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”

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.
What happens? They change the prices throughout the day?
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.
Let’s put “surge pricing” in quotes to make it clear that it’s some bullshit they just made up.
Back in my day we called it price gauging. Not sure what this surge price bullshit is. They are trying to steal my nostalgic feeling for sure to make it ok?

Ah, Surge…

Wasn’t surge basically the diesel version of mountain dew? I vaguely remember trying it once and not caring for it.