LOL at Popeyes

[Con]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pyW6w5B7Aw

[Grenade]

God... Just wow... Your kidding me right ? ? ?

[Agent Kitten]

MMMM i love popey chicken!!!

[audirs]

im fucking DYING right now. thank you for ending my day on that note

[hass22202]

People are so lame, someone said "how am i going to feed my family?" Um, how about you get out of the gas guzzler and go cook something healthy for your kids.

[Redgoat]

MMMM i love popey chicken!!!

Same here! Now I am really craving some!!

[Grenade]

People are so lame, someone said "how am i going to feed my family?" Um, how about you get out of the gas guzzler and go cook something healthy for your kids.

America at its finest... Seriously..

[unknowna4]

That was amazing, I never realized how true this is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ4B7G8Rw3Q

[audia]

http://i39.tinypic.com/j5x9p1.gif

[Quattrotakis]

this is absolutely rediculous. If you look up the related video's on youtube you will die from laughter

[Smiley]

Hhahahahahahah

Look at 0:52

Looks like the dad from Fresh Prince of BelAir

[HotSauce]

There literally isn't a single white customer there....I haven't decided if this is the true demographic or the news channel.... Astounding.

[audirs]

There literally isn't a single white customer there....I haven't decided if this is the true demographic or the news channel.... Astounding.

lol, nothing better then people fulfilling a stereotype

[sakimano]

MMMM i love popey chicken!!!

http://www.polishamericancenter.org/Pictures/pope-new2.jpg

[RomanA6]

yes this is in my city

yes I've heard about it

there was a discussion on it in the local foru

yes, I am way to embarassed to make a post about it

funny how there were only "white people" in that video [>_<]

and no, I'm not in the video [:D]

[Grenade]

There literally isn't a single white customer there....I haven't decided if this is the true demographic or the news channel.... Astounding.

Its REALisim.

[RomanA6]

There literally isn't a single white customer there....I haven't decided if this is the true demographic or the news channel.... Astounding.

thats because the area where that Popeyes is located is kind of "ghetto" and as such, is mostly populated by black people, who in their turn, love chicken ... especially when it cheap ... so ... yeah

correction: Penfield is NOT ghetto, its one of the nicest places to live in Roc City, but the one location they were filming in the video - is populated by a lot of "people of color"

[audia]

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[Kerschera4]

"they is even outta sides...like watermellon, corn bread, collard greens, red"

[Agent Kitten]

Same here! Now I am really craving some!!

Me too!!! Im hungry

[chromedomewooki]

I fucking lol'ed at that. Why don't you just go some where else like Bojangle's

[RomanA6]

I fucking lol'ed at that. Why don't you just go some where else like Bojangle's

or wegmans and pick up a bag of chicken wings, come home, throw them in a fryer or an oven, and you get way more then 4-5pcs?

yeah, I was wondering that too ...

[Charlescrs6]

I fucking lol'ed at that. Why don't you just go some where else like Bojangle's

I would die if we had bojangles up here, but we don't... bullshit

[chadb2434]

hilarious! thanks for the laugh!

[AudiSport12]

hooww you aint gon have no chiken

[OC1.8T]

LOL!!!!!!!! ROFL !!!!!!!!!

[sambrody44]

Why oh why...

[speedydragon]

4.99 for 8pieces don't even sound cheap at all :| Better deals at KFC can be had.

[sakimano]

hahahahaha! that was awesome (just watched video)

almost as awesome, was this blog by the anchorlady


Rachel's Takehttp://www.13wham.com/media/news/b/d/f/bdfb8cdf-d182-4149-a905-ff90a12b823c/Story.jpg
Rachel Barnhart (&copy; 13WHAM-TV)
Rachel Barnhart (© 13WHAM-TV)
I was a little concerned tonight about the Popeye’s story.

Not because I don’t think it was a legitimate story. Customers called our newsroom wanting us to do the story about the chain running out of chicken after promoting a big special. They said the Lake Ave. location had long lines of cars.

When we went to the Lake Ave. Popeye’s, there were indeed long lines of cars. Some people took it in stride. Other people were downright angry. A few people made jokes.

The idea of people up in arms over chicken was pretty funny. I think saying the word “chicken” over and over again was funny, too. Some of the things the customers were saying were hilarious, especially the woman who said the store should have had a trailer out back filled with “chicken on ice.”

What concerned me about the story was the stereotype of black people liking fried chicken. Everyone in our story was black. We interviewed a dozen people. Even though the suburban Penfield location also ran out of chicken, and even though a whole lot of white people also like fried chicken, I was worried some viewers would think we were doing the story because of the stereotype. I was worried we were reinforcing or making fun of the stereotype.

