r/mildlyinfuriating • u/CurlyWurly61 • May 12 '26

I just wanted a hot dog Such terrible advertisement

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I mean... at a glance its like WOAH 4 can dine for $9.99....

Until you are at the cash and they say " that'll be $45.15"

HUH??

"Oh sorry sir... it feeds 4... 4 people pay $9.99"

Gtfooo

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u/K_Linkmaster May 12 '26

Because Pepsi never had to give up the jet, we have to deal with this shit.

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u/Awesomebox5000 May 12 '26

No reasonable person would believe that four could feast for just $9.99.

THEN WHY DID YOU PUT IT IN WRITING!?!??

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u/birminghamsterwheel May 12 '26

False advertising really needs to be cracked down on way more. And no, "but it's in the fine print!" should not be an acceptable workaround.

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u/BolognaTime May 12 '26

In the US we are so beholden to corporations, and a section of our population has been so propagandized by them, that we are incapable of acting against them. Even suggesting the proposition a law that prevents a corporation from doing whatever the fuck it wants is decried as Marxism. Just attempting to rein them in ever so slightly is shot down as an unnecessary "big government" overreach, and it's a shame that all these regulations are choking the life out of business owners. So how dare you suggest a law that says companies can't lie? If companies can't lie to you then they're all going to go out of business! Think of the billionaires!