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Food Review
KFC of Laurinburg
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Doug Maynard

Are you ready to talk about chicken? I had an experience with Col. Sanders and the KFC on Saturday afternoon. And how did that go? Not too good. Let me tell you about it.

I went to KFC on Saturday afternoon after getting off of work. I didn’t feel like cooking when I got home and hell, I had a coupon. My thoughts were that I could get a Family Dinner, enjoy a good lunch, and then eat for a couple of days off the bucket of chicken and the sides. Sounds like a plan, right?

I went to KFC and walked inside to place my order. Everyone is friendly enough and the young girl at the register takes my order for a 12-piece Family Meal. That’s 12 pieces of chicken, six biscuits, and three sides. That would be lunch dinner, a snack, and probably lunch the next day. I place my order and name my side dishes, Mashed Potatoes and gravy, Slaw, and Mac & Cheese. So far so good.

They’re bustling about and the girl who took my order walks over to where I’m waiting and says that they’re about out of breasts and asks would be okay if they used a couple of other pieces instead. Otherwise, I’d have to wait. I’m an easygoing guy and not too picky so I said, “Sure!”. And that’s where I made my mistake.

They prepared the order and I left, throwing my bag of KFC goodies in the passenger seat of my truck to make that ride home. Well, I got home and started digging the food out of the bags to fix a plate. The sides were fine and the biscuits were fine, but the chicken? I looked in the bucket and my first thought was, “Where the hell is the chicken?”. It looked mighty scarce in there and I honestly thought that maybe they had only thrown in 5 or 6 pieces instead of the twelve that were supposed to be there. I was ready to grab the box and head back up to KFC and raise some hell.

And then I started counting. A 12-piece should have three breasts, three thighs, three wings, and three legs, right? Well, this “12-piece” had one breast, two thighs, and nine of the smallest, wings and legs I’ve ever seen in my life. The wings were falling apart and the legs looked like they belonged to a seagull and not a chicken. They didn’t have breasts so wings are a viable substitute? What the hell?

I was pissed off to be sure and was so ready to head back up there, but then I decided not to. My leg was throbbing and hurting and by then, my head was ready to blow up too. So I just took the food, put it in the fridge, and told myself that it would be a long time before I went to KFC again. The service has always been good there before, and the food is hit or miss. Sometimes it’s good and other times, it’s a bit on the extra greasy side, but it’s always been edible.

But this? If someone orders a family meal, they’re usually either going to feed a family or do as I do and eat off the meal for several meals/days. How the hell any family could get a meal out of one breast, two thighs, and a handful of falling-apart miniature wings and pigeon-sized legs is beyond me. It was bad. Just bad!

The bottom line is that KFC of Laurinburg, NC has lost me as a customer, at least for now. I get it that the young girl probably was just trying to get the order filled and wasn’t thinking, but where the hell is common sense? If you have to substitute, you do it with something of equal value or at least close to what you’re having to substitute for. Miniature legs and falling apart wings are NOT equal to or even close to a breast or thigh. Yeah, they’ve lost me.

And there you go with my food and service review of the KFC in Laurinburg, NC. I’ll be so damn glad when the Popeye’s that they’re building is completed and open. Until then, I’ll just get my chicken from Nic’s Pic Kwik. I’ve been going to KFC for many years with few complaints, but the streak is over and it’s time to move on.

So what do you think? Am I overreacting? What are your experiences with KFC? Let me know in the comments. And with that, I’m out of here. Time to get ready for work. Thanks for reading and I’ll see you next time.

Ubuntu!