I'm not paying $3 for a slice of cheese. It's bad enough that it went up from 50¢ to 75¢ at most places.
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You're at a restaurant, you order a cheeseburger, but the server says it is 3 bucks extra, would you pay?
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$3 for a slice of AMERICAN CHEESE?
I'm paying $3 dollars for a slice of cheese on a burger it had better come with a cheesemonger to coo over it and tell me its history.
I'm paying $3 dollars for a slice of cheese on a burger it had better come with a cheesemonger to coo over it and tell me its history.
Yeah especially for certain demographics honestly. The "grass is always greener" syndrome comes at play here. The biggest sufferers are probably very attractive women since they benefit the most from dating apps overall. People say living in a big city makes dating easier but I feel like it's possible the OPPOSITE might be the case. The problem of too many choices.
Yeah I saw that too and then saw comments mentioning that as well. If this story is real to begin with I feel like she is throwing stuff out there to try and fight back against the all the comments that were more supportive of him and mocking her but the continued videos seem like it is making it worse for her.
No way. But if I were on a date, I'll probably just pay it. I don't try to save money when I'm on a date.
I would but I understand if someone wouldn't want to do it. No one should be judged harshly if they don't want to pay $3 for a slice of cheese.
This is me exactly, if I'm having a good time I'm ordering anything and everything. The way I treat money you'd swear it was trying to kill me.
One person got a free meal, the other person finally got to go viral on social media. They're both winners.
after making a bunch of awkward thirst trap videos, I'm glad her tiktok has finally taken off with this
Its more of a principle thing for me. I dont want to get scammed by the restaurants! If they had a cheeseburger on the menu for $20 I would just order it, but they only had Hamburger $17 (add a slice of cheese for $3) I wouldnt add the slice. Obviously on a date I would not care. But tiktok is the worst so I didnt look at the video.
this is me until I get the bill and it's $112 and I realized the weak-ass margaritas with barely over house tequila were $18/ea and I'm like.. fuck..
Order it and while it's being prepared run out the local bodega and buy a 10pack of cheese for a dollar and put them on your burger when you come back.
I'm a vegan so the specific question is moot but I choose not to pay for extra stuff all the time because it gets ridiculous. If they were charging $3 for a cheeseburger I would probably decline.
More importantly, that tik tok girl is absurd. You can choose not to date someone, that's chill, but fucking ghosting a dude like that OVER CHEESE!? That's just cruel.
More importantly, that tik tok girl is absurd. You can choose not to date someone, that's chill, but fucking ghosting a dude like that OVER CHEESE!? That's just cruel.
I'd pay it (because a burger with no cheese is gross, and making a fuss is antithetical to my very being), but I'd never go to that restaurant again.
You know, I was just having a conversation about this with a friend (I might have even posted about this on Era), but there's definitely been a shift in the role of apps in dating.
It used to be the case that if you wanted to find someone to seriously connect with, apps were the place to go. This was especially the case with Queer groups because, hook-up culture aside, apps were one of the few safe spaces you had to really meet, flirt and get to know somebody in a meaningful way.
Now, it seems to be the reverse.
If I want to be immediately fetishized or have my inbox divebombed with pics of dicks in various stages of arousal (and ashiness — seriously guys, put some lotion on that thang before you take a photo of it), I go to the apps. If I want conversations with people who go from "Hey" to "how do you like it?" I go online.
If I want an environment where people think before approach me, and put their best foot forward…I go out in public.
I swear that didn't used to be the case.
For real cheese? Sure. But not for this stuff you get over there.
But, cheeseburger are here always listed separately. And I pay what is on the menu if I want it. I wouldn't make a scene because of cheese.
But, cheeseburger are here always listed separately. And I pay what is on the menu if I want it. I wouldn't make a scene because of cheese.
Put me in the bullet-dodgers club there, because not wanting to pay $3 for a slice of cheese and then making what sounds like one comment out of it doesn't warrant trying to CloutTok about it.
That better be some Good-Assed Cheese if it's $3, I don't give a goddamned shit about what city I'm in, that isn't justifying it. If it ain't a couple of well-melted chunks of aged cheddar or something surrounding of the most amazing burger I've had in years, it ain't worth $3. I Don't even like swapping my sides for an extra 99c!
That better be some Good-Assed Cheese if it's $3, I don't give a goddamned shit about what city I'm in, that isn't justifying it. If it ain't a couple of well-melted chunks of aged cheddar or something surrounding of the most amazing burger I've had in years, it ain't worth $3. I Don't even like swapping my sides for an extra 99c!
