Wendy’s has spoken to its manager after suggestions that it plans to introduce “surge pricing” to its menu received a decidedly frosty response this week, with the company scrambling to clarify that it has no intention of making itself the Uber of fast-food chains.

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      9 months ago

      Seems fun as a novelty, and it happens at a specific stated time of day. Dynamic pricing by a fast food chain makes no sense, especially when the schedule isn’t disclosed, except to scam unwitting customers out of their money.

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        8 months ago

        I totally agree.

        It’s fun as a novelty. Not when it’s an excuse for the business to gouge you even harder.

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    8 months ago

    posting works!!!

    imagine coming up with this shit – you must know the evil you’re releasing upon the world. like even if you’re a shithead billionaire, if this god-awful mechanism were to take hold, it’d be annoying and awful for you too right?

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      8 months ago

      Yes, useful idiots have been trying for decades to get people to shut up about abuse.

      Glad some of us are smart enough to rise above that behavior.

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    8 months ago

    Honestly I don’t have a problem with surge pricing as long as the average price stays the same as it is now. Meaning if there was a slow time discount equal to the busy time upcharge.

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      8 months ago

      You’re part of the problem.

      It’s sad watching people like you lower your standards even further just to make someone richer than you even richer.