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Ordered a footlong hotdog and got this. When I asked the cashier she confirmed this was their idea of a footlong. For context they were charging $4 for regular hotdogs and $8.75 for the footlongs.
Those are very interesting prices and margins. In my day, this was called a rip off.
Edit: Thank you wholesome redditor
It's not a rip off bc OP kindly returned them and asked for a refund citing false advertising... right?
I got into a brief argument with the cashier and they made me go away with a free drink, which I accepted because arguing about hotdogs and what constitutes a foot-long was not how I planned on spending my day. I trust that the next person they try to scam will be less forgiving.
I trust that the next person they try to scam will be less forgiving.
lol
Next poor sucker will fall for the free drink settlement as well, and this billion dollar establishment will continue raking in an extra $.75, hedging their hotdog margins.
to be fair this could’ve came from a food truck or hot dog stand or something lol, doesn’t excuse it, they should just charge $8 for the footlong lol
and they should call it a number two meal with two hotdogs instead of a footlong
Or a double weiner Royale with ketchup.
Pulp
Yes, ketchup with pulp
because of the, uh.. the metric system.
Look at the big brains on Brad!
If there’s no discount compared to buying 2 separately I wouldn’t even bother listing it. Just sell them two
Next person will be too shy to complain at all.
It's time we take a stand against Big Weiner. Evil corporate mongrels
Said the last person they scammed 😅
You were someone's "next person".
The only time I've ever eaten at an Applebees, I ordered like a 12oz steak. They brought me 2 smaller steaks stacked on top of each other. I've never gone back.
Those steaks went through at least one server, if not two, maybe a server who is calling out orders ready to be run, two different cooks, and I bet a cook called out so a low level of management, like the poor server suckered into managing as a "promotion," now has to work the line probably saw that too and just said fuck it, good enough. I fucking miss the shit show of chain restaurants and poorly run joints sometimes.
Like yeah, sucks for you as the customer, but that shit just reminds me of the fuck it moments of intense and stressful times that actually was enjoyable at times. The poor food runner probably didn't dare question the plate and just chuckled to themselves as they repeat the term "corner" while turning the corner into the dining area.
Thats what the person before you thought too. Was it even a large drink? The drink only cost them pennies so they still scammed money from you
You should have told her you ordered 2 hot dogs and they accidentally charged you for a foot long.
Why argue with the cashier? Unless she owns the establishment or she has the ability to set prices then you're arguing with the wrong person. I dislike the notion that getting into an argument with someone that doesn't have the executive authority to set prices will somehow be a gotcha moment and they will all of a sudden change their entire practice.
OP is probably a dumb boomer.
Not worth catching charges over 75¢, I get it. But if your intimidation roll is high enough you might get your money back and get to keep the hot dogs. My favorite line is “go ahead and call the cops, let’s see what happens between now and the time they get here.”
Oehh we got a badass over here.
When in doubt be insane instead of a badass. You get a comfy 5150 instead of jail or worse case alternative sentencing.
I would rather spend my time in a supermax prison than go back to the mental ward.
Why not both? Be a mentally disordered offender and get much shittier mental health services with all the fun of prison!
In prison they give you a fork to eat with. In the ward, if you're a good boy, they might give you a spoon for your spaghetti.
There’s blocks in certain prisons and entirely separate facilities in some cases for those with medical issues and severe mental health issues. So imagine being in a physical ward but on top of it you are dealing with jail time so your stay is longer, plus you have to deal with the repercussions of your charges when you get out plus still managing your health.
Now I’m imagining having to roll initiative all because of some hot dogs lol
You critically failed. The vendor grabbed a bottle of mustard and squirted it in your face. You trip over your own feet, spinning and falling face first into a wheel chair bound elderly woman’s bosom who starts to flail and scream wildly. All of this is recorded by a passing influencer and you become known as “MustardBoy” on the internet.
