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The salad bar sign that promised 12 items but delivered 8

Stopped by a grocery store in Des Moines last Tuesday for a quick lunch, and the handwritten sign above the salad bar said '12 items, $8.99.' I counted the actual bins, got 8, which is already a fail, but the kicker was the last one labeled 'croutons' holding mostly broken crackers. I asked the kid at the counter about it, and he just shrugged and said, 'The sign's been like that since March, boss.' I took a photo for the wall of shame and grabbed a bagged salad instead, which somehow felt like the more honest option. Has anyone else had a menu or price sign that straight up lied about the amount of stuff you were getting?

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foster.dylan21d ago

Jesus, that's some classic corporate laziness right there. But here's the thing, did you actually pay for it or did you just walk off? Because if you paid, you're basically telling them that lying to your face is a working business model. I get that nobody wants to make a scene over a salad, but that kid shrugging and pointing at a sign from March is the real problem. If the sign is old, why is nobody fixing it? You'd think a grocery store would catch that in a weekly walk-through, but clearly nobody gives a damn. Last time I called out a spot for this exact thing, they gave me a gift card and still didn't fix the sign. So did you pay for those 8 bins or did you tell them to stuff it?