these personal attacks on others. Be courteous to other gothamist readers. Do we need to read about handjobs and clown asses? If you don't agree with someone then respond with facts instead of resorting to juvenile names. It really is distateful to some readers of this site.
Frak KFC grilled chicken. It is another attempt at rotisserie chicken or tender roast...both attempts that failed in the past.
Go to Pollo Campero and try their grilled chicken. It is so much better!
Me and Al Sharpton are going for Obama Fried Chicken.
I hear you bro. If all this eating of super fried stuff is so bad, why might I ask are all these people going back for refills. Shouldn't they be dead by now?
I have a sister in law that has weighed over three hundred pounds for the last thirty years and smokes a pack and a half a day and there she is, wakes up every morning and watches TV. She will be sixty at the end of the month. Go figure all you doctors and other experts.
Eating fast food several times a day, every day WILL kill you.
However, going in once in awhile (like, say, MAYBE 2-3 times a month) isn't going to do much to you that hasn't already been done already.
So all this mockrage over KFC is silly and unamusing.. except for felixthefat2.
LOL
KFC! Kentucky FRIED chicken. I don't read a G in that title. Grilled chicken is something like Koreans and the street meat people make. What's wrong with that message?
Let's get something straight folks.
Exersize equiptment won't magically get you in shape.
You have to use it.
KFC, McDonalds, Burger King and the rest don't make people fat.
People make themselves fat by overindulging and often.