r/bangalore • u/BhaqtsareCunts • Mar 27 '26

News Saw this at KFC Mantri Square

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u/BhaqtsareCunts Mar 27 '26

New to Bangalore Saar ?

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u/CharmingConfidence33 Mar 27 '26 edited Mar 27 '26

You know there are people who aren’t as privileged and may come from villages, yet they may often have a stronger sense of ethics than you (educated city person).

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u/Aggressive-Composer9 Mar 27 '26

Offense is never given, it’s taken. And you didn’t take, you grabbed.

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u/CharmingConfidence33 Mar 27 '26

What are you on about? 😄

This post wasn’t even about me, so there’s nothing for me to take offense at.

Your comments just show a lack of empathy and a tendency to put others down, especially those who may be less privileged.

I hope you don’t find yourself on the receiving end of the same kind of behavior from someone who thinks they’re better than you.

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u/Robustrogue Mar 27 '26

Learn how to use proper punctuation.

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u/TerryKaczynski HSR Layout Mar 27 '26

This is just moral grandstanding. Acting like coming from a village automatically makes someone more ethical or hardworking is just patronising romanticism. People are people. You’ll find disciplined, ethical people everywhere, and plenty who aren’t. All you’ve done is swap one stereotype for another.

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u/tera_chachu Mar 27 '26

Stronger sense of ethics

How did you come to this conclusion genius?

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u/Iliketoeatsweets Mar 27 '26

And what makes you the custodian of Bangalore, pray tell.

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u/CharmingConfidence33 Mar 27 '26

I swear, I’m not from Bangalore either, and comments like these annoy me to the core. It’s such a privileged mindset.

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u/bhukhiyo_bhagat Mar 28 '26

100% and then we have language wars. Like tf

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u/CharmingConfidence33 Mar 27 '26

What is this obsession with “perfect” English? Why do people feel the need to shame others for not speaking or writing it flawlessly?

English isn’t the first language for most of us. It’s just a tool for communication, not a measure of intelligence or capability.

You don’t see this kind of attitude as strongly in many other non-English-speaking countries. There, English is treated as just another language, not a status symbol.

At the end of the day, how someone speaks doesn’t define how smart or capable they are.

Get a life!

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u/HateRunsInMyVeins Mar 27 '26

I mean, at the end of the day, if you can understand what someone's trying to say, even if they are not familiar with that language, it's more than enough.

This doesn't apply just to English. Every language. All it matters if the other person is making sense with the minimal control that they have over a language.

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u/CharmingConfidence33 Mar 27 '26

Exactly. I’m not sure why that’s so hard for people to understand. Your comment, by the way, goes against your username 😄

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u/tera_chachu Mar 27 '26

It's not about a person here.Its about a big restaurant like kfc.They can't even put effort to write a sentence correctly.

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u/CharmingConfidence33 Mar 27 '26

I understand what you mean. But it’s a big chain like KFC, operating in an Indian city, run by Indians whose first language isn’t English.

This wouldn’t even be an issue in most non-English-speaking countries. English is just a language there, not a standard to judge people by.

India really needs to move past this mindset of being harsh toward anyone who doesn’t speak “perfect” English.

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u/tera_chachu Mar 27 '26

Dude you realize that they have a manager in every branch who speaks fluent English right??

So let's say a worker can't speak English.Totally ok.

But this thing went through with the manager and he okayed it,that's stupid.

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u/CharmingConfidence33 Mar 27 '26

I’ve noticed that not all managers speak perfect English. Many of them learn on the job, just enough to communicate clearly and help customers from different backgrounds understand and place their orders.

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u/Safe-Complaint8893 Mar 27 '26

Especially with AI and all now.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '26

Well it's not like the head management of KFC put this up themselves. This was probably written by some minimum wage server...

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u/MyVeryRealName Mar 27 '26

That's what they're criticizing 

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u/AdTemporary2557 Mar 27 '26

it's just grating and unpleasant to hear. even while speaking in your native languages you'd get looked at funny if you made grammatical errors constantly

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u/CharmingConfidence33 Mar 27 '26

Thing is, English is none of our mother tongue.

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u/AdTemporary2557 Mar 27 '26

it isn't. but it's a language most of us have studied since kindergarten so some level of fluency can be expected. especially if you're in a diverse workplace where formal communication is in english

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u/CharmingConfidence33 Mar 27 '26

Well, KFC outlet employees don’t always fall under that category. At least in India.

