Hello, my name is Hozier, and Id like you to take me to church. Churchs Chicken, that is.
Perhaps the saddest part of the 15 Churchs Chicken locations shut down by the Oklahoma Tax Commission is that our dreams of having Irish singer-songwriter Hozier come to our state to record a commercial for a fried chicken franchise are dashed.
Its not, though. The saddest part is actually that a lot of people dont have jobs. Way sadder. That Hozier thing is just a dumb joke.
Apparently, that is also how the Tulsa-based company Reciprocity Restaurant Group LLC treated requests from the tax commission that it pay its $400,000 sales tax bill.
Ha ha, they might have said. What are you going to do, shut us down?!
And then the tax commission was all like, Yeah. Exactly. Thats exactly what we will do.
The home office for Churchs, located in Georgia, said they are trying to reach Reciprocity head Lyndon Johnson to figure out why the tax bill wasnt paid and how to reopen the restaurants. Meanwhile, Johnsons family reported him missing on Nov. 3.
In the interim, Churchs is trying to reach local managers to provide immediate financial relief to employees. Thats so nice, it makes you want to eat at Churchs Chicken ... if you can find one open.