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Rat and homophobia? KFC under fire for disturbing video and picture
KFC is now under fire for a disturbing video.
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December 31, 2019

Rat and homophobia? KFC under fire for disturbing video and picture

The year may be ending in a few hours, but cancel culture isn’t. Several

users on social media are blasting KFC for customer discrimination after a

photo of the order board revealed homophobic slurs used to describe a customer.

The photo has been making the rounds on Twitter and details the order taken by a cashier …except the employee added a bit more information than the meal choice.

“Plz give this ba**yman a big breast,” the description read.

The customer apparently had ordered a chicken box meal, which comes with one

piece of chicken.

Rat caught on video

Restaurants of Jamaica (ROJ), the operators of KFC, has not been having the greatest week, as another incident on Sunday has left many KFC devotees disgruntled. The hygienic practices of KFC Jamaica are now under scrutiny after a rat was caught on video running across the menu board at one of its locations. Now, this is not what you’d want to see at any KFC restaurant, particularly months after a satirical was released questioning, “a weh di boy put inna di chicken?”

Unhygienic practices comprise any environment food is being prepared in,

as well as the health of those who come in contact with that environment.

Additionally, no one wants to feel discriminated against regardless of their

ethnicity, sexuality or social standing, as hey, you are paying your money for

a service. This is the essence of sentiments being echoed online.

Me: Is a rat dat?— Anthony (@JAKaRT22) KFC worker: yeahMe:……….oh sell me a barbecue zinger

Me: Is a rat dat?— Anthony (@JAKaRT22) KFC worker: yeahMe:……….oh sell me a barbecue zinger pic.twitter.com/0WQ2L4DrS4December 30, 2019

Major backlash

“Oh sh*t mi see it… so KFC is not clean plus dem a class ppl as

ba**yman… wah kinda customer service is dat?” Twitter user Dr Blake

asked.

Glow95FM added: “AH LIE YAW TELL!!!! I CANT BELIEVE MY BA**YMAN

EYES!!!! Gurl if me eva look up and see dat pon my order she gwine need dat

broom more than ever, caaz me and di rat woulda gang har in deh tideh!”

The official Instagram

account for KFC Jamaica has not been exempted from the backlash either.

“Unno a keep up foolishness, di whole of Jamaica support unno and

yet still unno place have rat. Ppl will wait hours in line just fi unno food

and yaa tell mi unno have rat a year sing di place?” commented Nas

TopNotch 21.

ROJ issued a statement yesterday voicing regret over the ‘rat-cidence’,

adding that inspections are currently under way to prevent a recurrence.

Well BUZZ fam, will you be having that KFC bucket tonight with your peeps? What

are your thoughts?

This photo showing the insult from a KFC worker has been making the rounds on Twitter.

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