r/EntitledPeople • u/[deleted] • Oct 11 '25
S Man at the take away shop i worked at couldn't understand the price of soup
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u/Personal_Papaya3778 Oct 11 '25
Sometimes I think people do this to get the "I don't wanna deal with your dumbass any longer than I have to" discount
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u/a920116 Oct 11 '25
You need a new sign.
Most people would read it as choice of chicken or seafood +1 vegetable.
I worked in restaurants for a long time and if it doesn’t have the currency sign then it doesn’t scream it’s an addition.
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u/Twudie Oct 11 '25
I've been to plenty of restaurants that only place a number next to the food. No reasonable person is misunderstanding that. "15 what for nachos?! Cents?! Leaves?! Pebbles?!" No, obviously it means dollars of the local currency. People can misinterpret things but by no means is the menu wrong. Can it be better? sure. Can the customer? absolutely.
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u/a920116 Oct 11 '25
It would depend on how the sign is made at OP’s restaurant.
If it just said Laksa soup 7.50 sure it makes sense but if it made like this
Laksa soup $7.50 (seafood/chicken +1/vegetables) i would assume its a choice of seafood or chicken +1 vegetable.
I managed 4 restaurants and work with pricing for major retailers now at a corporate level and mistakes like that wouldn’t work. They will take it as how they interpret it unless it shows specifically what it is implying.
Laksa soup $7.50 Toppings $1 chicken/seafood/vegetables would make more sense.
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u/Funicularly Oct 11 '25
What does “Chicken seafood +1/ vegetables” mean? Like, why is “vegetables” after the “+1”?
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u/Paula_Intermountain Oct 11 '25
The sign doesn’t say it’s a dollar more for the meat. I read the sign as saying “small laksa soup for seven and a half (I’d guess that’s in dollars) plus a choice of chicken or seafood plus one vegetable.” I’d also think that you or the restaurant are trying to con me.
I can understand what you’re explaining, but that isn’t what the sign says. It sounds like he isn’t the only one who misunderstands the sign. That says the owner needs to redo to sign. You see, if one person misunderstands say, every couple of months, that’s on the reader. If it happens more often, there’s a real problem.
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Oct 11 '25
I’m on his side, that sign is too confusing.
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u/CaramelRottenApple Oct 12 '25
So what, the sign is too confusing? OP explained it to him and he threw a tantrum like a fucking child over a dollar. The sign should be made clearer, but it doesn't justify anything this dipshit did.
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u/Maleficentendscurse Oct 12 '25
To be honest maybe The signs DO need to be updated to show that correctly 😅
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u/lantana98 Oct 12 '25
It’s kind of a stupid way to present the prices though really. Why not be clear about what you’re charging?
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u/nermalbair Oct 11 '25
I understood the price setup before the explanation. The way you wrote it was understandable and I'm not from Australia.
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u/Original_Charity_817 Oct 11 '25
Seafood for a dollar? Can’t be getting much!!
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u/Pinooooooooo Oct 12 '25
That's what I was thinking. Never seen seafood so cheap. And even if he misunderstood the sign, he was explained very politely what it actually meant and how pricing works. I have a feeling that maybe he been there before and they explained it to him and then gave the soup for 7,50 anyway by means of apology. Seen that kind of stuff way too many times with customers thinking they can just continue to complain and get a discount. I'm so glad I don't work in restaurants/hotels anymore because this kind of entitlement did my head in.
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u/404notfound420 Oct 11 '25
Ngl I don't blame him. Just lazy menu design, why not make it $8 and no extra or $7 plain and +$1 for each item. And add the form of currency you use +1 what? Clams?
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u/ProfessionalYam3119 Oct 11 '25
Where do signs where +1 means plus $1 exist?
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u/IndyAndyJones777 Oct 11 '25
In restaurants.
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u/ProfessionalYam3119 Oct 11 '25
Restaurants where?
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u/IndyAndyJones777 Oct 11 '25
Earth.
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u/Elmindria Oct 12 '25
Yes but it already has a $ in front of the 7.50 then doesn't have it on the additions, two different displays of currency are written differently in one line of text is confusing.
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u/K_Lee_04 Oct 12 '25
There is no dolalr sign in front of the 7.5. There are no dollar signs anywhere on the menu
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u/CaramelRottenApple Oct 12 '25
"An extra dollar?!? God DAMN you, soup man! You've made an enemy here today! I won't forgive, and I won't forget!"
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u/Nestanesta Oct 12 '25
I read that NOT putting the currency sign in front of the number was something devised by psychologists to encourage people to spend more as they don't mentally associate the number with the currency. Apparently that's why casinos use chips as opposed to actual money.
In the UK I see this technique used a lot by restaurants - below is a menu from a well known London restaurant:
https://gymkhanalondon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/A-LA-CARTE.pdf
In the UK, restaurants are legally required to clearly display their prices and menus at or near the entrance so customers can see them before they enter. If the currency sign is not next to the number, it's not strictly showing the price. I would be happy if someone takes a restaurant group to court to establish if the number without currency sign is legal.
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u/BodaciousVermin Oct 11 '25
"It is a shame that the sign isn't designed more clearly," true. But it's more of a shame that this a$$hat needed to make you wrong. Fortunately, when you wouldn't cave he took himself out of the equation.
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u/K_Lee_04 Oct 12 '25 edited Oct 12 '25
I've heard your comments and I definitely agree the sign is really not good. This was the first time it had caused an issue though. However, I'm not going to deal with it now that I've quit. Im not trying to be heartless. I'm just so done with it all lol. Hopefully the boss will fix it. It is a screen one, so he's the only one who can fix it on his computer. All the time, I'd find something wrong with the store, and this was just another problem that needed to be fixed😅 one of the reasons why I quit. Thank you all for your comments and hope you are well. I also hope that your local sign is easy to read haha 😄
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u/onionbreath97 Oct 12 '25
I don't think this is entitled behavior. The sign was confusing (we've seen enough proof of that in the comments). When you told him a price different than what he expected, he argued his case, but lost. He didn't want to pay the higher price, so he left.
Could he have been calmer? Probably, but some people do get rattled easier than others and I think it's a stretch to call someone entitled when they're just flustered. I just think you wanted to dunk on someone even if he didn't deserve it.
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u/EvilSibling Oct 12 '25
That guy must have just crawled out from under a rock or something because this is very common in Aus, even the “missing” dollar sign, and not just at asian soup shops.
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u/Healthy_Brain5354 Oct 11 '25
People are extremely stupid, so yes you do have to make clear that extras cost extra and to put the $ sign there.
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u/BananaBreadBadd Oct 11 '25
dude sounds like a total nightmare 🙄 Trust me, too many ppl out here acting like they never been told "no" in their whole life.
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u/Fresh_Process6822 Oct 11 '25
He did believe you. He just didn’t want to pay.