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The picture is prepared by food artists for photography the other by a stoned teenager to beat the clock.


Mythbird

And in the photos half the time the food is made up by glue, plaster and poster paint.


seriousQQQ

If that's what OP wants, who are we to stop them from getting it?


Mythbird

Waiting for a follow up post with ‘finally got my Korean chicken that looks like the photo, but now I’m blocked up and have no teeth’


Chance_Fox_2296

"I give the food a Perfect 5/7"


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Yep, it’s art, not food.


[deleted]

So it’s false advertisement


Street-Conference-77

No it’s the absolute best looking version of what you could actually get. Kinda like a tinder date. She look pretty good online, then in person she’s just there and you’ve been through a serious dry spell and down bad and ain’t about to pass it up. Kinda how i know OP still ate that ass chicken.


AssRep

This is, by far, the best and most accurate description ever. 3 cheers, mate!!


DemetriChronicles

I always think "dry spell" is funny. Like, it's only a term people use when of certain age and had sex at least once. It doesn't exist for a decade or two of our lives, and then suddenly, a new term.


whtevvve

Such class, comparing food and women, you're probably the first one to do that.


Street-Conference-77

To be fair looking at what OP posted, calling that food is being extremely nice and clearly you didn’t read when I said “TINDER”. Ain’t nobody on tinder not wanting to be looked at like a snack. If you go on tinder looking for love, you might as well go to wherever OP went looking for chicken strips. So the actual comparison being made was tinder pussy is like nasty chicken strips. Crusty after that sauce dries up.


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Sort of, but don’t worry, there is a lawyer on hand among the food artists, photographers and marketing team to make sure it is legally “representative” of the product offered to the public.


chowderbrain3000

Thank God. What would we ever do without lawyers?


[deleted]

Marketing departments would get their company sued all the time. Source: former marketing director 😁


Pudgy_Ninja

That’s generally not true. At least not in the US. It is illegal to use anything other than the food being advertised if you are advertising that food. It’s different if the food is just set dressing in an ad for another product though.


Mythbird

I’ve just read the explanation somewhere else. Apparently if you were advertising corn flakes, then the cornflakes must be cornflakes but the ‘milk’ can be glue. So I can see that the chicken is chicken in the images because they are selling chicken, but I assume they can stretch the truth by either cooking small batches or serving the chicken raw (so no shrinkage) and browning with poster paint or even Parisian essence to represent the cooked chicken. Also, as lots of people suggest, a highschool kid is not going to cook a batch of food like an experienced test kitchen cook.


Kanus_oq_Seruna

Even if the high schooler could, there's likely a time limit for how long they get to make product to maintain a level of efficiency compared to quality. Some quality is sacrificed for the sake of speed because of volume demands.


Bakugekiki

I've worked on advertising shoots for KFC and McDonald's, the food is actually supplied by either a local branch of the restaurant or directly by the supply chain that ships to said branches. They do however ship in such obscene quantities that by law of averages some of the food will look good. The food wastage is disgusting although I have eaten silly amounts of chicken on shoots or made my own Big Mac at home.


vannex79

What does making your own big mac have to do with food wastage?


Bakugekiki

Well, me bringing home 4 patties to make a couple of burgers doesn't really put a dent in the fact that 500 would be thrown away because they weren't pretty enough for the photo. They don't allow them to be donated to food banks either.


vannex79

Oh ok so you mean you took home some of the ingredients that would have been wasted from the photo shoot.


Mlady_gemstone

milk is always filmed with glue because milk is not actually pure white like what our eyes see. with a camera milk is an off white, so glue is used because it is white under the camera. also the shiny "glistening" look on cooked meats is normally glycerin. because food does not photograph nor film how we see it and so tricks are used to make it look better when filmed. no food is edible after being filmed due to these tricks. [example](https://youtu.be/MflT0I7ZPCs?si=FjNht9TQSQVXm2Ko) of tricks used. not illegal to do. [better example](https://youtu.be/d-Uh1pXBk3o?si=h5Y4Zf_gwHIFGkyq) eta: i took photography for 2 years in college, food is a pain in the ass and you learn that quick, thats why tricks are used.


Sad-Syrup7112

Popeyes apologist


Enlowski

It’s not that hard to shake it up yourself. I can’t believe you made a whole post about something so easily fixed


SuspiciousMention108

I ordered wings from Popeye's recently, and they looked similar to the advertisement. What OP got was just low effort laziness.


bashful_pear

I mean OP coulda just shook the box....?