I think the story was a story because it was a consumer issue, customers were upset, and some customers were even laughing. The conflict was just so – human. Would I have felt better about it if we talked to white people, too? Yes. Should we have gone to the Penfield store, too? Maybe. On the other hand, do we ever pause when our stories are filled with only white people? Not often - and that's sad.

I was comfortable with running the story. It accurately reflected what happened on Lake Ave. tonight. When I get upset at a business, I am the first person to express righteous outrage. That said, I wish I hadn’t put the story together at such a late hour, because I would have loved to make a bunch of calls to get more opinions on the stereotype issue.

The video of the story we ran is linked to this blog post. We took it down for a time as our newsroom debated this issue, but you probably need to watch it in order to have an opinion.

I'd really like to hear your thoughts. Be honest. Be thoughtful. Be respectful. Any hate language will be removed.
Norma's Take
Norma Holland (&copy; 13WHAM-TV)
Norma Holland (© 13WHAM-TV)
Criticism is often leveled at 13WHAM that we do not feature Black people or other people of color in our stories unless they are criminals. As a person of color myself, I am sensitive to this.

So, you can imagine my thoughts when I saw our report last night about two local Popeye’s running out of chicken and the mayhem that ensued. My gut reaction was that the story--although a legitimate consumer complaint—seemed to reinforce a cultural stereotype about Black people and chicken. I know for a fact that no one on our staff meant for that to be the point of the story, but the fear that we would be accused of this sounded an alarm to me. It’s sad that I even had to worry about this.

The story was what it was: customers, who happened to be Black, expressing anger about a heavily advertised special that ran out. Our job as journalists is not to “whitewash (sorry, no pun intended)” the news. We aren’t here to manufacture, make up, or tamper with what exists so we ran the story. In hindsight, I’m glad we did. Race aside, it is a perfect consumer story…and consumers have a right to be angry.

However, the report sparked a discussion in our newsroom about the way we portray people of color. I have to admit, we tend to overlook the importance of being inclusive in some of our reporting. Gay, Lesbian, Hispanic, Senior, and Physically Disabled people have opinions on any number of topics, yet we tend to only interview them in relation to stories that affect their specific groups. What’s the sense in that?

This conversation is ongoing and I’m so proud that we are able to have it.
Read the story: Some Popeyes Louisana Kitchen Locations Run Out of Chicken

[swaigo]

yup heard about it too

[biggygo]

http://www.polishamericancenter.org/Pictures/pope-new2.jpg

OMG, I just LOL'd so loudly, I might have woken up the baby!

[fusionx]

hahahahahahah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynrrqjt-XWI&feature=related

[CONTROL ONE]

hahahahahahah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynrrqjt-XWI&feature=related

Holy Mother of God. Perfect.

[RomanA6]

hahahahahahah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynrrqjt-xwi&feature=related

omfg ahhhhhhhhhahahahahahaha

[audia]

Video removed. What was fusionx's link?

[CONTROL ONE]

Video removed. What was fusionx's link?

CN:

- black guy inside a Popeye's when they ran out of chicken
- turns camcorder on and starts recording the madness
- pans camera over the crown of about 25-40 people
- every single last person in line, yelling and screaming at the poor employees, is black. there's not 1 single caucasion, hispanic, european in the entire place
- guy recording shouts out, "wave to the camera, you're going to be on youtube" while making his own 'blacks + fried chicken' stereotype jokes

[audia]

Well, it's official then. I don't know what, but it's official.

[gaede]

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f75/wgaede/Randy%20Gifs/watermellon.gif

[biggygo]

I remember a LONG time ago, Taco Bell by my house ran out of:

1) hard taco shells

and another time...

2) ground beef


WTF?

[SugarTTRS]

^ rotund mexican!

[biggygo]

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s284/HubbaHubbaBear/Shut_Up.jpg


I keed - I don't condone violence against women and I love you, Sugar

[sakimano]

if there is a line in GCC...you just crossed it!
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s284/HubbaHubbaBear/Shut_Up.jpg


I keed - I don't condone violence against women and I love you, Sugar

[1997gtx]

Eek -- beating women? Yeah ... maybe over that line.

Now, back to racism...

[audia]

http://i40.tinypic.com/5cln4i.jpg

[FrimmelNoJerz]

african american interest pieces have officially made it to the evening news.

[ProOnThaSnow]

http://www.amazon.com/STATISTICS-letters-available-positive-following/dp/B001IANFEE/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=miscellaneous&qid=1241165513&sr=8-3

[audia]

Popeyes would like to apologize by offering a free $25 giftcard to amazon.com for anyone who was left stranded with no chicken. Hurry before the offer ends!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000EULZDC