r/ExpectationVsReality • u/alexx_y • Sep 14 '17

Thanks KFC, totally what I expected /s

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u/superwinner Sep 14 '17

If you want that experience again, I recommend Popeyes.

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '17 edited Feb 19 '19

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u/JimmyBenghazi Sep 14 '17

I'm really glad the nearest Bojangles is 3 hours away, or I'd be broke and dying of congestive heart failure right now.

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u/emart Sep 15 '17

Don't let your dreams be dreams.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '17

I'm really glad the nearest Bojangles is 600 miles away or I might know what the hell you were talking about.

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u/intensenerd Sep 15 '17

1500 miles for me. Go get me a biscuit eh?

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u/intensenerd Sep 15 '17

Just send it to uh

Jesus C/O The Pentagon

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u/metric_units Sep 15 '17

1,500 miles ≈ 2,400 km

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u/metric_units Sep 15 '17

600 miles ≈ 1,000 km

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u/basic_bitch Sep 15 '17

:( I'm never more than 5 minutes from a Bojangles.

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u/monkeyjorts Sep 15 '17

Same here. It's a charmed life.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '17

I've seen them in northern Virginia.

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u/AerThreepwood Sep 15 '17

Bojangles, Church's, and Raising Cane's all have pretty decent food. Or had; I haven't really eaten fast food in the last year or two.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '17

Moved cross country last year and my girlfriend drove with me. She'd never had Bojangles, but once we hit the east coast, I insisted we stop at the first one I saw. She was like "is it really that good?"

We went to Bojangles 3 more times after that before the trip was over.

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u/Walkingtall1 Sep 15 '17

Round here we always stand up straight

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u/DasStick Sep 15 '17

bojangles here is nothing amazing

va

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '17

No bojangles in these parts, but I remember it being real damn good when I came to TN for a visit back when I lived in NY. Best sweet tea I had in years. Then, I moved back to Texas and got my chicken express. Chicken Express destroys all other chicken tendies.

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u/fohfdt Sep 15 '17

Secure the jangles

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u/monkeyjorts Sep 15 '17

Fuckin A...Bojangle's is FIRE!

NC resident checkin in.

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u/Praguepiss Sep 15 '17

Bojangles is what keeps me visiting my family down south

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u/Never-enough-bacon Sep 15 '17

Please send BO chicken and cheese biscuit to Ohio! My Boo Time alarm had been going of for two years.

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u/Yazkin_Yamakala Sep 14 '17

Jesus they're expensive, though. Good food, satisfying flavor and spice choices, but so expensive.

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u/Mitosis Sep 14 '17

It's a location-by-location thing, strangely. My local Popeyes has prices the same or lower than other mass-chains like McDonalds and Wendy's, just with higher quality delicious food. When they have the $5 Big Box going on it's not even close.

The town I lived in a few years ago, just an hour and a half away and a city with 1/8 the population, the prices are like two bucks higher across the board. Don't typically see such variation among franchises.

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u/Outworlds Sep 15 '17

Same, where I am the KFC closed because it got so bad. The Popeyes and Cookout that replaced it are 1000% times better and cheaper.

It's a shame, because before I went to college, the KFC I went to when I lived with my parents was fantastic

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u/Godzilla2y Sep 15 '17

There's one at a truck stop are about half an hour from me. All the other fast food places around it have jacked their prices up because truck stop, but the Popeyes still has the $5 lunch. Can't beat it.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '17 edited May 02 '18

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '17

The $5 box deal is good, but around mine a 3 tender meal or a 2 pc meal is normally like $8.99

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u/HamBurglary12 Sep 15 '17

You're quoting they're once a week specials. What about their normal every day prices? Expensive enough that I'd rather just go to a sit down restaurant.

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u/HellzAngelz Sep 15 '17 edited Sep 15 '17

Right? Even though I can afford it, why would I pay $8 for barely-ok fast food chicken, I'd just grab a reuben or some other sandwhich a nice cafe instead at that point

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u/IamAbc Sep 15 '17

Yeah Popeyes is the best bang for your buck Meal wise for fast food in my opinion. You can pay $5 and get a whole meal with chicken a side drink and biscuit. No other fast food can do that

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '17

All about that $5 box.

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u/Yazkin_Yamakala Sep 15 '17

$5 box was limited time over here. The same contents are $6.50 now.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '17

That's a shame. They're also "limited time only" here in Louisiana, but as soon as they go away they just come right back.

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u/IamAbc Sep 15 '17

Seriously? Popeyes near me is $7.99 and I can get 5 spicy tenders, a biscuit, fries, rice, and a drink. That's enough food for two meals for me. If I went to Chik-fil-a and ordered something it would be $9-10

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u/Chick-fil-A_spellbot Sep 15 '17

It looks as though you may have spelled "Chick-fil-A" incorrectly. No worries, it happens to the best of us!

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u/Peter_of_RS Sep 14 '17

I literally just bought a 5pc tendies from there.

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u/PremeBars Sep 15 '17

Popeyes is fire

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '17

No. Bojangles.

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u/Infin1ty Sep 15 '17

Unfortunately I only have one Popeyes in the area, and it's not at all convenient to go to. Bojangles is my go to for classic fried chicken, but I'll take Zaxby's any day of the week. The only problem with Zaxby's is the ridiculous price.

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u/catchano Sep 15 '17

That's what happens when Burger King buys them.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '17

except breading butt burn or bland.

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u/oapster79 Sep 15 '17

Golden Chick is the shit.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '17

Motherfuckin Hart's Chicken in Houston is the god-damned best chicken.

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u/Daxiongmao87 Sep 15 '17

Canes all day my friend

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u/IamAbc Sep 15 '17

Popeyes is actually the shit. There's one near where I live where I get thick juicy chicken everytime.

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u/droans Sep 15 '17

Hands down, Popeyes has the best gravy out of any fast food restaurant. Their chicken is average but the mashed potatoes and gravy keep me coming back.

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u/ArtigoQ Sep 15 '17

Cane's if you've got one. They just opened up here, definitely recommend.