Comments on: Twitter Friday: Oprah’s KFC Coupons Congested Twitter

By: David Queamante

David Queamante — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:05:44 +0000

Well, that’s what happens when marketers don’t do their homework and underestimate the power of social media. KFC surely slipped up, but only time will tell how badly.

By: kay young

kay young — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:25:21 +0000

What a fiasco!. My husband and I are senior citizens and seldom if ever eat in a KFC, but we thought we would give the Oprah offer a try. We waited until Wed. the 13th to miss the crunch of chicken eaters. We live in a town of 9,000 so we thought the NYCtype riots would not be happening here. As I came in the door, I noticed there was one other couple in the restaurant and maybe someone going through the drive-in. BUT! We WERE turned away, yes like beggars, and were told to fill out a bunch of questions in order to get a “rain-check ” sometime in the summer. I asked to speak to a manager. An elderly lady who looked quite down-trodden faced us and told us there was nothing she could do. I asked if the chicken was available? “Of course,” she replied, “We always have it.” I explained that we didn’t often come here, and this was a perfect time to make us happy enough that we might return again and again, but chances of that happening were now slim to none. She said she was sorry, but corporate would not permit her to feed us. Oh Well! I had left over meat loaf in the frig at home and it was greattttttttttttttttt.

By: Is Twitter Down?

Is Twitter Down? — Sat, 09 May 2009 00:08:01 +0000

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By: jeff

jeff — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:58:56 +0000

or maybe what is important to the world is reflected by twitter it just didn’t match your preconcieved expectations in this case?

By: Shirley

Shirley — Fri, 08 May 2009 17:04:23 +0000

Why is it that kfc is putting a time frame on when you can use the coupon? The time frame is from 1:pm -4:pm when most people are at work and can’t leave for lunch because we work in hospitals. Thanks for the coupons. I’ll use on the weekend.