KFC’s German division blamed “an error in our system” for the local version of their mobile ordering app sending a push alert on Wednesday that said “It’s memorial day for Kristallnacht! Treat yourself with more tender cheese on your crispy chicken. Now at KFCheese!” the BBC reports.
“We are very sorry, we will check our internal processes immediately so that this does not happen again. Please excuse this error,” another message said an hour later, rudely not offering any free chicken or biscuits as a recompense. They did however explain that it was the result of the app being linked to an API bot that simply plugs observances on the official calendar into the push notifications, which we can kind of buy given a similar-ish situation from last year.