Police tell chicken-lovers to stop calling them to report the KFC crisis
Adam Smith for Metro.co.uk
London chicken-lovers have been calling the police asking them to sort out the KFC closure crisis.
So many people contacted The Met about the chicken shortage officers had to use Twitter to tell them their favourite restaurant closing is not an emergency.
Frustrated police officers in Tower Hamlets tweeted today: ‘Please do not contact us about the #KFCCrisis – it is not a police matter if your favourite eatery is not serving the menu that you desire.’
Over 2,700 people have shared the tweet to help spread the message so the boys in blue can concentrate fighting crime instead of dealing with poultry problems.
The fear and loathing caused by KFC running out of chicken has caught everyone by surprise with even MPs getting calls asking them to help get everyone finger-licking again.
Constituents of Labour MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark Neil Coyle contacted him about the ‘great chicken drought.’
He tweeted yesterday: ‘I’ve been contacted by disappointed #KFC customers on Borough High St #SE1 & Walworth Rd #SE17 today.’
Around 700 of the company’s 870 stores in the UK have shut after a huge failure at delivery firm DHL left restaurants without any chicken.
The KFC in Clapham, south London, is one of many that was closed this week
It has been claimed the delivery chaos is costing the firm £1 million a day while it is feared staff on zero hour contacts will miss out on pay.
KFC fans phoning the police about their culinary woes has highlighted the common problem of all different types of callers wasting police time.
The Met said in a statement: ‘Call centres currently receive more than 14,500 calls every weekday.
‘The Met is continuing its drive – including the use of its social media channels – to reduce improper use of the 999 and 101 numbers.’
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