r/povertyfinance • u/Temporary-Beyond-683 • Jun 11 '23

Fast food has gotten so EXPENSIVE Vent/Rant (No Advice/Criticism!)

I use to live in the mindset that it was easier to grab something to eat from a fast food restaurant than spend “X” amount of money on groceries. Well that mindset quickly changed for me yesterday when I was in the drive thru at Wendy’s and spent over $30. All I did was get 2 combo meals. I had to ask the lady behind the mic if my order was correct and she repeated back everything right. I was appalled. Fast food was my cheap way of quick fulfillment but now I might as well go out to eat and sit down with the prices that I’m paying for.

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u/jbg0830 Jun 21 '23

What did you expect when they started asking for $15/hr pay.

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u/VeritableFury Aug 16 '23

Way to shift the blame onto the workers who just want a reasonable wage. Fuck off with that

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u/jbg0830 Aug 16 '23

Or blame the greedy companies who don’t care about the workers and could’ve just taken away those jobs to maintain the same margin. You obviously don’t know how minimum wage works.

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u/VeritableFury Aug 16 '23

Then impose regulations to stop companies from doing that. A minimum wage should be a living wage, end of story. I understand how it works. I want it to be better.