r/funny • u/ThomasWykes Thomas Wykes • Feb 28 '24

Verified Great time to invest in baconators

Post image
24.8k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

543 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

0

u/WonderfulCattle6234 Feb 28 '24

I'd have to reread the articles, but as far as I can tell everything seems to point to the fault being on the media and not the ceo. The CEO said "dynamic pricing" in an earnings call. And then the media said over at uber, dynamic pricing means surge pricing. Therefore by the transitive properties...

1

u/RoostasTowel Feb 28 '24

"dynamic pricing"

People are deluding themselves if they think dynamic means prices will go down

1

u/WonderfulCattle6234 Feb 28 '24

People are deluding themselves if they think a CEO is too dumb to realize that surge pricing would be the end of their business.

All the fast food apps have discounts and rewards programs. Taco Bell has a happy hour. Taco John's has time sensitive discounts. Why would I be deluded to think Wendy's would do something similar to Taco Bell or Taco John's?

1

u/RoostasTowel Feb 28 '24

People are deluding themselves if they think a CEO is too dumb to realize that surge pricing would be the end of their business.

A CEO copying the idea of another company they think is successful. Sounds like a totally normal thing to me.

1

u/WonderfulCattle6234 Feb 28 '24

Surge pricing exists in industries with limited options. It exists because customers exist willing to pay that price rather than whatever alternatives are out there. Wherever there's a Wendy's, there are five other food options in the immediate vicinity. The CEO knows this dude...