That you don't understand why he thinks it is relevant makes me want to hug you a little bit.

The problem isn't that those black people are acting like asses; they are. The problem is that you and the original commenter insist on smearing their individual assery on all black people in general. When you almost certainly don't smear the individual asshattery of someone of your own race.

Eli Wiesel wrote an entire book on this. Freedom from prejudice doesn't just mean being able to achieve great things in spite of your race/group/whatever. It also means being able to be an absolute bastard and not have to worry about your own bad behavior reflecting on people who have nothing to do with it.

Everyone does that, and it's not so much racism as it is inflexible thinking and latent self-centeredness.

I'm not implying racism or prejudice or whatever, and don't really care. I just hate hate hate bad logic.

what aggravates me about this story is that the marketing (paid for by corporate) obviously worked. & yet, the owner of this particular franchise was too STUPID & SHORTSIGHTED to see an incredible opportunity staring him in the face.

people were traveling for miles to come to his popeye's & what did he do? he sacrificed potential future business to save a few bucks. i hope he doesn't make it past memorial day.

@WoodyXJS: But black people *love* fried chicken. For about two years, I went to KFC here in Oakland every now and then, and I was the only non-black person in the entire place, besides some hispanic employees. I'm asian, so there were still no white folks to be seen. One day, I entered, and the place was almost empty, except for two caucasian people eating dinner. I literally stopped and looked around to see if I had entered the wrong restaurant by mistake.

If their franchise contract requires participation in x y z promotionals, then they have a legal obligation to do so. Popeye's contract apparently doesn't require this, that's all.

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I also love the "Thats all right, we're going to KFC!"..as they pull away in a range rover.

@SMSDHubbard: I deal with people like this everyday, looking to get something for nothing. Seriously, they come into my store, bitch and moan about a sign that they saw in the store, and then look for you to bend over backwards and give in to what they think they saw. Yeah, I may be a bit bitter, but the customer is not always right..and these people shown in this video should be ashamed of themselves. I don't care if they're paying customers or not, they're still a bunch of crazy freeloaders trying to get something that doesn't exist.

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Yes, yes.. You certainly ARE the smartest fellow in all the land. We shall make you a member of MENSA forthwith.

Good day, sir!

Try again.

Chicken Jesus fried for your sins.

Promotions like the Popeye's thing are always dependent on franchise participation. The ads always say it. I always call ahead to verify.

So... why'd you come back again and assume they'd have this one? Don't you have a phone to call ahead?

Seems the smart thing for Popeye's corporate to do is revoke this store's franchise. From what other readers have posted about this store's owners, and their handwritten signs all over the place; I would not want their operation tarnishing my company's name.

@liquidnumb: Considering I drove 25 mintues to the nearest Popeye's this weekend to get their chicken, yeah, it is a treat.

This whole thread is why I vote libertarian. And I'm not even American! If everyone is crazy, why not be at the top of the list! :^D

You may have a point, but most of the people in the clips are angry, black people. They're not angry about rights, or what's fair, or what is decent. They're angry because Popeyes ran out of chicken. How could you reason with anyone arguing about something as stupid as this?

@ajmccoll: But they still aren't trying to get something for nothing.

@RandomHookup: No, no no. It's simpler than that. The siren song of "FREE STUFF" causes some people to do crazy, logic-defying things. Doesn't matter how much they spend to get it. It's the fact that it's "FREE STUFF."

I don't know about you guys... but if i'm about to make a 20 mile drive out to somewhere for a deal, I'm calling to make damn sure they are participating.

I called the local walmart to make sure they would have HDDVD players in stock for the 5am Christmas thing they had a couple of years ago.

But wait... calling means I had the potential to solve this problem but I didn't call which means there is some blame left on me.

Instead I'll just blame Popeye's and ignore all the signs that say they don't participate in the promotion.

One of the biggest rage-starters is the Book-it coupons. We don't take them, and they're for free personal pan pizzas (Personal pans are the only kind we sell, and only two kinds, pepperoni and cheese).

as if there aren't a million other places you can buy food, healthier food at that too.