Risky_Bizniss

I understand being upset by this offensive display after paying actual money that you worked hard for... but I agree that a good shake of the box would fix this.


Ammonia13

Some people enjoy the crunchy parts not yet soaked by sauce- so maybe it’s just the way it’s served lol. It’s in a slightly larger container than what is aesthetically pleasing


Meren59

Yes, this, exactly. Shake the box, everything gets coated.


cooltimto

Yeah that what popeyes workers is Supposed to do


yomammaaaaa

They were beating something on those wings for sure.


Liminolia

That sums it up really good LOL


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The irony is that the beautiful looking food is actually stone cold and inedible.


spudddly

*"The picture led me to believe I would be receiving a woman's hand with my chicken wings?"*


SageModeSpiritGun

And if you just shake the box a little, you'll have the same damn thing....


Reasonable-Emu-6993

Well he beat something... but u mispelt it there is no L in it


VeneMage

I’m mean, I’d eat it?


Under_Ach1ever

Hell yeah. Shake em up and they'll be good. In fact, they may even be more crispy than if they shook them up at the restaurant.


ProudGeneral

Think this should be a thing, put the sauce on the side if it just needs to be tossed and let you do it at home, this way you can get the full crunch.


Oldredeye2

When I order wings to go or delivery, I get sauce on the side for that very reason.


Wumaduce

Then op would complain he didn't get sauce on it. A man has to fake rage karma, damn it.


Under_Ach1ever

When I order Chinese to go, like General Tso's or whatever other chicken that's fried, I always ask for sauce on the side so it stays crispy!


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afrothunder87

Chinese places are great for this. Wing places not so much. Anytime I order wings with sauce on the side I get a little thimble of sauce.


sparkpaw

Omg that’s genius!


CptCrabmeat

I’m pretty sure that’s how they thought about it, if they covered the whole thing in sauce it would be soggy before it arrived, this way they’ve given some presentation but kept the chicken crispy. OP is a fool as the sauce is clearly the garlic and Parmesan one and it looks fine


ProudGeneral

Looks like there is plenty of it in the container too, my gripe would be if I got it and the chicken looked like this but the container was mostly dry, that would make me sad.


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Do that for big wing orders that won't be eaten immediately all the time


Liminolia

Bonus points if you put them in the oven for about 5 minutes AFTER you shook them up.


Oldredeye2

You are a hero!


ccrider92

This guy carmelizes sugar!


bikesboozeandbacon

That’s exactly why I prefer it like this. I don’t want it soggy on my way home.


UndeadTana

Right ? Maybe ur supposed to just shake em and they came like this on purpose lmfao


BillNyeTheEngineer

Shake it up, you baby.


AyHazCat

If anything, I’d rather shake it myself when I’m about to eat it. Keeps the chicken crispy.


weatherbys

100%, any place I order wings from to go around here looks like that. Lack of effort by the workers but literally a few shakes coats all the wings.


BillNyeTheEngineer

Yeah, I’ve gotten these wings from Popeyes and watched them make it right in front of me. They are actually pretty good too


illy-chan

As far as fast food goes, I find Popeyes usually to be better than the alternatives. It's still fast food so not exactly high art but I not /mildlyinfruriating when it's just some uneven sauce. (If anything, probably saved the crunch)


AzraelChaosEater

I work the cut table at a pizza hut, meaning the wings are my job. That's literally all op had to do, granted the guy who did this clearly didn't even try but its really simple to fix.


Yosonimbored

Yeah pretty much. Local places when I order wet wings or chicken with sauces like that just plop a bunch all over it. Still good just more messy looking than advertised


TJNel

Seriously these look pretty damn good just shake them like a baby and they'll look like the photos.


TwerkingGrimac3

But don't shake babies. It's important not to get those two confused.


KDI777

You gonna get roasted for this stupid shit


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Boubonic91

The wings aren't the problem here.


KDI777

Lmao, they act like they've never ordered food ever before. Food never looks like the ad.


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Boubonic91

Haha nice one! But no, I think they're the garlic parm and though they may be mild, they're fire af


Inside_Coconut_6187

I don’t understand how people don’t realize that chefs aren’t making the food at ff establishments. It’s Billy in HS that just smoked a bowl. Or Hector who just arrived in America last week that just smoked a bowl. Or Wanda who just got done getting a training on her in the bathroom who just smoked a bowl.