I admire you for not making a major issue about that. But you really ordered it with only ketchup? ICK... LOL
People who put ketchup on hot dogs are not allowed to have opinions on hot dogs.
Right?
I agree, people with different taste than me are not allowed to have an opinion on food because they are wrong!!!
Prepare for the downvotes my friend. I made this same joke earlier and my comment is at the bottom of the page.
I've never cared about down votes or upvotes. Don't even look at the stats. But mustard and relish is how to properly dress a hot dog in my opinion. That said if I'm going to go to the hassle of making something like that on my grill it's brat dogs on onion buns for a win in my book.
Was it something like, “The real crime is the ketchup on these dogs.”??
Ketchup is the Devil's condiment.
Name and shame them.
I mean, 2 hotdogs is longer than a foot. You’re the idiot who wanted to pay more for a footlong than 2 hot dogs in the first place…
Hot dogs are 6" end to end, but the ends are smaller in volume so fewer ends means more dog
Plus foot longs taste better
Don’t argue with the cashiers I highly doubt they have anything to do about the product. People like you fuckin suck.
You mean you argued with the cashier and walked away with a $0.75 soda.
They are marketing a rip off actively. What are you on about? Just because someone called them on it doesn’t remove their culpability.
what?
Still takin the piss.
75¢ for the footlong box.
Should have gotten a refund then ask for two hotdogs instead.
No i don't want this old footlong cut in half, make me 2 new fresh ones
Like those “yard long” snickers and such that are just a bunch of individually wrapped bars.
Yeah those are lame. I thought I was buying my kids these cool huge candy bars, but it was just sad little individual "fun size" bars inside.
Whoever made “fun size” has a very disappointed wife
At least those say "a yard of snickers" when you actually read the wrapper. Advertising a footlong hot dog but giving two regular ones instead is literal bait-and-switch fraud
Except they don’t up charge you for the privilege. If it was $4 for a normal hotdog and $7.50 for the foot long no one would complain.
At least the big Reese's cups are actual huge fucking Reese's cups
But mini Reese's pieces are better than original, and way better than the big ones. The proportion of chocolate to peanut butter is better.
You got scammed. Those hotdog merchants should be whipped.
I've always found that passing the content of a hotdog off as meat is a scam in and of itself.
You have clearly not had Nathan's or Hebrew National.
No, I haven't. I'm in the UK and anything labelled a hotdog here is usually pretty grim.
We are more about sausages, as hotdogs seem to be the meat graded just before the meat that goes off to the dog food canners.
Edit: Hebrew National? Are hotdogs not pork?
Everyday is a school day :)
It's all good. I love hotdogs, but I don't typically look to see what's in them.
You wouldn't want to in the UK, they really aren't good in my experience.
I mean you uk people eat hotdogs out of cans so idk if you can even know what a good dog is.
In which case, you will understand very well why I feel the way about hotdogs that I do. I don't seek them out over here, as I had one once at a cinema at it has left scars. The horrors ;)
Hebrew nationals and Nathan’s are 100% beef hot dogs.
I can tell that I have just trampled over a hotdog culture that I did not fully understand! If I am ever in the right place, I won't write them off... but in Blighty, they can stay in their tins.
What? You don't appreciate the taste of mechanically separated poultry?
(I regrettably do eat them as a quick snack, but after reading the ingredients I question my life choices every time)
I started feeling sorry for my dog after my only experience.
I only buy 100% beef hot dogs, I think that's what hebrew nationals are.
I don't think I have ever had a beef hotdog. I'll put it on my bucket list :)
Frankfurters are pork. Hot dogs are related, but premium dogs are made with beef.
I know people IRL who say that. But they just have soft skins. I like the snap of a good hotdog when I bite through the skin.
Hebrew National has bite.
Walmarts deli hotdogs are Nathan’s. Literally vile. Even the beef ballpark ones are miles better and they aren’t anything special.