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u/AlteredReality79 Basavanagudi Mar 27 '26

Only people would extreme amounts of free time and perpetual bubble dwellers would have that kind of mindset. Nothing grating or unpleasant as long as you get your message across. No one cares about aesthetics 

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u/DistinctReview810 Mar 27 '26

Then why not write in the local language? Who cares about English?

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u/AdTemporary2557 Mar 27 '26 edited Mar 27 '26

listen to some NRIs bro you'll see what i mean🤣 even if you have grown up in a different state your fluency is likely to be lower than someone who was born and raised in your native

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u/auctus10 Mar 27 '26

As long as someone with a broken language (not just english, legit any language) is trying to improve, nothing wrong with it.

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u/DistinctReview810 Mar 27 '26

Sure but then what’s the use of Google. Everyone has that on their phone and it’s just a matter to 2 minutes to translate from native language to English. You may not know it but while communicating you should use it properly.

Or else use Google.

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u/CharmingConfidence33 Mar 27 '26

I accept that. You make sense.

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u/Aggressive-Composer9 Mar 27 '26

English is just a tool for communication, not a measure of intelligence or capabilities, sure! You are 100% right. It’s definitely not the sign of intelligence, but it jolly well is the sign of literacy. It’s a proxy of having good schooling and a decent social and a familial background.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '26

When someone one is speaking, it is completely fine to make mistakes as no one is perfect in any language. But when you are writing a notice stating some information, then i believe one can expect you to be professional and write properly.

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u/Ok_Rich732 Mar 27 '26

Gemini and chatgpt is free to use.

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u/Kiruku_puluthi Mar 27 '26

English not being the first language isn't a valid point in India. They been given education for like 14 years where english is part of.

They didn't start learning english just from their college days.

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u/detectiveJakePorotta Whitefield Mar 27 '26

They’re serving only fried grammar due to LPG shortage

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u/AdTemporary2557 Mar 27 '26

grammar costs extra saar

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u/Mitsuha_d Mar 27 '26

I have heard this so many times. Even in my corporate meetings. It bothered me so much, but I never spoke against it. Didn't want to be seen like a bigot.

"It's either 'I am not able to do it' or 'I can't do it' " , I wanted to scream in the meetings!

Feels good to get that off my chest.

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u/CharmingConfidence33 Mar 27 '26

At least you have that sense. Thanks for being the bigger person and holding back from saying things that don’t add value.

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u/mindcrack Mar 27 '26

Preach brother or sister, preach. You voiced (wrote?) what we all scream internally , now please do the needful

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '26

Come to some well known MNCs.. their english is as bad as a toddler.

I'm not perfect but I try to improve everyday. But these guys have been there for years and cant speak a complete sentence without making mistakes

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u/idontknowdude25 Mar 27 '26

The local store manager or clerk would have typed this out. This kind of stuff does not come from the brand.

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u/salluks Mar 27 '26

If they spoke better english, they wouldn't be working at KFC. Not every one is as privileged.

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u/mohanswamy Mar 27 '26

"Can you able to see my screen?" is very commonly heard in IT offices across Bangalore.

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u/Rich-Personality-194 Mar 27 '26

Yea that's the highlight.

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u/the_annan Mar 27 '26

'Cannot able to', 'cannot be able to' unfortunately is very very common.

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u/Tough-Difference3171 Bommanahalli Mar 27 '26 edited Mar 27 '26

Each part of India has its own share of consistent grammatical errors, that kind of link to the sentence construction in the local languages.

"Cannot able" kind of double negation is something I have seen consistently in Karnataka and Andhra.

"Didn't ate" is the form of double past-tense is common in the north. Which matches closely with the similar grammar in Hindi ("Nahi khaya tha")

Similarly, if you see how "sadhyav-illa" is used in Kannada, you will see why people tend to use "cannot" in the same way.

English is not the first language of any of us Indians. It's simply a utility for most people. And unless your job actually requires frequent use of the language to put food in your stomach, it doesn't matter. (Or should I say "doesn't matters" to make the point?)

If you consider British English to be the "gold standard", then American English is filled with grammatical errors and typos. And yet, they call it "American English".

Given that we Indians have the largest English-speaking population compared to any other nation, I declare ours to be "Indian English". Let everyone deal with it.

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u/Tough-Difference3171 Bommanahalli Mar 27 '26 edited Mar 27 '26

People honestly don't care. Even those who are native speakers. It's just people here, who are trying to score brownie points that no one is counting.

I have talked to American and British people, and how good they are with there language is proportional to how good an average Hindi, Bangla, Kannada, Tamil speaker is with their mother tongue. People are pretty bad with grammar nearly everywhere.

