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British KFC customer refused hand-wipes due to halal policy
2014-09-29
A customer at a Leicester branch of KFC has said he was “shocked” when he was refused a hand-wipe as it might offend other restaurant-goers.
"Wipe your hands? Ewwww! Icky. No."
Graham Noakes, 41, said he was astonished when staff at the fast food chain's outlet in St George's retail park refused to give him a hand-wipe because it was against its Halal policy.
"Shuddup. Halal is good for you, infidel!"
Staff said this was because the wipes are soaked in an alcohol-infused liquid. Alcohol is forbidden in the Muslim Holy book, the Quran.
So's thought.
The Leicester-based Federation of Muslim Organisations has called the decision “bizarre”.
Yeah, that's kinda another word for "stupid."
Graham said: “They told me it might offend other customers. I explained that it wouldn't affect me. In fact - I told them I like alcohol, so it wouldn't bother me in the slightest.
Shoulda promised not to eat the Wet Wipe.
“When they wouldn't give me one, I was disgusted. I will never be going to KFC again.”
Posted by:ryuge

#14  "No, we do not believe in sanitation. Would you like some hand-breaded chicken?"
Posted by: swksvolFF   2014-09-29 18:30  

#13  There was a restaurant owned by a Christian Lebanese woman here. Her little falafel/Mideastern food/beer beanery did very well. She was friendly and always had a few minutes for her customers to see if their food and service were OK. She retired after many years. Some guy bought the place. The first thing he did was quit serving beer. He was distinctly unfriendly--in a word surly. Everyone got the message that he was most likely an observant Muslim. Business fell off and he went out of business in just a few months. Karma has a way of correcting things. Who knows, this KFC may even end up going out of business for a lack of business. One thing I can be sure of, I will not be going there.
Posted by: JohnQC   2014-09-29 17:50  

#12  "mixes lard in the with with the regular grease"

:-(
Posted by: Barbara   2014-09-29 15:00  

#11  Ricky Syers
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-09-29 14:37  

#10  Might be more instructive if we spread the rumor that Kalishnikov mixes lard in the with regular grease used for them, rj.
Posted by: Barbara   2014-09-29 14:35  

#9  I'm amazed we haven't spread the word how Kalishnikov cleans their weapons with alchohol prior to greasing them for use. Just to see what happens.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2014-09-29 14:22  

#8  Its because they don't understand the restrictions. Thinking is no longer required.

Just gotta get Opium or that weed the Somali chew and clean your hands with that.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2014-09-29 14:21  

#7  In other words, had this happened in Saudi Arabia the employeee would have been told to get stuffed and BTW that he was fired.
Posted by: JFM   2014-09-29 12:40  

#6  What JFM said; its not even the drinking kind.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2014-09-29 12:05  

#5  I guess these folks didn't get the Halal Policy memo...
Posted by: Bill Dribble7953   2014-09-29 11:04  

#4  Muslims are forbidden to drink alcohol or eat pork. Them having the hissy fits just because they are into less than a mile of one of theml that is an invention fpr testing about how far we are ready to bend backwards or an invention of one of the PC useful idiots or leftist fellow travelers.

BTW Alcohol is an arabic word and BTW never heard of injured Muslims refusing to have their wounds disinfected with alcohol.
Posted by: JFM   2014-09-29 10:57  

#3  Is this why they dont believe in deodorant ?
Posted by: chris   2014-09-29 08:22  

#2  Don't they realize you can make alcohol from corn syrup?
Soft drinks are forbidden!
Posted by: ed in texas   2014-09-29 07:42  

#1  So no hand wipes or sanitizer at the Haj, eh?
Posted by: SteveS   2014-09-29 00:16  

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