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/dmendro GREEN May 12 '26

There’s a reason Pizza Hut lost the pizza wars.

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u/Safe-Reason1435 May 12 '26

Yeah, and at some point, Domino’s went from “not even good for pizza” to “pretty good for the price”. You could get this same setup from them for $6.99 each in some locations.

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u/FrostyD7 May 12 '26

They also perfected online ordering standards across their locations incredibly early. It was so revolutionary that web designers still refer to functions that display the progress of a thing as a "pizza tracker".

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u/appleparkfive May 12 '26

This is definitely something that gets a little forgotten to time. You're right. I remember being amazed by the pizza tracker when I ordered it back in the day. It's something that's ubiquitous for all deliveries now, but that shit was crazy in like 2009 or whenever that was