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What have we come to america? (hexbear.net)

submitted 6 months ago by Evilbunbun@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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[-] KhanCipher@hexbear.net 41 points 6 months ago

>4 food items

>$25

That's only true if you buy the items individually which seems to be very common with how many people i overhear the order of in the drive thru.

But I know for a fact that you can get a cheesy gordita crunch, beefy 5 layer, cheesy fiesta potatoes, and a medium (+$0.10 to make it a large) drink for $7 (in the taco bell app, it's the 'build your own cravings box'). Welcome to what I like to dub the "pizza place monetization scheme", where prices are inflated to shit and back unless you know or research the magic code and/or corporate advertises the magic code.

[-] Adkml@hexbear.net 39 points 6 months ago

Not coming at you personally but I keep seeing this posted when people talk about fast food prices.

It shouldn't take a dedicated app, advanced planning and signing away your rights to a class action lawsuit to not get charged $8 for 1 item of fast food slop

It's like if somebody responded to a complaint about grocery prices with a link to that extreme couponing show and said they didn't know why people were complaining.

Not that I'm trying to take fast food that seriously, just not eating the stuff is pretty easy when there isn't any of it for 40 miles in any direction but this slop was the closest thing to a creature comfort for a lot of people who are struggling.

[-] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 20 points 6 months ago

This is true and the fact that you need to navigate a bunch of bullshit for an affordable meal seems like it also functions as an anti-homeless measure for the companies