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Imagine you go to a restaurant and order a menu because getting the menu is cheaper than just the entré and mains, and the leave before eating the desert and th

Imagine you go to a restaurant and order a menu because getting the menu is cheaper than just the entré and mains, and the leave before eating the desert and the restaurant is telling you that not eating your desert is against their terms of service! The former airline executive considers it imoral? Give me a break the only thing the airlines want is that they keep an information assymmetry for determining price, they are allowed to play all the tricks to optimise the price but somehow consumers don't? If anything is immoral (and should be illegal) it is terms of service that disallow this.

laserDinosaur 3y ago
Ha, that's not too far off how some places work now. I remember a friend getting into a huge argument with a girl behind the counter at a fastfood joint. He wanted a burger and fries and no drink, but the girl said it's cheaper as a combo with the drink. He said he doesn't want the combo because he doesn't want the drink. She's saying but with it it's CHEAPER! Just take the drink! He's saying I don't want the stupid drink, if you give me the drink I'm just dumping it in the bin! She's getting annoyed and saying but it's CHEAPER with it, take the damn drink! He's getting frustrated and says fine give me the combo and then YOU keep the drink - she says they can't do that because then its not a combo! He's now yelling what the hell is the difference, just charge me for the combo and keep the drink, and she's yelling but then it's NOT THE COMBO, YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE DRINK! We eventually had to calm them all down and I think someone else took the drink haha.
- userbinator 3y ago
  That's hilarious. Both the employee who is so eager to give the customer a better deal and the customer who is so intent on not getting additional, effectively free, product.

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Imagine you go to a restaurant and order a menu because getting the menu is cheaper than just the entré and mains, and the leave before eating the desert and th

by cycomanic 3y ago

laserDinosaur 3y ago
Ha, that's not too far off how some places work now. I remember a friend getting into a huge argument with a girl behind the counter at a fastfood joint. He wanted a burger and fries and no drink, but the girl said it's cheaper as a combo with the drink. He said he doesn't want the combo because he doesn't want the drink. She's saying but with it it's CHEAPER! Just take the drink! He's saying I don't want the stupid drink, if you give me the drink I'm just dumping it in the bin! She's getting annoyed and saying but it's CHEAPER with it, take the damn drink! He's getting frustrated and says fine give me the combo and then YOU keep the drink - she says they can't do that because then its not a combo! He's now yelling what the hell is the difference, just charge me for the combo and keep the drink, and she's yelling but then it's NOT THE COMBO, YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE DRINK! We eventually had to calm them all down and I think someone else took the drink haha.
- userbinator 3y ago
  That's hilarious. Both the employee who is so eager to give the customer a better deal and the customer who is so intent on not getting additional, effectively free, product.