brbpostingFeb 28, 2024

Burgernomics Δ

https://sh.itjust.works/post/15339091

Burgernomics Δ - sh.itjust.works

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”

Show threadempireOfLove2Feb 28, 2024
I actually like Wendy’s, but if they implement this at my local store I’m boycotting. The cost for you to make the food per item doesn’t fucking change if there’s 1 person in line or 100, just the wait time. It’s pure profiteering.
Show threadAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppetFeb 28, 2024
What happens? They change the prices throughout the day?
Show threadjws_shadotakFeb 28, 2024
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.
Show threadAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppetFeb 28, 2024
Fucking LOL. When are we going to start rioting against all this bullshit?
Show threadGreyDawn
Rioting won’t work, you talk with your money. The only thing capitalism cares about is your labor and consumption…that’s it.
Feb 28, 2024 at 5:24amWeb
Show threadAgent641Feb 28, 2024
My money said “string them up from tge streetlamps” so I guess we doing that.
Show threadMrderisantFeb 28, 2024
Narrator: they didn’t