alt-text: Woman ordering food (photo): “I would like to buy a hamburger for the same price that it was 2 hours ago.”

Cashier (sketched): “Sir, this is a Wendy’s”

    • jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works
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      11 months ago

      They announced they will be switching to surge pricing. If there are a lot of people trying to get burgers, they’ll increase the price of burgers.

      • Anticorp@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        Fucking LOL. When are we going to start rioting against all this bullshit?

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        11 months ago

        Let’s put “surge pricing” in quotes to make it clear that it’s some bullshit they just made up.

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          11 months ago

          Back in my day we called it price gauging. Not sure what this surge price bullshit is. They are trying to steal my nostalgic feeling for surge to make it ok?

          • Fishbone@lemmy.world
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            11 months ago

            Ah, Surge…

            Wasn’t surge basically the diesel version of mountain dew? I vaguely remember trying it once and not caring for it.