# Can someone please explain this whole chicken sandwich thing? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 6, 2019, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-whole-chicken-sandwich-thing/843061 "2019-11-06T01:53:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-whole-chicken-sandwich-thing/843061/41 "2019-11-07T15:29:20Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > This seems to suggest a misaligned sense of proportion. Cutting in line is a violation of the social norms, but certainly not one that should justify rage and violence. Trouble with psychopaths is [del]we[/del] they look like everyone else until they’re wearing your skin. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-whole-chicken-sandwich-thing/843061/42 "2019-11-07T15:29:57Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > You know, I try to be a nice person, but I will admit to some degree of victim blaming from time to time. Under no circumstances is an assailant less responsible for the assault, but there are victims who have been minding their own business, and then there are victims who test fate and get bit. Cutting in line? Shit, I’ll stab you myself without the courtesy of engaging you in witty banter first. First, I’m going to assume there’s some misplaced sarcasm in there (misplaced because I think the topic is serious enough to warrant a straight up rejection of lethal violence over violation of “social norms.”) With that said… how would you announce your intention to kill the line cutter? Is there… any particular turn of phrase you might use? Inigo Montoya? Might you invite the so-called provocateur to… “prepare” for something? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-whole-chicken-sandwich-thing/843061/43 "2019-11-07T15:34:06Z")
It isn’t worth stabbing someone over, but Popeye’s is one fine chicken sandwich. Much better than Wendy’s could ever produce, and it edged out CFA in a side by side test we did last weekend. We have all of the chains local to us, so it was pretty easy to do. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-whole-chicken-sandwich-thing/843061/44 "2019-11-07T15:35:05Z")
> [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > With that said… how would you announce your intention to kill the line cutter? Is there… any particular turn of phrase you might use? Inigo Montoya? Might you invite the so-called provocateur to… “prepare” for something? 🙂 Too much thought required to look to the namesake. But maybe a classic line like, “Looks like meat’s back on the menu, boys!” Who knows, maybe I wouldn’t have to act alone if there are enough hungry, angry, \_\_\_\_gry nerds in line with me. But we seem to differ on what’s too serious for humor/sarcasm. And that’s cool. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-whole-chicken-sandwich-thing/843061/45 "2019-11-07T15:47:35Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > Based on the thread title, I thought people were putting whole chickens in sandwiches. …[& a Coke](https://www.quotes.net/mquote/109573). ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-whole-chicken-sandwich-thing/843061/46 "2019-11-07T15:59:25Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > But we seem to differ on what’s too serious for humor/sarcasm. And that’s cool. For some, timing of a joke is always too soon or too late. I wonder sometimes if they’d be better off at musical. ---
**Author:** ![skyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/54ee81/32.png) [@skyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skyr)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-whole-chicken-sandwich-thing/843061/47 "2019-11-07T19:29:43Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I’m going to disagree with some of this. > > Sure, some folks despise Chik-Fil-A’s politics, but a lot? Not even close. A lot of Dopers do, but the general public are fine with the company’s stance. Agreed. Even though support has grown over recent years, it looks like nearly 1 out of 3 people still disagree with gay marriage: [Changing Attitudes on Same-Sex Marriage | Pew Research Center](https://www.pewforum.org/fact-sheet/changing-attitudes-on-gay-marriage/) Even with those who would say they support gay rights, they don’t necessarily care enough about the issue to boycott over it. Most people choose to eat at a restaurant based on if they like the food, not based on the owner’s political views, unless they are especially passionate about the issue. > [@](#): > > Disney, McDonalds, and other corporate powerhouses have demonstrated how creating an artificial shortage or manufacturing unavailability makes us humans crave a product well beyond reason. The McRib actually is fucking delicious though. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-whole-chicken-sandwich-thing/843061/48 "2019-11-07T20:13:14Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I’m going to disagree with some of this. > > Sure, some folks despise Chik-Fil-A’s politics, but a lot? Not even close. Just how precise an amount do you think is described by “a lot?” ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-whole-chicken-sandwich-thing/843061/49 "2019-11-07T20:24:10Z")
I get my chicken sandwiches at Bojangles. 100% stab free. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-whole-chicken-sandwich-thing/843061/50 "2019-11-07T20:33:44Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I know of a case where someone was stabbed in an argument over a Little Debbie snack cake\*, so it’s not just chicken sandwiches that provoke violence. > > \*it seems that most Little Debbie snack cakes are not vegan, but the Little Debbie cake donut is regarded as an exception. Little Debbie is too young to be wearing make up, the little slut! ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-whole-chicken-sandwich-thing/843061/51 "2019-11-07T20:59:57Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > Why has the general social-media public pretended like the Popeye’s sandwich was the first competitor to Chik-Fil-A in the history of fast food? I understand marketing and alll, but sheesh. Not a single person on the planet pretended this. