'Aha! See! I told you it was cheaper': Money-grubbing Karen tries to save $2 with a 'menu hack,' ends up spending the same and wasting everyone's time because she can't do math

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  • "Congrats, you played yourself"
  • Insisted until she "found a price hack!" "I want the veggie (broccoli) fried rice, but I also want to add shrimp"
  • Sure! there will be a $4 up- charge "Would it be cheaper if you charged me for a shrimp fried rice and added the vegetables?"
  • Unfortunately no, the shrimp fried rice costs $4 more to begin with. "Oh.. frowns but if you charge me
  • $4 for shrimp am I going to get the same amount as if I ordered shrimp fried rice to begin with?" Yes! the $4 up-charge is for a set amount of shrimp. It would be 5 of them.
  • "But at other places if you pay for extra shrimp they add more, do you get what I am saying?"
  • Sigh. Ma'am. You're not paying for extra shrimp. You're paying to add shrimp to a vegetable dish.
  • "I just feel like if I order it shrimp to begin with, and add vegetables, it would be cheaper that way. Do you know what I mean? Can you atleast check?"
  • Walks to POS. Actually verifies for my own eyes that yes. Adding shrimp is $4. An OG shrimp fried rice is $4 more. In fact, to add broccoli it would be $2 more. Relays information.
  • "So what if I get the shrimp fried rice, and add veggies?" $2 upcharge "Aha! See! I told you it was cheaper to do it vice versa!"
  • I join her enthusiasm and say "WOW, I guess you're right! You avoided the $4 upcharge because it is already included in the price of the shrimp fried rice! I'll go ring that in for you!" And I ran away.
  • No_Boysenberry2167 These people killed the 1/3lb burger because they thought it was smaller than 1/4lb. Turn your brain off while serving if you want to save your sanity. Logic has no place there.
  • 1250Sean So veggie fried rice (x) plus shrimp ($4), or shrimp fried rice (x+$4) add broccoli ($2)? And the latter is the hack? Wow, she's a genius! Lol
  • poster74 You're telling me a shrimp fried this rice?
  • BlackTarTurd When I worked at Panera bread, people legitimately actually believed ordering a chicken Caesar salad without chicken was cheaper than ordering a basic Caesar salad...
  • lyricsquid We get people who order California BLTS with no avocado all the time. That's just a regular BLT. It's also on the menu.
  • iil1ill Glad she found the loophole. Maybe next time she'll realize it's easier to eat at home and make her own meals. The ultimate loophole and way to take advantage of the system.
  • YevonZ. I usually let people like this f around and pay extra if they tried. The old registers at Wendy's were notorious for being a pain in the to modify orders on.
  • I'll use a Jr. Bacon because its simplest to explain what would happen. Jr Bacon was 1.09 with tax at the time. Well someone would try to get their big brain on
  • and try to order a regular Jr Cheeseburger and add Bacon. Final price was like 1.65 because the bacon charge. Congrats you played yourself.

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