Rats Run Wild at KFC-Taco Bell in NY
Major yuck! I’ve completely lost my appetite.
This from a Yahoo news story:
“News video showing about a dozen rats running around a KFC-Taco Bell restaurant in Greenwich Village was widely disseminated Friday on TV stations and the Internet.
The footage, taken from the sidewalk through a window, showed the rats running around the floor, between counters and tables and on children’s high chairs. The establishment was not open at the time.
News crews flocked to the scene, and onlookers gave a play-by-play as the rodents moved about. When one rat came close to the window, a person on the sidewalk said: “He’s coming for his close-up.”
Though it’s just one small franchisee shop in New York, the story has spread like crazy. This all started Friday morning and by Friday night, the rat story was seen worldwide. Nothing like this stays isolated. Just type “rats at KFC” in the search field on Technorati and you’ll see over 1400 blog posts. There are thousands of stories on Google.
The only statement I found from YUM was this: “This is completely unacceptable and is an absolute violation of our high standards,” Yum Brands said in a statement.
Maybe they don’t feel they have to do much since it was a franchise and not a company owned location, but they seem to forget that this is their brand that is being affected. They should probably be a bit more stand up about this. It will be interesting to see how badly the brands are damaged by this very gross situation.
This post was written by: Kim Mickelsen