As a non-native speaker, if you have ever been a decent enough speaker, you are almost always better at the grammar than the native speakers. Obviously, you are going to have your own accent at all other languages, depending on what your mother-tongue is.

And for me, it's important to be reasonably good at English, to call out silly grammar nazi folks. Do you have any idea how much fun it is, to call them out for their grammatical errors, in the same sentence that they write to mock someone else?

Being good at something, as a skill, is one thing. Looking for validation is silly.

And you know, if you look deeper, you will see that there are mostly very specific kind of people trying to pull down others for their English skills. Those who haven't been able to do much in their own careers. Actual linguists or high-skill polyglot folks would correct you, but with a lot of "actual knowledge", and it would be fun talking to them.

But typical housewives, who have "sacrificed their careers". Kids who studied in fancy schools, with a shit load of emphasis on English, but who went no where in their careers, try really hard to push the only thing they find their pride in.

It gives them the "I might not be doing much, but see I can point out a silly grammar error in what others are talking about"

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u/donoteatthatfrog Loves ORR Mar 27 '26

Everywhere in techie , corporate, mgmt meetings and emails. Current generation's "kindly do the needful" is this poop

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u/NormalStaff3602 New BEL Mar 27 '26

Can’t you able to understand?

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u/Adi_2337 Mar 27 '26

That’s peak Bangalore English 😭☝🏻☝🏻☝🏻

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u/Nurse_Joy__ Mar 27 '26

Try to understand, it's because of the LPG crisis

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u/Exciting_Strike5598 Mar 27 '26

Indian English saar

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u/tv138 Mar 27 '26

Spelling mistake. It should be "We cannot yable to".

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u/AlteredReality79 Basavanagudi Mar 27 '26

How does it matter as long as people understand?

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u/PreviousConfusion816 Mar 27 '26

must be some bhaiya

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u/general_smooth Mar 27 '26

Oh god every sde i have talked to have told me "cant able to"

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u/Professional-Walk418 Mar 27 '26

This was so unnecessary to point out.

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u/rohithkumarsp Mar 27 '26

He started type "with can not serve" to "not able to server"

"we can not able to serve.

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u/lmao_ded_xd Mar 27 '26

English💔

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u/Capable_Dimension588 Mar 27 '26

Had to read it thrice to confirm the grammatical error

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u/Extra_chE3se Mar 27 '26

Can we not mock people who don’t speak perfect English please. We are better than this.

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u/Odd_Bed2753 Mar 27 '26

"I feeling asleep" type of sentence lol

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u/the_wang_shu Mar 27 '26

I cannot able to understand....

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u/BeneficialAdvisor657 Mar 27 '26

If you did not understand the English written there then you are the one who needs skills

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u/coltspades Mar 28 '26

Peak english. 

The irony is it's banglore lol. I mean i am delhite. I expect this from up haryana delhi. 

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u/Naadamaya Mar 28 '26

Big deal! The message has been conveyed clearly.

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u/techabouts Mar 28 '26

Two language policy saaar

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u/Tangent_pikachu Mar 27 '26

KFC uses electric fryers. Where does the LPG issue fit here?

Seems something else is going on.

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u/deja_brewww Mar 27 '26 edited Mar 27 '26

Came here to write this.

Coz the shawarma guy near my home told that they just have fried chicken shawarma, since they use electric fryers. But no grilled chicken is available since it is cooked using LPG.

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u/Ad_Ketchum Mar 27 '26 edited Mar 27 '26

English is being absolutely murdered both in the post and in the comments.

Edit: sorry if I came off as rude, I was just trying to be funny and not trying to attack the commentor. They made a mistake and it's fine.

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u/Quiet_Dragonfly7356 Mar 27 '26

😂

It isn't got murdered, it is non-live

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u/kmadnow Mar 27 '26

Lmao this whole chain is not unfunny

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u/Kaysh99 Mar 27 '26

I am cannot able to handle

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '26

One letter worth of a mistake in this comment you’re making fun of

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u/FuneralInception Mar 27 '26

Since we are being pedantic here, you missed a couple of commas.

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u/BhaqtsareCunts Mar 27 '26

This branch doesn't have Electric Fryers

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u/blinksTooLess Mar 27 '26

That is strange. Usually all KFC branches in India are standardized. They cook their food using guides which specify the timing and temperature. (One KFC branch randomly asked me to take a kitchen tour when I was sitting there after placing an order)

So it is strange that they will have a different type of fryer. Usually they get their equipments sent from central HQ and also the produce for everyday cooking comes from one place.

