Not The Onion

19446 readers

722 users here now

Welcome

We're not The Onion! Not affiliated with them in any way! Not operated by them in any way! All the news here is real!

The Rules

Posts must be:

Links to news stories from...
...credible sources, with...
...their original headlines, that...
...would make people who see the headline think, “That has got to be a story from The Onion, America’s Finest News Source.”

Please also avoid duplicates.

Comments and post content must abide by the server rules for Lemmy.world and generally abstain from trollish, bigoted, or otherwise disruptive behavior that makes this community less fun for everyone.

And that’s basically it!

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

kescusay@lemmy.world

301

The Protein-Obsessed Fast Food Industry's Latest Innovation: Big-Ass Cups of Plain Meat (www.jezebel.com)

submitted 2 days ago by sundray@lemmus.org to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

132 comments fedilink hide all child comments

[...] I asked the man behind the counter if the Steak Nuggets were such a hasty retreat because they were unpopular with his diners. He said the following: “Well, we were one of the last stores to have those things, because nobody bought ’em.”

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It is not terrible to return gross food.

[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 1 points 1 day ago

Mild hyperbole. Apologies.