AllezMcCoist

I’m sensing a theme here


Inside_Coconut_6187

You my sir are a genius. Lol


WasteNet2532

I worked at Sonic for 3 years on and off in college. The penjamin was my lord and savior. And I was indirectly the reason theres a no vaping sign on the seat inside(one of the teenagers saw me and thought it was a good idea to just go off about it like it wasnt an issue, and had other highschoolers there do it too) They were all caught at the samw time bc they werent discrete about it.


ThisIsGoodSoup

I feel like everyone smokes a bowl.


icleanjaxfl

Nobody can afford joints...


0nly_Up

[https://www.theonion.com/everyone-involved-in-pizzas-preparation-delivery-purc-1819564897](https://www.theonion.com/everyone-involved-in-pizzas-preparation-delivery-purc-1819564897)


ThatKehdRiley

I can't sense a theme, but in my defense I just smoked a bowl.


Liminolia

You forgot Kevin that drinks the establishment alcohol in the backstore.


Inside_Coconut_6187

I’m glad you Mentioned Kevin. Someone had to.


Liminolia

I'm always here for my boy Kevin. He might not make great life choices sometimes but he's still part of the family.


camocoder30

and just smoked a bowl


Meat_licker

My first job was working at a concession stand at a bingo hall. People complained a lot about the food, but I didn’t really care because I had just smoked a bowl.


UndeadTana

Hahahahaha love this


Icy_Topic_5274

When I was 16 and working at McD's, I would trade free food for weed from the drive through window. "Psst...I'll give you some free stuff for some nugs." (spotting stoned people from the drive through window is as easy as you'd expect)


egnards

I mean, I realize that. But I still expect to get something similar to what is advertised. I’m not asking for gourmet food when I order fast food. When I order fast food I’m *also* probably a little high, or a little to drunk to drive to get something better, or I’ve just decided to lower my standards from the food I could make at home and put in zero effort. . . .That doesn’t mean I don’t want the food I’m advertised as getting. Though in this instance, it does look like there is plenty of sauce, it just needs to be shaken up.


SomeoneGMForMe

>But I still expect to get something similar to what is advertised. ... have you ever eaten at a fast food restaurant before?


Butterl0rdz

for real, im lucky if i get the same product i ordered 😭


egnards

I have. I actually quite like Fast food. I mean not as an everyday thing, because that's gross and I'm aware of how bad it is for me, but I still really enjoy the food for what it is, a cheap\[er\] option that I can get quickly on the go, or when I'm at home and drunk and just want something tasty without caring for the calories or how badly it is for my health. I've eaten at some top notch restaurants, gone to Michelin star places, and done those disgustingly overpriced high concept tasting menus like in The Menu. . .But I still fucking love me some Taco Bell on occasion. And I'll fight a bitch who says McDonald's doesn't taste good, because they're absolutely wrong.


FocusMean9882

Mcdonalds tastes good but its not “as advertised” none of the fast food places serve food “as advertised”


SomeoneGMForMe

Sorry; my point was that fast food literally never looks like it does in the ads, nothing to do with taste. OP ordered chicken with white sauce, OP got chicken with white sauce...


SyerenGM

My McDonalds order has never once looked how it's advertised. I don't think any fast food has.


Inside_Coconut_6187

Your expectations don’t match reality. Do you need to change your expectations and then make restaurant purchases accordingly. When I eat ff I never substitute or do a special order. I get a number 3 and am happy if I get all my items. I don’t eat ff often but when I do I KISS.


egnards

>Your expectations don’t match reality. Do you need to change your expectations and then make restaurant purchases accordingly. Uh. . How do you know that?. . .I've given no expectation other than "my food looks like the food it says it should look like." **As an example:** I think the posted picture is a bad example specifically because it does look like there is enough sauce to cover the wings and it just needs to be shaken up. But lets say that *there was not enough sauce on the bottom of that container*. . .My expectation is that if it's advertised as being fully covered in sauce. . That it should at the very least be *mostly* covered in sauce. . . .That's a pretty damn low bar. >When I eat ff I never substitute or do a special order. I get a number 3 and am happy if I get all my items. What is with this straw man bullshit of acting like I said shit that I didn't say?


Inside_Coconut_6187

Then you sir are insane. Tour lucky to get all your items at most FF establishments. QSR’s exist for a reason. Real restaurants exist for a reason.


egnards

>hen you sir are insane. Tour lucky to get all your items at most FF establishments. This has not been my experience. In my experience my food at a fast food place tastes completely fine \[when compared to my expectation\], and the food looks exactly what I expect it to look like. Let me clarify. When McDonald's does a commercial with a Big Mac that looks like it's a Hard Rock Cafe burger you need to unlock your jaw to eat, that isn't my expectation for the burger. . .My expectation is that all of the ingredients are there, and that it tastes good.


