I’ve lived in Painesville for three years now (I know, that’s my fault). In that three year time period, I have gotten the idea to try Mr.Chicken exactly three times.
Now, I don’t believe this is out of coincidence, but all three of my visits went as follows:
Me: (Pull up to speaker thingy, roll down window)
Mr. Chicken Employee: Hi, we’re all out of chicken.
Me: Excuse me?
Mr. Chicken Employee: We don’t have any chicken.
Me: Isn’t this Mr.Chicken?
Mr. Chicken Employee: Yes, but we are all out of chicken. Would you like fish?
Three times! How is that possible?
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April 16th, 2008 at 8:24 am
In other news, Pizza Hut was out of pizza this week and Toys-R-Us ran out of toys.
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April 16th, 2008 at 9:49 am
Are they actually saying that they are all out of ANY AND ALL kind of chicken??? To honest Mr. Chicken’s regular fried chicken is nothing to bend over backwards for but I have to say, their “boneless chicken wings” have to be the best I have had anywhere. Real breast meat and decent size pieces too! Not just mostly breading over a stingy little piece of dried up meat like at the other big named chicken place.
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April 16th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
I love Roosters for wings!
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April 17th, 2008 at 12:34 am
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April 17th, 2008 at 4:51 am
Your experience is amusing, yes…
Did you go late at night? Chicken is made in batches and as it gets close to closing, they tend to cut back on what’s prepared. Fried chicken, unlike a hamburger, can’t be cooked in just a couple of minutes. I’ve been at Mr. Chicken in Willoughby when I’ve had to wait ten minutes for fresh chicken because I came in late and wanted something that wasn’t ready.
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April 18th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Should MR. CHICKEN have chicken AT ALL TIMES…. honestly… I’ve never been to KFC and had them say:
“sorry… we’re all out of chicken”
And… why exactly does MR. CHICKEN serve fish??? Does anyone else find this to be a little bit strange?
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April 20th, 2008 at 10:51 am
Love that chicken from Popeyes! The only good thing about Mr. Chicken is that it smells good from a mile away…so they must be making some small amount of chicken for one or two people lucky enough to make it there on time. My hubby goes there to order fried chicken livers (uughhhh).
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August 26th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Fresh, good chicken does not favor late night diners. Call ahead.
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September 29th, 2008 at 9:09 am
ahahahaha this happened to my husband I believe around this time. He just couldn’t believe it either. We had a pretty good laugh about it at the time. Their chicken is really too greasy for me but he loves their cole slaw over any other place.
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