You should have whipped out a ruler and checked if those are indeed 12 inches and complained when you discovered they were only 10.8 inches
I hate Subway's new bread. This change has utterly destroyed the delicate balance between the content and the bread itself. Now, the sandwiches are practically inedible and excessively unhealthy, especially considering that it is well-known that bread contributes to weight gain. Instead of gaining a healthier appearance reminiscent of Jared after his Subway diet, I now resemble Jared before he began his Subway journey. This transformation has had a devastating impact on my life, all of which stems from the repercussions of that stupid frivolous lawsuit.
This transformation has had a devastating impact on my life...
Or, hear me out, stop eating at Subway.
When they lie about the length and just give you six inches twice.
Story of my life
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That’s..not what my joke meant
Oops, I meant to make a reply to the OP. Sorry.
Haha that’s ok. And it’s VERY weird for them to charge that, anyway. Any time you get a larger portion of something it’s the same price or cheaper per unit (like a “family bag” of chips is going to be cheaper per ounce than a “regular” size bag. The pricing was messed up to begin with so idk why op chose the foot long to begin with.
I told my gf if she wants 6” we will have to do it theee times.
Report them to health code
Redefining "footlong" the way cheaters redefined "just friends."
Who hurt you?
Obviously someone who said he had 6", but.......
But got two 6" instead
A footlong cheater.
Costco. $1.50 made fresh. Comes with drinks too.
I’d call this a double penetration
These hotdogs look so sad.
They look fine - OP just has a child's pallete and asked for no onions and no mustard
I'm gonna need this next to a ruler so I can verify it is a foot.
Everything is in question now
They’re kissing! That’s worth an extra .75$. /s
So you could have just ordered 2 hotdogs and they would have been served parallel to eachother for $8. You paid $.75 to have them arranged that way.
Nothing gets past you eh?
Thank fuck they were here, the maths was killing me
Gimme a min, still working it out in my head
Yea, but you get higher voltage out of series-connected hot dogs vs. parallel.
Do a chargeback, it costs the merchant $25.00
You got fleeced
We need a banana and a foot in the photo for size
You're technically getting good value. It cost 80 cents more to manufacture those boxes to hold a foot long hotdog /s
This is why I always check reviews before eating anywhere!
Where are the mustard and fried onions?!!!!
First world problems
To be fair its basically the same thing
They couldn't have at least put them in foot long buns?
The price doesn't even make sense. It should be cheaper for 2
That’s false advertising
"Okay well then I want a refund. And then I want 2 regular hotdogs in a single box."
"We can't do that"
"Well then I'll report this purchase as a scam and get my money back either way."
Damn dog
When I show my girlfriend this pic then maybe then she will believe me when I tell her it’s a foot long. 
Buy two, pay .75 cents extra!!
Even if it was connected, why would you get a foot long based on that price? It would be a rip off regardless.
Thats crazy you can literally buy a pack of hotdogs and buns for less than that
I feel there's an error here somewhere but just can't put my finger on it
Meanwhile, Costco....
Creative advertising
bigger box cost more. lol
0000”
Hate that there is some many companies out there trying to pull this kind of shit on customers all the time.
Where the fuck did you order that from?
That’s a shitty excuse for a hotdog
What is that saying attributed to P.T. Barnum?
Yeah this seems like they ran out of foot longs and are trying to (poorly) make up for it!
When I was a kid in the 1960s across the street from my parents business was Big Chief Footlong Hotdogs. 150 sq ft shabby store front with a big pot of boiled footlongs a counter with mustard, relish, ketchup and bags of potato chips, which only came in 2 flavors plain and BBQ back then. They used a cornbread bun. I don’t remember if we ever measured them but they sure seemed big to me and I loved them.
You eat hotdogs the way I eat hotdogs.
Soooo, they’re liars
4$ a hotdog?
Ext time get 2 regular hot dogs.
This is worse than my fucking wings
After her clarification I would have just said "No thanks".
Reminds me of an Andrew Dice Clay joke.