Reminds me of the lady who called saying the check she deposited on the weekend wasn't available because of a check hold and because of me (specifically me) that i wouldn't reverse that hold (even though I couldn't, had no physical way to do it) that because i wouldn't reverse it that "I" was making her children starve for the weekend.

Needless to say, I gave her a piece of my mind about what I had said and TOLD her not to put words in my mouth. She was quiet for about 15 seconds before she hung up.

Crazy people.

Thanks to them I never known that there is only one in this state. Why I never given any thoughts of owning one till now. I have to wonder (should have a answer by the end of next week)why there is only one store in this state.

BTW its cheaper then buying into Sonics (You have to buy into 2 stores)

@morganlh85: I think the real lesson here is not to make plans around a fried chicken promo. Sounds like some of these poor slobs had this marked on their calenders for quite a while.

Hey, remember the old commercial for AT&T or whatever?

Imbecile: "Oh, how, how could I have known that the store would be closed/out of the item I wanted/on fire?"

Voiceover: "You could have called!"

Imbecile: "Duhhhh...oh..."

If they don't provide that in the commercial I will raise Cain when I waste gas to drive all the way out there and find out they don't participate instead of calling them first and blame the corporation for my stupidity...

@Zachary J. Palmer: Was one of the customers wearing a McCain Hat? Seems to me, the CUSTOMER made it this way by wearing the Obama hat.

The "Not participating" sign wasn't posted up until much later after lots of chaos.

It's the AT&T store issue - all the franchise-owned AT&T dealers make themselves look just like the corporate-owned stores, but can't do half the stuff that the corporate-owned stores can.

Probably fake, but still very much worth the watch!

@Sparerib: You do remember the Quiznos' free sub problem from last month? Seems the franchisees weren't particularily happy with the way the Big Q handles these kinds of promos and didn't participate.

It's stupid of big companies to do these types of promotions if they don't cough up some bucks so that the franchises all participate. It's not the consumer's job to know if a store is company or franchisee-owned and it dilutes the consistency of the brand overall.

@xtc46: They may have been planning to buy several, so $4 per person might make the deal worth the trip.

Why would you spend $35 on a cab ride to save $5 on chicken? Is the government handing out free cab fair or something?

Im surprised they didnt loot and burn the store down...maybe that will be the 10pm news headline.

@allstarecho: How about you provide a list of "participating locations"? If everyone doesn't play, how does the consumer know?

It might also surprise you that someone who chooses to universalize negative behaviors by members of some group they don't particularly like while individualizing positive behaviors gets lots of eye rolls from people who actually reason through their conclusions.

My question is if they only recently bought SUV's since they got so cheap (ignoring that they are so cheap to buy because of the fuel expenses) or if it goes along with the stereotype of SUV drivers being idiots.

you could just call the one you want to go to and make sure they're participating before you go up there. Oh right, that would take some initiative on the consumer's part. nevermind.

that pretty much sums this up on every level.

But being from Louisiana (where Popeyes started), i must say, it's pretty damn tasty.

But maybe all this publicity will spur an entrepreneur to open another Popeye's in Minnesota to compete with this one, and actually honor the promotions. Cash in where this guy is missing out.

Oh, wait, that means he cannot benefit from the Popeye brand name.

Sounds like he wants to have his cake and eat it, too.

"If I bothered at all, worst I would do is tell them since your not doing the sale, where's the nearest KFC?"

I would have that sort of answer as well, if I felt my time was worthless. While I would not get as upset as some of these people on the video, I would certainly let the manager know that he/she has permanently lost my business because of the misleading advertising.

As to the Pepsi incident, people were lured in with the promise of free tickets. They did not approach Pepsi or the Yankee organization and demand free tickets. Someone at Pepsi screwed up by not following through on their advertisement, period.

The only lesson I get from your post is that you feel it is all right to be a lying, conniving, son of a bitch.

(insert racial/regional/religious/whatver group of your choice. Any.)

"we are NOT a violent people and I'm kick the A** of any moth*****er who says so!"

SO? What does that have to do with it? If there were two then it would be OK?

The sign says they are not doing the sale.

If I bothered at all, worst I would do is tell them since your not doing the sale, where's the nearest KFC?

And I doubt anybody drove long way JUST to save $4 or whatever. Go shopping, see movie, have chicken, blah blah blah.....

