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The Protein-Obsessed Fast Food Industry's Latest Innovation: Big-Ass Cups of Plain Meat
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Are the Arby's bites any good? I've been tempted but fast food is ass.
Edit: Glad I've just avoided them. XD
They taste like reconstituted jerky. Somehow both dripping wet and dry at the same time.
The wet is the oil. The dry is the meat.
I saw them described as tasting like "barbecue raccoon ankles"...
Well now I feel like I have to try them.
No.
I can't eat chicken, so I was excited to try beef nuggets.
It was awful. I regretted every bite. It's rare for me to turn my nose up at food, but I was tempted to try to see if I could return it.
Since that's a terrible thing to do, I sucked it up and ate the stuff. Never again.
It is not terrible to return gross food.
I wanted to try this and decided I didn't like it isn't a great reason to ask for a refund from the workers. I should have used their corporate number to explain what a terrible choice the food was. The worked already feel exploited and won't send the feedback I desire.
The workers don't care though, unless it is really busy. You're not eating into their paycheck or inconveniencing them any more than anyone else waiting in line at the register.
I agree to, returning because you didn't like it is a terrible thing to do.
But that is different from returning it because it is actually gross.
Having been on the other side of the counter, it depends. Some people get really upset and defensive as if they have ownership of the brand and this will personally lead them to ruin. Others are like you suggest. I can be a bit of a jerk and don't ask for refunds or replacements unless the order is wrong or the food has something wrong with it.
In my head, it was my fault for not understanding what the menu item actually was, so if I didn't like it then that was on me. The people to complain to are the ones on the receipt who actually solicit feedback.
That makes sense, good on ya!
When you said that each bite was awful, I was imagining something borderline inedible, but that doesn't sound like the case here.
Mild hyperbole. Apologies.
Damn. If Arby's legit had a cup of burnt ends they could charge me anything.