The week when KFC ran out of chicken

That’s crazy talk. I love Taco Bell and it’s brand of Mexican-esque food.

Heh heh.

The rail network may be a better option here.

That option worries me, what with all the “going off the rails on the gravy train”.

Yeah, well you can just go park on the moon.

This really doesn’t surprise me. I rarely am brave enough to eat KFC because it wrecks me, but the last 3-4 times I wandered in there (spanning like 10 years) they didn’t have any, y’know, fried chicken for my order. I’m not super picky. “I want a 3 piece extra cris…” “We don’t have that available right now.” “OK, Origin…” “None of that either.” And then I just go home in wonder and whip up some of my own out of boneless skinless breastises. Better for me anyway. One of my boys picked up a job there and I regaled him with tales of my failed quests, and he laughed at old dad and told me I was either exaggerating or just remarkably unlucky. After his first day at work he came home and apologized for his impertinent assessment. Evidently, they are allowed to cook only a specific quantity of chicken per hour, regardless of demand, and sure enough they run out fairly often. Every now and then a manager will go rogue and prepare quantities and varieties as indicated by demand, satisfying his customers and building clientele, and then he gets fired for being crazy like that.

It blows my mind. I would suspect fast food chicken specialists face some peculiar hurdle, but Chik-Fil-A is always jumping despite being closed on Sundays and being fairly open about its discriminatory hostility toward 10% of its potential customer base.

I pity Brits and everyone else in the world who don’t live in the southeast U.S. Why? Because you don’t have Publix Super Markets.

Publix fried chicken and wings are tastier, crispier, cheaper and served by friendlier staff than KFC or other chicken joints.

Publix subs are better, cheaper and served by friendlier staff than Subway or other sub shops.

Forget Disney World, come to Florida for Publix fried chicken and subs.

We landed in Ely Nevada late on a Sunday when everything was closed. Luckily, our hotel was right next to a Ridley’s supermarket, from which I retrieved a tasty roasted chicken, potato salad and an odd desert that could have been better. For less than what a fast food place would have cost, and perhaps a little better quality (you could tell that it was actual meat).

It has become normal for grocery stores to have a deli, often even with seating. And it is usually better stuff than the fast food places have.