1st lemme preface this by saying, each & every popeyes in my city has a 2.0 or less star review on yelp, so that should tell you what i'm already up against. i've had good experiences at only one of them, everytime i visit it's always a real hood experience orrrrr terrible customer experience. 1 - i don't mind hood experiences, i actually love them, it makes me feel at home, but the latter, i don't do, terrible customer service will set me off...
so instead of going to the popeye's with the 2 stars, i decided to go to the one in the hood, fine ... it was on my way home, i pull up (wanted to try that fish sammich of course) ...drive thru is about 5 cars deep, so i make my way in line. when i get up to the front, the car in front of me pulls up to the menu board, waits a minute, then abruptly swerves off, i'm thinking ... "damn they left their wallet at home" .. but i should've known, there was a deeper, darker criminal link hiding in the shadows of the cajun sparkle controversy.
so i swerve up, roll my window down & what i was greeted with was the wildest thing ever ... usually it's "weouttaspicyissssgon'be25minutesformore" ... or "weaintgotnochickensammiches" ... but on this day ...new forces were at work. i was greeted with .. "welcometopopeyeswecurrentlyclosed" .. i said, "i'm sorry, i beg your pardon?" .. she says... "isaidwerecurrentlyclosed" ... i reply with, "at 2pm on a saturday with a drive thru full of people, you're closed?" ... she replied with "WEISCURRENTLYCLOSED" so i calmly said ... "ya'll trippin' i'm bout to spin the block & shoot this muhfcka UP!" & drove off, lmao...
apologies for the long read, but i have yet to try the fish sandwich yet...