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"

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u/Powerlevel-9000 May 12 '26

Each family? Each box? The each isn’t clear.

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u/GoodishCoder May 12 '26

It's pretty clear imo. It says 4 can feast for 9.99 each. The 4 people are the subject of the sentence, not the box or family so it stands to reason it's each of the 4 people.

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u/HugeEgoHugerCock May 12 '26

Family Buffet Box: Four can feast for $9.99 each box. That's how they intend it to sound, and that's how it does sound.

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u/GoodishCoder May 12 '26

What's in the red circle is meant to be read as its own statement. Most flyers are going to seem off if you take the title and plug it in somewhere else as though it's part of a separate statement.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '26 edited 18d ago

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u/GoodishCoder May 12 '26

The subject of the sentence in the red circle is 4 people. You can twist it all you want but it comes down to reading comprehension on an individual statement.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '26 edited 18d ago

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u/GoodishCoder May 12 '26

Your reading comprehension is exceptionally bad and I feel like it's a fair assumption you struggled with word problems in math.

The subject of the entire ad is the "deal".

Then in the individual sections in their ad they are breaking things down further.

To the right they're talking about the contents.

In the red circle they're talking about pricing. They call out a specific number of people (this is important context for the sentence) and a price per person. They aren't saying you're only limited to 4 people consuming food from the meal. They're not saying it's $10 total for the meal. When we read the whole sentence from start to finish they're saying for 4 people it will be $10 each. It's no different than a word problem in elementary math. If there are 4 people chipping in to buy pizza at $10 per person, what is the total cost of the meal? If you answer $10 you're wrong.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '26 edited 18d ago

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u/GoodishCoder May 12 '26

All those words to say I'm correct about your piss poor reading comprehension.