Free KFC from Oprah!

[Poolzer]

/holds back an obvious pun..


http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/ ... n-download

[Poolzer]

well all of san diego is out of grilled chicken..I had to sign a form for them to mail me another coupon with a further out expiration date and there were a lot of pissed off people. The coupon was for a 2 piece, 2 sides and a biscuit...mmm was looking forward to that.

[Fadingtoblack]

Yeah cos Oprah's not also about money, and the Colonel's got plenty

Pretty funny though, and obvious steretypes and jokes aside, i heard a lot of people were saving and repeat printing for as long as they could

[MetDream]

WTF? Why was Oprah promoting free chicken from KFC. I thought she was all about healthy eating....?

Yeah but it is grilled instead of fried, thus "healthy".

[even13flow]

Yeah my buddy told me they weren't taking them here and then I actually saw a commercial on TV with the guy from KFC talking about it, talking about the mail in voucher. What do they expect when the coupon goes up on a website, I mean it's one thing for the millions that watch Oprah to get it but once it's on the web it's free game...as we can see her the first appearance of the Oprah website on this Metallica forum.

[jackrpr]

i can't believe people would wait an hour for food

[hellawaits77]

LOL, I hate to be stereotypical, but this scenario makes it TOO easy for a racist joke.

I'm down w/ free KFC, though. Sucks they tore the one near me down to build a newer one.

[asforoneday]

My brother and friend work at KFC and they said they've been going crazy trying to fill these orders! They've been getting a lot of hours at least.

[Ratt Trader]

It never ceases to amaze me when a company makes an offer like this, and then is completely caught off guard by the overwhelming response. In this day and age, did they not expect tens of millions of people to be crashing that website looking for the freebie coupon? In the end, it's all about publicity, which is all they really wanted, but having it turn into a fiasco sure takes some of the shine off the promotion.

[asforoneday]

It never ceases to amaze me when a company makes an offer like this, and then is completely caught off guard by the overwhelming response. In this day and age, did they not expect tens of millions of people to be crashing that website looking for the freebie coupon? In the end, it's all about publicity, which is all they really wanted, but having it turn into a fiasco sure takes some of the shine off the promotion.

Well in their case I didn't think it was necessarily a fiasco, just that they're getting a lot more hours than usual (which definitely isn't a bad thing in this day and age.) I can't talk for anyone else though.