UK Police Department: Don’t Call Us Just Because KFC Ran Out of Chicken

People look into a branch of KFC that is closed due to problems with the delivery of chicken on Feb. 20, 2018, in Bristol, England. Matt Cardy/Getty Images

After KFC ran out of chicken and closed more than half of its 900 restaurants across the United Kingdom, a London police department has asked people not to report the gastronomical inconvenience as an emergency worthy of police attention.

“Please do not contact us about the #KFCCrisis,” tweeted the Metropolitan Police Service for the London East End Borough of Tower Hamlets, using the popular hashtag.