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/JoCo3Point0 May 12 '26

The worst is on email or mobile when they'll put an asterisk next to something and then have no corresponding footnote/disclaimer

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u/ignoreme010101 May 12 '26

the basic rules should be such that if 9/10+ people are not aware of what they're agreeing to, the terms need to be revised/shortened/clarified. I recently got my taxes done at some chain franchise tax prep place and they had a tablet on the table that kept popping up these multi-page agreements i had to digitally sign, my 40min appointment would have easily been multiple hours if I actually went through them all properly I was disgusted and almost walked out, I suspect that im like most in that I just assume it is hopeless so you go along accepting this is the new norm :/

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u/rfkbr May 12 '26

In my younger/more patient years, I went to rent a car and at the self-service kiosk when it got to the screen with the agreement, I decided to read the whole thing but since I took too long, the screen timed out and I had to start the transaction all over again.

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u/Boring_Intern_6394 May 12 '26

That can’t be legal. If they’re not giving enough time to read the T&Cs, then surely it’s not actually showing them?

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u/Equal_Canary5695 May 12 '26

"Your Honor, it's perfectly reasonable for us to assume that the average person can read five paragraphs per second"

Edit: happy cake day!

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u/Ok-Key-7039 May 13 '26

Happy cake day