Yeah, at first I was all outraged and stuff, but upon further reflection (and reading of posts here) I too am dubious.
See…:dubious: Dubious!
This seems the most plausible explanation to me. Certainly not a policy coming down from “on high” at KFC, and probably not coming down from the local management, but most likely coming from some doofic front-line employee acting on his own initiative. There’s a reason that some people work at fast-food joints instead of being rocket scientists or brain surgeons.
Always the Pit Bull.
You must live/shop in a much different area than me; I almost never encounter rude behavior from customer service people, but maybe what you’re saying is true. Perhaps in Georgia things ar different. I am unfamiliar with the term doofic - it sounds derogatory.
Apparently, according to CNN, KFC has apologized and is “donating” $30,000 to the girl’s medical costs. Sounds like they’re admitting it happened.
StG
They are being generous to the family, but have not admitted anything at all; at least according to this part of your cite:
“As soon as we were notified of this report Friday, we immediately began an investigation, as this kind of hurtful and disrespectful action would not be tolerated by KFC,” the company said. “Regardless of the outcome of our investigation, we have apologized to Victoria’s family and are committed to assisting them.”
I don’t think as far as KFC is concerned there is any real reason to put up a fight. I think it is a wise move for them to act as they are. They are choosing to assist the family more out if general charity and irregardless of the outcome of their investigation.
Not really. I agree with Mr. Nylock. Quashing bad PR is worth that even if the event was manufactured. The best quashing happens as fast as possible, so that the news of the generosity starts to catch up with the news of the alledged event.
This won’t happen if there’s a lawsuit, which is when most events hit the news. But if there’s no lawsuit and the money is paid directly to the doctor/hospital, there is no down side to paying even if it’s a scam. In fact, they look more generous if they don’t wait to be sure.
I’m dubious of the story as told because everything in it is designed specifically to trigger an emotional response.
- The picture of the very cute little girl.
- She’s badly injured
- She was injured because she was attacked, not by a dog, but a pit bull. Now the reader is predisposed to outrage.
- KFC is her favorite restaurant and she just wanted comfort food on her way home
- KFC being evil tells her to leave because her scars are disrupting the customers. Of course the reader looks at her pic and see that the scars are not offensive so the outrage is complete.
Since KFC is paying some money it’s clear that some of the story is true, but I think it’s highly glossed up and omits some key details. I have no idea what the actual story is, but it sure isn’t the one that we’ve seen so far.
The KFC in question is in Jackson, MS.
Thank you for the clarification, do you feel this is material to the points I was trying to make?
No, just pointing out that this took place in Mississippi, not Georgia.
Personally, I am also extremely skeptical that this happened in the way it was reported. However, it’s much better for KFC to react in the way that they have instead of appearing to fight a 3-year-old girl who has recently been terribly injured.
The article in the link goes on to talk about another toddler who was attacked, and killed, by pitt bulls. How very sad.
I can’t help thinking of my friend’s beautiful female pitt bull, Sammy. When my friend’s daughter was a baby, she would poke Sammy’s eyes, pull her ears, and try to ride on her. My own son, also little, liked to tuck a cheetah-print cloth into Sammy’s collar, making her into “Super Cheetah Dog!”
Sammy never once even snapped at either of them. I don’t think pitt bulls are born being vicious and mean.
No one went to the manager and it was the kid’s grandmother that took her to the KFC on the way home from the hospital. As for #3, all I have to say is WTF?
The article doesn’t mention anything about KFC being her favorite restaurant. It says they stopped there to get mashed potatoes because they would be easier for the child to eat.
Yep, you’re right. I’d conflated an article I saw on Facebook about this same story.
Several articles mention that according to the girl’s FB page, she has a feeding tube.
I’m skeptical all around of this story.
I’m skeptical too.
According to the grandmother, the employee came to her and asked her to leave. Then, when they got into the car, she told the granddaughter that they had had to leave because her face was upsetting people, and that was when the little girl became upset. Why the fuck did she tell a three-year-old that? The kid never had to know what conversation had happened between the adults at all.
Is there some sort of corroborating evidence which has not yet been cited in this thread for all us folks who may be a little skeptical?
I have no idea. All I’m going by here is that the grandmother herself claims to have done this crappy thing to her grandchild. If she did, then she sucks.
This was posted on another site. It could be BS, but it sounds reasonable on the face of it:
If anyone was wondering, apparently this isn’t the real story of what happened. According to people in the town, Kelly (the grandmother) had approached the store manager to ask that they throw several children out because they were staring at Victoria. Not making fun of her or bullying her, just staring. The manager had no reason to throw them out because they weren’t being openly rude or nasty to the point of unreasonableness, so she refused. Then the grandmother started getting angry because the manager wouldn’t do what she said and became so disruptive that she was the one asked to leave. At no point did anyone say that they were being thrown out of the store because of the injuries to Victoria’s face.