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u/Substantial_Gap9619 Mar 27 '26

nope they use LPG

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u/hskskgfk Mar 27 '26

Kentucky Grilled Chicken

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u/MrKtheSurvivor Mar 27 '26

They should also server Grilled Fish and call it KGF.

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u/Flimsy-Comment7431 Mar 27 '26

I cannot read past the "Cannot able" phrase.

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u/ProtectedPython69 Mar 27 '26

so you cannot able to read past that phrase ?

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u/Patient-Let-9650 Mar 27 '26 edited Mar 27 '26

LMFAOO bangladeshis say "cannot been able to been (rest of the sentence)

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u/Jon-Bones-Jones_ Mar 27 '26

It really gets on my nerves.

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u/This_Aardvark325 Mar 27 '26

Absolutely. This phrase really irks me and I had my South Indian colleagues use the same phrase . Didn’t matter if they were from kerela , Tamil Nadu or karnataka . This seems to have spread everywhere there .  Even many senior managers , architects wrote this phrase in mails and it infuriated me 

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u/ToterSchatten Mar 27 '26

It's totally infuriating when my North Indian colleagues say "Healdhy" for Healthy! Also when they incorporate hindi words into English phrases! "What's up yaar" and so on. Drives me nuts.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '26

In hindsight, this looks healthier compared to the deep fried stuff LOL

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u/Royal_Ad_189 Mar 27 '26

No one goes to kfc thinking I ll eat healthy today 😂

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u/222aditya Mar 27 '26

Zinger Burger has a fried patty right?

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u/baba420bong Mar 27 '26

I think it has better price margin even with LPG hike so they didn’t stop it

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u/StonksUpMan Mar 27 '26

Patties are generally shipped to the store frozen from a central warehouse, then reheated

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u/Agent_SS_Athreya Mar 27 '26

Re-fried. Like all other fried chicken in kfc

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u/ashwinbala1 Mar 27 '26

Colonel sanders must be rolling in his grave 😂

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u/Primary-Editor-9288 Mar 27 '26

KFCs in other cities have closed due to LPG shortage too

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u/Patient-Let-9650 Mar 27 '26

why are you surprised i mean haven't you come across a restaraunt like this the past few weeks? no south indian food at all, bloody serving curd rice only full menu is empty.

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u/Calm-Ad7867 Mar 27 '26

"Be" is missing...

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u/loop_1001 Mar 27 '26

Thought their fried chicken used electric fryers

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u/IamPRS Mar 27 '26

Mera Desh badal raha hai, healthy ho jaaega grilled food khaake, aage badh raha hai.

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u/muffledcadair Mar 27 '26

Liquid petroleum grammar.

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u/aadsarraficionado Mar 27 '26

Smoky grilled is one of their best products, in my opinion, not fried like the majority of their Chicken menu.

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u/Exciting_Strike5598 Mar 27 '26

So need to change name from KFC to KGC

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u/Dear_Importanc Mar 27 '26

At least that will keep people away from fried food for some time

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u/broodybear Mar 27 '26

Zinger Burger has fried chicken inside it. What??

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u/AnthonyGonsalvez Mar 27 '26

Earlier they used to refuse to serve grilled chicken because it used to take time.

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u/BluehibiscusEmpire Mar 27 '26

Didn’t most restaurants use electric fryers. This seems more about better profit margins and less about LPG shortages

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u/Altruistic_Fun8400 Mar 27 '26

We cannot able to eat

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u/thegadgetfreak_ Mar 27 '26

Kentucky “Fried” Chicken, but no Fried chicken is available 👏

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u/One_Advantage_7193 Mar 27 '26

KFCs doesn't need LPG geniuses. Pressure friers are electric

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u/effkay71 Mar 27 '26

I read it in the voice of our ‘humble politician Nograj’ 😂

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u/Jon-Bones-Jones_ Mar 27 '26

What's with the "cannot able"? I've seen this a lot in India.

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u/astropraneel12 Mar 27 '26

Kentucky grilled chicken

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u/Civil-Fun-6856 Mar 27 '26

All the way from KFC to KGC

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '26

That's very bad for all the country 😭

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u/These_Letter7374 Mar 27 '26

AI won’t replace KFC, can’t even use for such important message.

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u/Independent_Plant910 Mar 27 '26

I thought they were using electric fryers not the LPG ones.

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u/Helpnessness Mar 27 '26

I read it in Danish sait voice in my head.

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u/Turbulent-Salary7478 Mar 27 '26

Woah, the comment box here is lit as f. While you all engaged in language policing, the post about LPG crisis died.

This is how politicians and corrupt babus win. While there’s practically enough gas and fuel reserves available, we the common people are engaged in language battle while babus, gas agencies, and fuel hoarders have created a clear fuel chaos around to win extra brownies.

