Never heard of the sandwich. And now it’s gone.
I feel cheated, somehow, and yet five minutes ago I’d never even heard of the sandwich.
Yes–or, IMHO, poor impulse control by the stabber.
Wendy’s homestyle chicken sandwiches are very good and there’s no waiting in line.
Their spicy chicken sandwich is similar to Popeyes.
I prefer homestyle.
The stabber and stabbee had both gone to the parking lot so there is a remote possibility it was self defense. Details are still mightily thin the last I knew of.
Agree though that chicken sandwiches and line jumping are both insufficient cause for physical violence.
It’s in the news again now (besides the stabbing) because they just brought it back again.
I’ve never actually had anything from a Popeye’s. I’ve had the CFA spicy chicken sandwich many times, and love it. Many people seem to think the Popeye’s chicken sandwich is way better, so I’ll probably check it out soon.
This is what’s baffling. Wendy’s has sold chicken sandwiches for how long? 32 years at a minimum, and I believe much longer.
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 to mention Canes, Zaxby’s, Lil Abner’s, and thousands of local joints.
Just a heads up- from what I’ve seen, they slather it with mayo.
My understanding is that it’s because Popeye’s is already sorta competing with Chick-Fil-A by being a chicken place. And thus their chicken is supposed to be really good. Other restaurants that don’t specialize in making chicken are reportedly* not as good.
Of course, that leaves out the original chicken franchise, KFC. But consensus in the US at least seems to be that it’s bargain basement chicken, and doesn’t really compete with the other two. I hear it’s better in the UK, though, with a lot more options.
*I don’t know myself. I haven’t been to Popeyes in over a decade now, and I’ve never eaten at a Chick-Fil-A. I have eaten at KFC, but never thought their chicken sandwiches were anything special, while their stand alone chicken was pretty good, and the biscuits were alone worth the price of the buffet.
I’ve always like Wendy’s spicy chicken sandwich far better than Chick-Fil-A’s for what its worth. However, I find the Popeye’s spicy chicken sandwich even better than Wendy’s. So it was worth standing in line for like 20 minutes on Monday, but probably not good enough to get stabbed.
A chicken sandwich is nothing to be killed over. Now, a good cheesesteak, that’s to die for.
Based on the thread title, I thought people were putting whole chickens in sandwiches.
Two people with bad manners encountered each other and found an excuse to behave badly. Welcome to the human race. Frankly, I count the line cutter as the worse of the two. Ya gotta not be fucking with people unless you know for sure they are not prepared to use your guts for garters.
I’ve heard of food so good that it makes you wanna slap someone’s mama, but food so good you wanna kill someone? That’s a new one!
I have heard good things about this sandwich. I may have to try it to see if it’s worth the hype.
I grew up next door to Grandpa and Grandma’s small poultry farm. After we moved a few miles away, we still returned constantly for Sunday dinners, usually heavenly mashed potatoes with fried chicken but sometimes rabbit. IMHO this whole chicken-sandwich-war thing can be resolved by frying rabbits for sandwiches.
“Throw another bunny on the barby, baby
Roast another rabbit on the rack… ♫”
A traditional San Francisco bird alternative was seagull, the REAL “chicken of the sea,” and usually pretty cheap. Why don’t we hear of fried seagull sandwich wars?
Popeye’s fried chicken is far better than KFC (there was a thread on this a while back) and Popeye’s has dirty rice (which they call Cajun rice to not confuse the goyim) which while not great compared to the real thing is still better than fries.
Never had their po’ boys bu I’ve had real po’ boys in New Orleans and Lafayette, so I don’t want to. I’ll try the chicken sandwich when this settles down.
There was no Chick-Fil-A near me until recently, and I had already decided to boycott it when the place opened. I had stuff there 15 years ago and it was reasonably good. But not worth driving 15 miles for.
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.
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.
I reject this line of argument and would call it victim-blaming. Assuming, of course, that he didn’t initiate a life-threatening physical assault once outside.
On the subject of Popeyes running out of a featured item… the only time I’ve ever been to a Popeyes was when they were advertising their popcorn-style chicken. It looked and sounded delicious.
They were out, of course. So I will never go to a Popeyes again. Companies that promote products heavily, but then cannot keep them in stock or meet demand within a reasonable timeframe do not deserve repeat business. In fact, I’d argue they don’t even deserve a chance.
Screw Popeyes.
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.
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.