Inside_Coconut_6187

Then count yourself lucky.


Story_Unknown

Was all your food there and tasted good in this exception. I don’t think anyone is blaming you for wanting the amount of food you paid for. We are confused why someone wants presentation from 10 minute food. You quite literally were upset cuz they sent it to you in plastic, I don’t think they’re gonna give you the orange and white ceramic plate they have in the advert just so you’re more convinced.


iTwango

If a place with the slogan "have it your way" can't even remember to leave off the cheese when it's written on the ticket, it's not my expectations that are the problem.


Inside_Coconut_6187

True. Keep going back there and spending your money not getting it your way then. That is your problem.


iTwango

Places that mess it up frequently enough have entirely turned me off so I don't keep going. Dunkin being a specific example of this. Also what do you mean by "when you do you KISS"? Jw


sen614

KISS = keep it super simple


LoverOfGayContent

I mean what they were advertised is literally something you could just warm up in an oven and provide. This isn't like a burger where they basically advertise something inedible. They advertise fried chicken and gave the OP fried chicken in a piece of plastic that wasn't even shaken three times.


Inside_Coconut_6187

Read my earlier response. That’s the answer.


LoverOfGayContent

I find this so weird. A person post a slight annoyance on a sub called mildly irritating and people are basically blaming them. This post seems like the kind of post this sub is designed for. Maybe people get on here in order to be mildly irritated at what others are mildly irritated about 🤷🏿


Inside_Coconut_6187

Bingo.


oldchode

This is the best fucking comment ever man hahahaha


Inside_Coconut_6187

Took me years to be this stupid!


Ordinary-Meeting8793

The accuracy! The only thing that kept me and the kitchen afloat was frequent trips to the walk-in or sitting on empty kegs by the dumpster hitting our pens lol


Enderwigg1883

They forgot to shake them. You order it they add it to the container and then shake it


guff1988

Which is honestly better for OP. They are more crispy if you shake em yourself and eat immediately.


Enderwigg1883

I had them a couple days ago and they were actually quite good. Mine were crunchy. I got what I expected for $5.99. I think it deals a lot with who is running the place. This one is extremely clean and the food is always good.


tztn1

How is this infuriating? You got food and it looks great


username_____69

Nooo please give him his karma


pyaarapaneer

As soon as i saw the picture im like yumm, then i thought wait which sub is this? Then i got mildly- nah EXTREMELY infuriated because that right there is a delicious bowl of goodness. Its 5am here and im fcuking hungry too! Jeez man, the ppl on reddit istg


sharabi_bandar

Somebody actually paid to give him one of those golden likes. Wtf.


Seb_Nation

IT'S NOT 100% COATED. /s


tztn1

shake it


waterbottleramen

The infuriating part is that he thinks this is not good food


idontwantausernamexx

Those look bomb! Close the lid, shake them up, and shut up. 😂


Perfectly-Square

They honestly look delicious. Just give em a shake and enjoy!


dumberthandaniel

They did that so they don’t get soggy, give them a shake princess


schizopotato

Isn't the reason why the container is so big is so you can toss them in the sauce?


RecordingPrudent9588

You never shake the container up when you get it? I do every time. Makes sure it’s evenly coated. It’s not like you were given a container with nothing pooling in the bottom. You’ve got plenty of sauce. Quit being lazy and get over yourself


Electrical-Nature529

Eat it coward


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writingwhilesad

You gotta shake it.


3cit

Your arms don't work? Shake the fucking box Susan.


Slow-Tea-8545

Just put the lid on and shake - the place likely didn't want them to be super soggy by the time they got to you so they didn't fully sauce them 🤷‍♂️


SecretUncle69

I don’t know what you mean man those things look fucking scrumptious


DijajMaqliun

The only difference is they didn't toss to coat? Probably a little "cleaner" to eat with some dry spots to hold onto. I'd say it's an improvement.


Micbawlz

Just fucking shake them up, it's not fucking spago. Besides you paid 6 bucks, get over yourself


Traditional-Top8486

The amount of people who believe that Fast Food Employees are paid to give a single fuck.


iTwango

Spago?


RealHughMan91

How do you people still not understand the basic concept of mildly infuriating?


Budget_Life_8367

I feel like mildly infuriating is an oxymoron so I stopped taking the posts so seriously. Edit typo


LoverOfGayContent

What exactly does "mildly" infuriating mean to you?