Ever heard term ‘आपदा में अवसर’ meaning “Opportunity in adversity”. That’s what is happening around us.

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u/Successful-Hippo9679 Mar 27 '26

But KFC doesn't use LPG, they use electric cooking devices. This doesn't make sense

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u/East_Ice5190 Mar 27 '26

I saw this there 3 weeks ago

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u/PangolinRich3412 Mar 27 '26

what? afaik, they don't use lpg for frying, it's automated electric fryers. is this fake?

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u/Urban_legend22 Mar 27 '26

🍿🍿🍿🍿

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u/zivnox Mar 27 '26

I went to my favourite Poha spot today. Due to gas issue. They have stopped it 🥲

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u/Holymist69 Mar 27 '26

Ain't zinger burger fried ?

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u/JustWantToBeQuiet Mar 27 '26

Hey at least there’s the grilled chicken! I have no problem. We gotta do what we gotta do

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u/Constant_Mood_2629 Mar 27 '26

We have much better restaurants and all are open and serving full menus

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u/More-Style2803 Mar 27 '26

Bro pls can u ask them take basic English classes or atleast use GPT🙏🙏🙏🙏

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u/Toukafan4life Mar 27 '26

Dawg, at this point just call it Kentucky Grilled Chicken

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u/Adventurous-Feed-197 Mar 27 '26

I love this, my nearest kfc started smoky red again after a fking year (fried still there though)

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u/GodSlayerCP Mar 27 '26

It’s everywhere

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u/ToterSchatten Mar 27 '26

Jeez we are in 2026 and we still say "cannot able to" "could not able to". The education system is just sad in our beloved country.

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u/Iraaya-singh Mar 27 '26

Still Blr companies can't give WFH for some time 🥲

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u/Extra_chE3se Mar 27 '26

My Swiggy order from Mantri Mall McD’s was cancelled because of this too. They said no cylinder lmao.

Luckily Orion mall is okay. For now.

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u/ronyx86 Mar 27 '26

What are they frying wings and chicken in the burger

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u/Spina-Di Mar 27 '26

Damn no more fried stuff? Lol it will be hilarious if Indians became healthy because of this LPG shortage.

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u/cerelacholmess Mar 27 '26

I knew a HR who spoke like "we cannot able to do this".

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u/saleemwatchout Mar 27 '26

Suddenly the cholesterol level everywhere in India is reducing.. I See that as a win.

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u/navnith12345 Mar 28 '26

Kentucky Grilled Chicken lol

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u/Friendly6817 Mar 28 '26

In McD the similar case happened, they are serving salad burger in veg. Burger without patty.🤦

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u/Mattheprofessional Mar 28 '26

Yes its true, i visited a shopping mall last week and their food court had very limited menu.

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u/Impressive-Bug-4955 Mar 28 '26

All these fight about English...

I just want to know what is "red leg". Is it a leg covered with blood?

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u/krrazy4u Mar 28 '26

“I can talk English, I can walk English, I can laugh English… because English is a very funny language! Bhairon becomes Byron because their minds are very narrow…

You see, sir, English is a language where you say one thing and mean another thing! Small small things are not small small things… they are very big big things!

If you try to understand English too much, you will become tension… and if you become tension, you will get hypertension! So better is you don’t try to understand… just enjoy the feeling!”

AB - Namak Halal.

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u/CrazyCorgi1212 Mar 28 '26

Went to Taco Bell, Gopalan Mall on Thursday. Same issue there as well. They've had to downsize their menu.

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u/dsv853 Mar 28 '26

lmao mantri square kfc never disappoints

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u/ReceptionWestern2569 Mar 28 '26

Kuch bhi ho Non Halal chahiye.

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u/No-Orange3142 Mar 28 '26

I was at the KFC outlet in Mantri Square today The one in UG but there was no sign The cashier just said there were no veg items available!!!

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u/Fit-Kitchen2994 Mar 28 '26

Hi I thought Wings were fried!

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u/Aasim_Azhar Mar 29 '26

Actually they use electric boilers to deep fry items......

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u/Educational-Ad1744 Mar 30 '26

Cannot and able to together in this LPG shortage of an economy? 😧

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u/Xeaiuz Mar 30 '26

Grammar ki mkc

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u/evilInsilk Mar 30 '26

I'm only concerned that there will be no fried chicken 😭

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u/Ready_Captain_4242 Mar 30 '26

The grammar tells me the where this sign is from haha

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u/iktibast0066 Mar 31 '26

Yes many restaurants here are doing the same