First the Pepsi promotion, then the Popeye's story from a few days ago, and now this one. All videos featuring people angry that some company didn't give them enough stuff for free. You OWE me something for nothing! "False Advertising!" they scream as if they even knew what it meant. People like this make me sick.

I learned about the folly of entitlement when I was probably 7 years old when I thought the tooth fairy "owed" me some money. Why have these people missed out on this lesson?

What kind of sick joke is this?

Now...what's so ironic about a heart transplant doctor wowning a "chicken joint"?

It would be ironic if a PETA chairman would own a "chicken joint", not a surgeon.

Unless you're implying that they make greasy chicken which could be traced to heart disease (among all other factors) which then may be linked to heart transplants.

Very weak, though. I love the eye roll, though.

The one guy took a cab 17 miles, to save a few bucks, when he probably has a local chicken/rib place that does better chicken for a couple bucks more.

The other family drove a round trip of 20 miles to save a few bucks too.

This is ignorance, plain and simple. I can't stop laughing at this stuff. OMG, I gots no chicken! I need to yell about it! The best part:

"what do you mean you ain't no company store? This is the only Popeye's in the STATE!"

Srsly? Damn people need to buy a frydaddy and make their own.

If it's on a national cable station, I think they need to make it even MORE clear so the idiots understand that the deal is only happening at participating restaurants.

Popeyes itself has such a varied menu from region to region. If you go to their site, half the time they have a special on seafood. No Midwest Popeyes I have seen has ever participated in that beyond shrimp.

And, great job trying to throw a political spin on this... next time I fart, I'm blaming it on the Republicans. I'll even hold a McCain hat over my ass when I do it, as proof that the two are somehow correlated... apparently. According to your logic, not mine.

But, on the other hand, the "participating locations only," part never says which locations are and aren't. So, people will go out, and when they find out THEN that the location isn't participating... well, you already wasted a trip out there, so of course you're not going to be happy that you didn't get what you were hoping for.

So, the franchisee has every right to not participate in what could possibly be nothing more than a huge loss for him (especially given it's the only one in Minneapolis... a lot of out of towners who will NOT come back). And the customers have every right to feel disappointed that something well promoted was not available in the only place that was even somewhat convenient to them. Although some of these bastards could find better ways to express their frustration, and make some attempts to understand the situation... argh.

I made the mistake of living just a few blocks down from there a few years back.

Unrelatedly, I used to live in St. Paul, around West 7th and Snelling, and would often go to the Subway on West 7th towards the airport. One had to ring the doorbell and be buzzed in to be let in...

@webreacher: And if they could have convinced the bus driver to go through the drive-thru and then take them directly back to their houses without stopping to pick anyone else up or drop anyone off, they would have had a nice hot meal to enjoy.

I noticed that most of whiny complainers were driving SUVs... I was feeling to tell them that they would have saved more money taking a bus, and then buy as much chicken as they want, on another day.

(It's not the same as forcing franchises to give away ''Free'' stuff.)

Remind you of Black Friday at Best Buys?

I bet that was a fun day for the employees of that store dealing with a steady stream of pissed off customers.

I noticed the hat too

Probably wanted something free

The day I get all pissed off because some chicken place isn't going to honor some deal is the day I want to be rocketed into the sun.

So true - like trading in a relatively new car for a Prius..

Makes a lot of sense

Anyway, when he's talking about working at BK, and people say "WHOPPER! WHOPSPFOSER NO ONYIEN WHOOOPPPPERPTERPT!" Relax! We're dealing with food, not missiles here governor!

@RudeandRude: I didn't see anything inappropriate in the clip...what did I miss?

"A bunch of customers crying 'foul'" (or fowl).....smells like some writer is getting a raise, don't'cha know!!!

So people drive 40 miles to save 4 dollars? wtf? the gas costs more than the savings. And then they buy the chicken anyway. Why would a franchise honor a promotion if people are willing to pay full price?

Independant Franchisee BS.

There needs to better enforcement/communication of these national promotions between Corporate and the individual franchise.

Oh, and if the promotion is a loss leader, Corporate should be coughing up the $ to make it work for the individual franchise.