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Capitalism has gone too far because now when you go through the drive-thru for your favorite and expensive

lunchtime burger you're gonna be coughing up way more money because Wendy's CEO

has just announced surge pricing for their menu.

So basically what that means is it's going to kind of have

the same model as Uber.

So you know when you're going to the airport at like

4.30 and your Uber is going to be like $150, whereas if you had taken it at like 4 a.m.

it would be $20. They're going to be implementing the same model for their meals in 2025.

I know this sounds really scary because when I heard this I was like I do not want to pay $10

for a freaking Wendy's burger.

They did not do a lot of market research on this.

They really didn't because I don't know a single person that's like yay I can't

wait to spend more money on a fast food burger. They're saying they're not going to

see massive spikes in pricing like so for example Wendy's burgers around two dollars

They said they would be shocked if it went anywhere near the three dollar range to them which I said why make the changes in the first place? Like, is 25 cents really worth making your customers as mad?

Sure it is, yeah, if you add all that up,

I mean, for Wendy's, from a Wendy's perspective, 25 cents or 10 cents on each burger would be huge profit.

But I'm over here thinking like if you're a person that is on a very strict budget

and you know exactly how much money you have to spend. How are you supposed to know when you

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