What happens when the fried chicken runs out?  This happened recently, when Popeye’s ran a 8pc for $4.99 special.  Demand for the special was so high that many Popeye’s actually ran out of chicken.  And that made people angry.  See the news report below:

Now, you’ll probably notice that there are…uh…demographic trends evident in this video.  What’s more interesting, I think, is that some people act like Popeye’s is the only thing between healthy and starving children.  “Peoples have kids that they’re trying to feed with the special, and you mean to tell me that we can’t feed our kids because you didn’t order enough chicken?” said one customer.

Some cameraphone videos from Popeye’s show a pretty hectic scene inside Popeye’s during the special.  In the video people the workers are yelling at the people in back, while tons of people are standing in line waiting for chicken.  I only wish they had video when they told the customers that they were out of chicken.

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