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-whole-chicken-sandwich-thing/843061/52 "2019-11-07T21:54:39Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I’m going to disagree with some of this. > > Sure, some folks despise Chik-Fil-A’s politics, but a lot? Not even close. A lot of Dopers do, but the general public are fine with the company’s stance. Are you actually ascribing a political stance—arguably the stance that has already lost politically, legally, and a majority of the public—related to one of the most controversial issues of our time to the “general public?” > [@](#): > > Also, I cannot believe it “blew up unexpectedly”. It was actually a masterful marketing ploy. Are we to think the world suddenly had a chicken shortage? That lasted several months? > > Disney, McDonalds, and other corporate powerhouses have demonstrated how creating an artificial shortage or manufacturing unavailability makes us humans crave a product well beyond reason. Fast food chains are constantly introducing new products. If such success had been so easy to achieve, we would be experiencing a constant rate of junk food rage murders. Yes, marketers try to achieve success. No, this kind of blockbuster success can’t be planned. ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-whole-chicken-sandwich-thing/843061/53 "2019-11-07T22:12:46Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > This seems to suggest a misaligned sense of proportion. Cutting in line is a violation of the social norms, but certainly not one that should justify rage and violence. All social norms are enforced by violence. ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-whole-chicken-sandwich-thing/843061/54 "2019-11-07T22:15:57Z")
The people in my household (excluding me) eat a lot of fried chicken. They brought home Popeye’s sandwiches the other night. Fried food on soft white buns is not my thing, but it was actually pretty good, certainly better than the chemical-tasting Chick-Fil-A (and without the right-wing issue). ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-whole-chicken-sandwich-thing/843061/55 "2019-11-07T23:40:19Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Also, I cannot believe it “blew up unexpectedly”. It was actually a masterful marketing ploy. Are we to think the world suddenly had a chicken shortage? That lasted several months? I read a business report on this and they did actually mess up. They had what they projected would last 7 weeks. They sold it all in less than 2. It wasn’t “several months” (about 2) but if you think about it, the batter has to be Popeye’s recipe so there are other supply streams involved. When you think about how many restaurants they have and now they have to basically quadruple the estimated demand that is a lot of chicken and batter to get specially prepared on short notice. I don’t know if the chicken comes in pre-battered and frozen or not. I’d bet there is an analyst that used to work at Popeye’s now looking for work. In hindsight it may have worked out well for the company but he/she is really bad at forecasting. I drive by a Popeye’s on my way to and from work and today when I drove by around 2 was the first time the drive thru wasn’t backed up into the street. I tried a couple the first time around (both spicy and regular) and I thought they were way better than CFA and Wendy’s. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-whole-chicken-sandwich-thing/843061/56 "2019-11-08T01:48:21Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Also, I cannot believe it “blew up unexpectedly”. It was actually a masterful marketing ploy. Are we to think the world suddenly had a chicken shortage? That lasted several months? What I read in the Wall Street Journal is that there was a supply chain issue in regards to sourcing both the brioche buns they use and the chicken breast (which is apparently from a smaller sized chicken.) They went through what they thought would be three months of product in 14 days. I don’t get the sense this was a marketing ploy at all. By all accounts, it actually is a really good chicken sandwich that seems to be loved by consumers and critics alike, as opposed to other “limited time” items like the McRib (which, as we see in this thread, some people love, but I find a really awful fast food item, and I’ve been influenced into buying it a few times because of the limited availability, only to regret my purchase and only learn after about three years in a row of this.) I don’t see any incentive for Popeye’s to keep the chicken off the menu for that long, when they could have steadily been making money on it in the two months off the menu. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-whole-chicken-sandwich-thing/843061/57 "2019-11-08T03:40:43Z")
Pretty much what I had read. A royal screw up that may have turned out ok for them. And as far as the McRib goes… I ate one and that will be enough to satisfy me for life. I can say I have tried one. The sandwich in question… if the line isn’t backed up I’ll probably get another tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-whole-chicken-sandwich-thing/843061/58 "2019-11-08T06:09:48Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > For some, timing of a joke is always too soon or too late. I wonder sometimes if they’d be better off at musical. This has nothing to do with timing, and everything to do with the forum. Sarcasm doesn’t translate as well in written communication. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-whole-chicken-sandwich-thing/843061/59 "2019-11-08T15:08:01Z")
> [@Chicken\_Fingers](#): > > The people in my household (excluding me) eat a lot of fried chicken. They brought home Popeye’s sandwiches the other night. Fried food on soft white buns is not my thing, but it was actually pretty good, certainly better than the chemical-tasting Chick-Fil-A (and without the right-wing issue). I believe Chicken Fingers is probably the authority on this topic. Case closed! ---
**Author:** ![Dogginit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogginit/32/16920_2.png) [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-whole-chicken-sandwich-thing/843061/60 "2019-11-08T18:37:49Z")
> [@skyr](#): > > The McRib actually is fucking delicious though. ^^^^This:D [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-whole-chicken-sandwich-thing/843061.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-whole-chicken-sandwich-thing/843061.md?page=4)