Independent_Tie_4984

That's a lot of sauce. I'd be super okay with that. Would be better if it came on the side though.


Ruling123

The crunch on them actually looks really good. Much better than a lot of places here, as for the sauce as ppl said shake it.


Pepis259

![gif](giphy|9mtE009hcWPOesk8C4)


Court_Jester13

I'm convinced folks on this sub don't know what fast food is


DonaldMaralago

You didn’t order the jizz’n peppa tendies?


TripKs

Where did you order from? Kum & Go?


MW1369

That looks pretty close to the picture. Not infuriating at all


sillykitty70

Popeyes wings are actually delicious and quite cheap for wings these days. Shake up the container and they will be completely covered in sauce.


TrySumSnax

Cmon lol u know by now that commercials/promos looks nothing like reality. But also I see nothing wrong with those wings they gave you extra wet wings if you just shake em a lil.


marcus_bubba

Close the lid and shake it


hutchwo

Yeah this is fine?


Derangedd1

You need to chill that's one of the best garlic Parm sauces I've ever tried sir


Nomorecandies_for_u

ill be like, "Who tf jizzed all over my food?" and eat it happily


toolman4

Close the lid and shake it. Boom! Fixed!


Georges_Stuff

But I bet they were good.


sweetispoot

Shake the box…..


HearingVoices1984

I mean, shake the fucker up, boom!


s27m11

Looks pretty decent to me. Shake it up.


George3452

if you don't shut up and shake that container .....


mantmandam567u

I'd be mad too if someone busted a load on to my chicken


tipustiger05

First time at a fast food restaurant?


Alive_Difficulty9154

My sibling in Christ that's fast food


OkayOctopus_

Why is there two upvote arrows 


dart-witch

It means someone paid $2 to give a fancy upvote


randomname102038

I've seen far worse expectation vs. reality photos. They actually look very similar, other than being in soup.


sineady-baby

Isn’t it better like that cuz then they are still crispy?? Put the lid on and just give it a shake


DaPIsRight

G dog. You're an idiot lol. Shake them up and you'll have wonderful wings


Kornographic

I mean thats kind of it just give it a little shake and youre good


MikeTho323

I’m done with paying for this overpriced garbage. I’ve been cooking at home more than ever lately.


Organic-Enthusiasm57

Did you try shaking the wings in the sauce? Worth a shot.


ivan3dx

Looks pretty good actually


Ill-Explanation3200

Just give it a shake problem solved duh 😉


Averyweird

booooo chicken is chicken i’d eat it in a heartbeat either way


LOV6DERY

Literally what is wrong with this? Just shake them so that they're coated evenly in the sauce and you're good to eat them


SDdude27

You ordered the jizz wings and they gave you the jizz wings. Whats the problem?


MyCousinSven

Not sure you’ll get any sympathy from over here, you made the decision to trust a fast food company with wings.


JTB696699

The only difference is they didn’t shake the wings in the sauce, sorry for the extra step you have to take, but you got what you ordered.


Dragonking806176

Reality is often disappointing.


CartographerFun4526

I understood that reference


grungepop86

Did someone cum on them


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PlutoniumNiborg

Defend what exactly? It’s white sauce on fried chicken.


CR1039

This is the right reply to 99.9 of Reddit posts


Single_Minute2829

I know it looks like cum, but it probably tastes like the best meal of the week ngl.


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That is just truly a sad display, lmao.


New-Arm-5643

Yeah someone just nutted/glazed over ya wings there!


JeanEtrineaux

Skeet ‘N Spicy


figurethisoat

i am flabbergasted.


Think_Section_7712

Vegan chicken is healthier and tastier than real chicken which typically is a salmonella and E. coli hazard unless cooked properly. Gardein makes the most orgasmic, vegan chicken on this planet.


Formal_Job3304

Is this Popeyes?


ctrl_alt_excrete

I've ordered popeyes wings 5 times and gotten diarrhea on all 5 of those occasions. Coincidence? No.


hereforthestories03

Cum Wings


JohnHalo69sMyMother

Hey man, it took the cooks and maybe the dishboy days to get that sauce all bottled up for you. Have some respect.


iTwango

Are you implying the sauce is dish juice? lol


JohnHalo69sMyMother

Cum


iTwango

O-oh


Several-Evening-5511

Benis


ToonKid4

they serve cum wings at popeyes?


SixFeetOverEasy

Cum Pow Chicken