75 cent fee for being a size queen
My grandpa’s go to example of institutional grift was his local bar selling pickled eggs for .25 a piece or 3 for a dollar. An incredible number of people would buy three for a buck without a second thought.
Like others said, just buy two single dogs for 75 cheaper, with the added bonus of dressing them differently for variety.
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Damn, I was like okay that sucks, but in the end at least you get a foot worth of hot dog. But they charge you more than just buying two?? Wtf!!
That’s a ripoff either way.
$8.75 for that.
The cheapest pack of 8 count hotdogs and 8 count hotdog buns costs $2.50 or less, depending on a sale. Greed will always win because there will always be someone willing to pay the price, even grudgingly while handing over their money.
WTF only ketchup on it too? Also, why is it split? There's so much going wrong here
Would’ve been cheaper to buy 2 regular and then just put them together lol
And no mustard or gherkins😭
The ketchup design is 🔥
This is sooooo American these days.
Hell nah!! And to charge 75 cents more than 2 single dogs? FUCK THAT. I’d waste the whole $8.75 and start throwing that mother fucker at the side of the building. That would show them.
That’s the same thing Sonic does too with their “foot long” Coneys.
When he’s a six incher but can double down?
So when you saw the prices, why didn’t you just buy two regular hotdogs?
You ordered just ketchup on it so...they probably figured you couldn't care less what you ate.
This is what they do to people who put ketchup on hotdogs😂
You put ketchup on your dogs. You got what you deserve.
The real crime is the ketchup.
I have no sympathy for anyone who puts ketchup on a hotdog.
It’s literally the main condiment most people put
Kein Mehrheit Für Die Mitleid!
I'm putting extra ketchup on my hot dog just for you.
The long con is to get you to return it and ask for two hot dogs instead, only to realize their regular hot dogs are 3 inches each.
Then for context you ask them how much a meter long hot dog is, and it seems like a way better deal only to find they've taken 7 hot dogs of a completely different size from the first two, and put them together to make a meter dog. So you ask for 7 hot dogs and they give you 7 hot dogs that are 5/9 of the size of the original hot dogs plus 5 foot long hot dogs
How many hot dogs did Fred eat if he gave 3 of the fifth sized hot dogs to Susan?
Well the 75 cents is for the larger container and the labor to take your money.
That’s what you deserve for putting ketchup on a hotdog.
And…they put ketchup on your hot dog. I can’t believe they also assumed you were a little kid ordering a foot long.
It’s hard to believe that so many people have a hard time with sarcasm without having the /s symbol. Just a little joke you thin skinned sons a bitches /s
Yeah, they should have put mustard instead like a full grown adult! /s
You deserved it. Ketchup on a hotdog is illegal.
Imagine gatekeeping condiments on ultra-processed meat sticks
I don’t write the laws 🤷♂️
It's Mayo or nothing..No exceptions
The mustard nation declares war !
The most outrageous thing about this is putting ketchup on a hot dog! That's gross!
Um actually, they’re two feet long because they cut it in half 🤓
.75 worth of packing.
Wow, that’s nutty. If that’s their idea of footlong, then I’d rather order 2 regular hotdogs and get a cheaper price for EXACTLY the same thing. Crazy.
The only thing mildly infuriating about this is what I can assume is ?ketchup? On these foot longs worth of hotdogs. This must have been purchased for a small child?
Scam, maybe they were out that day? And please lay off the ketchup. Its mustard or bust. less you go full Kraut and everything.
ketchup on hotdogs should be an automatic prison sentence
So you knew it was more for the footlong than two 6 inch dogs and still chose to buy it? Sounds like you are just an idiot
I want 75 cents back because I only received 2 hotdogs and that’s the price, and I want an additional $8 off because I didn’t receive what I asked for. I’m getting these for free because you are liars😐
I’m a little confused… for a foot long you would normally be paying less than double. Didn’t you think to yourself how long a normal hotdog is? It would depend which they are using but a lot of hotdogs are 6 inches or more sometimes
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