I have NOT partaken of the chicken sandwich craze.
I'll be more than happy to try the Popeye's at some point when it's no big deal to pull in and get one. Actually, in my area, that may be possible right now. I have no idea if our lone Popeye's is still being inundated with these crowds.
It's funny, because we never had a Popeye's here until a couple of years ago. The closest ones were in NYC or out in NY state somewhere, and because of that I'd only ever had a couple of pieces of their chicken. I do find it good, and I enjoy the Cajun-influenced sides, etc. But it's not located near enough to me that I think about it often, and I don't think they'll ever be the only game in town.