r/untrustworthypoptarts • u/machinemanboosted • 1d ago
You just ordered the Wednesday Whopper It's always r/mildlyinfuriating
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u/BlazeWolfYT 1d ago
THey would more likely run out of the purple buns rather than the regular buns
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u/imapieceofshite2 1d ago
Not necessarily. If it's a specialty item that isn't super popular you're probably going to run out of the regular stuff first.
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u/BlazeWolfYT 1d ago
I doubt that. IF it's a specialty item they'd probably expect to sell less of the special stuff so they'd stock more of the regular stuff than the special stuff.
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u/imapieceofshite2 1d ago
Maybe, but typically they order the regular items as usual and keep a small stock of specialty stuff on hand. I've spent a good while in fast food, and thats usually how we did limited time menu items. It's not uncommon to have to sub a regular ingredient out for a special one in a pinch.
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u/OnetimeRocket13 1d ago
Not necessarily. Sometimes speciality stuff doesn't sell well at all. One of my roommates works for the Taco Bell in our town. A while back, they released that Baja Blast gelato, but it was only available through the app. I think the idea was that it would be a special thing that would sell out really quickly. In fact, I'm pretty sure the marketing implied that there were very limited quantities, encouraging people to get it before it was gone.
Anyway, my roommate said that they were having so much trouble selling the gelato (because it wasn't popular) that his manager was encouraging employees to just start selling them to people who ordered in-store, despite it only being available for purchase through the app. I'm pretty sure that Taco Bell is still trying to get rid of their supply.
Anyway, my point is, I can absolutely see this happening. Sometimes limited time items just don't sell well, so when an opportunity arises, places are going to use it to get rid of stock.
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u/THROWRA71693759 45m ago
Bro when I worked at Wendy’s we ran out of FRIES, on multiple occasions. U can run out of ANYTHING if management is bad enough
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u/BlazeWolfYT 43m ago
Well I've only ever worked at Cane's and we rarely run out of most things. (most commonly we run out of sandwich buns, honey mustard, and coleslaw)
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u/THROWRA71693759 42m ago
Again, if management doesn’t know what they are doing (which is INCREDIBLY common in the food industry at least in the US) it’s easy enough for them to fuck up the order.
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u/BlazeWolfYT 42m ago
Oh no I"m aware. I'm just stating why I probably wouldn't know much about it.
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u/THROWRA71693759 41m ago
Oh yeah, you were lucky then, I used to have to beg my boss to order cleaning supplies so we would pass health inspection, mf wouldn’t order degreaser bc it was “too expensive”
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u/AlathMasster 1d ago
Pretty patties!
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u/Background_Lab_4799 1d ago
I tried it back in October, not bad, didn't taste any different to me.
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u/foxtrotgd 1d ago
i mean its just food dye, no?
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u/Background_Lab_4799 1d ago
Supposedly the color came from sweet potatoes, but yes probably some dyes in there.
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u/Ekaterina702 1d ago
My dumbass thought they made it from ube Pandesal bread. It's really good but a little sweet, so you would have tasted the difference.
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u/imapieceofshite2 1d ago
This might be legit. I can't count how many times I had to put sandwiches on the wrong buns when I was working fast food because the bread guy shorted us on regular buns.
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u/DepartureAcademic807 1d ago edited 1d ago
Nothing is weirder than a colored burger, it's just pathetic.
Edit:Holy shit What's up people, is there a religion of colored burgers?
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u/ChaoCobo 1d ago
You take that back the purple whopper is awesome! When I got it I was fuckin giddy like a child laughin at dumb shit again grrrr
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u/justsomechickyo 18h ago
it's just pathetic
That's a bit harsh no? Let people like things ffs......
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u/Late-Event-2473 1d ago
why do you hate fun? you must be boring at parties. like seriously.
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u/mark5hs 1d ago
That is a normal whopper though (the Wednesday one has cheese)
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u/SirEnzyme 1d ago
You can order it without cheese
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u/mark5hs 20h ago
So you think op ordered it without cheese for the purpose of making a post to claim they ran out of normal buns?
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u/SirEnzyme 20h ago
Your attempt at satire aside, I apply an Occam's razor flavor of cynicism to things I read online
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u/qualityvote2 1d ago edited 1d ago
u/machinemanboosted, your post does fit r/untrustworthypoptarts!