It depends on how it is presented, but generally no.
If it says "Cheeseburger - $$" on the menu and they ask for extra for the cheese than instant nope. That is shitty.
If it says "Hamburger - $$ (Cheese extra $)" then that sucks, but at least they are being up front about it.
Lady is wild for walking out like that though.
If it says "Cheeseburger - $$" on the menu and they ask for extra for the cheese than instant nope. That is shitty.
If it says "Hamburger - $$ (Cheese extra $)" then that sucks, but at least they are being up front about it.
Lady is wild for walking out like that though.
lol and it wasn't even her food. I /think/ I get what bothers her, but yeah bullet dodged.
I probably wouldn't pay for $3 cheese, and I'd dip that thing in ketchup.
I probably wouldn't pay for $3 cheese, and I'd dip that thing in ketchup.
Oh my god this is so patronizing lmao
She wasn't being creeped on or in any kind of danger, bringing up "physical vulnerability" in this context feels like some comical white knight "benevolent sexism" quite frankly
I mean I wouldn't out of principle, but I also know that this is the type of item that restaurants sometimes like to upcharge and I wouldn't likely ever ask (I'm also the weirdo that doesn't have to have cheese to enjoy the burger unless the type of burger is specificly oriented around the cheese like a mushroom melt).
I don't know if it's an age thing here, but if this is how the dating game is now then I'm doomed, lol.
Bruh dodged a bullet for sure. Please don't let me see anyone on her defend her.
I don't know if it's an age thing here, but if this is how the dating game is now then I'm doomed, lol.
Bruh dodged a bullet for sure. Please don't let me see anyone on her defend her.
Yeah, there's a way this could have been walk-out worthy. Like if he was a general complaining asshole who took the up-charge out on the staff and wouldn't shut up about it. I could imagine that being very off-putting. And I still wouldn't have walked out, likely. He just….I dunno, I would have been washing my hair every night he tried to set up another date until he got the hint.
But, that's not the story she tells in the video.
Lol I make sufficiently above the UK average and median UK wage, and even I won't pay that much extra for cheese. Fuck that noise.
And if a date leaves in disgust over that choice, and then blocks me then good riddance !
The condescending "The cheque is taken care of" makes it even worse.
And if a date leaves in disgust over that choice, and then blocks me then good riddance !
The condescending "The cheque is taken care of" makes it even worse.
I used to always be in the school of thought that I would never pay for ridiculous upcharges like this. I would also never order drinks, only water, and never order appetizers because they're a huge ripoff. Eating out has changed for me over the years now, though. I view it as more an experience, and if I'm going out of my way to go out to eat, I want it to be a good experience. If what I really want is a cheeseburger and it's $3 extra, I'll just pay it. If my wife sees an appetizer that looks amazing, we'll just order it. I'd rather spend a little more money and actually enjoy the meal than worry about how ridiculous the price is (and $3 is definitely ridiculous for a slice of cheese).
However, if a place is charging $3 for a slice of cheese on my burger, I'm not going back unless that is the best fucking cheeseburger I've ever had in my life. Basically, I'd rather be more frugal by managing where we're going out to eat and how often than by avoiding a stupid charge like this.
However, if a place is charging $3 for a slice of cheese on my burger, I'm not going back unless that is the best fucking cheeseburger I've ever had in my life. Basically, I'd rather be more frugal by managing where we're going out to eat and how often than by avoiding a stupid charge like this.
I can get a 44 pack of light sliced cheese (4g protein per slice) for $7.50 cad or $5.46 usd.
$3 up charge should be for cheese AND copious amounts of bacon
$3 up charge should be for cheese AND copious amounts of bacon
Okay, but you're really reaching on the actual point of debate (ie, is her behavior psycho) if that's all you've got to say. I don't think I'd change much in my post if I conceded this, and frankly I'm not sure that I would. I've got no reason to white knight, as stated, and I'm getting worn out on the misuse of terminology itt
And she's posting through it. Admirable. Goin down on that ship.
Well…ummm…some brands/styles of cheddar actually have very smooth/velvety textures when melted.
But then you're getting to the more expensive and specialized stuff which, ironically, would explain the 3 dollar up-charge. 👀
Oh god the follow ups are so much worse. She claims to be broke and in credit card debt but the specific issue she had is that he wasn't living it up or something. Guess they supposedly have a second date too???
And then going back and pretending to order a bunch of extra cheese was cringe.
Although she doesn't deserve the degree of insults she's getting since clearly people frustrated with dating apps are grinding their axes over this.
