Slog - Comments on Looks Like Chicken to Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/looks_like_chicken_to_me I went to a Thai restaurant after last night’s debate, and the first thing I noticed on the menu was this: Disclaimer: Prices and ingredients subject to change without notice. That's pretty broad. I ordered a chicken Pad Thai, four stars, with a side of peanut sauce. It was listed at $8.95. As it happened, our server brought me a chicken Pad Thai, four stars, with a side of peanut sauce. And he charged me $8.95. But what if he had delivered, say, a hamburger with two grilled cheese sandwiches for a bun, and charged me $80.00? I can’t say... Copyright 2008 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:59:53 -0800 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:26:12 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by max solomon translation: we can't afford to reprint our menus every 6 months.

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/looks_like_chicken_to_me#c1168408 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/looks_like_chicken_to_me#c1168408 Chow Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:01:32 -0800 Comment by Cato the Younger Younger A Thai restaurant and THAT is what you are worried about?!?!? I would focus on the ingredient disclaimer. That is scary....

]]> Cato the Younger Younger http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/looks_like_chicken_to_me#c1168420 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/looks_like_chicken_to_me#c1168420 Chow Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:10:20 -0800 Comment by Fnarf You can, however, say that your digital camera sucks balls.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/looks_like_chicken_to_me#c1168421 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/looks_like_chicken_to_me#c1168421 Chow Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:10:44 -0800 Comment by kinaidos Did the chicken taste surprisingly nutty, say like it had been scampering about trees eating nuts?

]]> kinaidos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/looks_like_chicken_to_me#c1168423 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/looks_like_chicken_to_me#c1168423 Chow Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:11:34 -0800 Comment by Dominic Holden Fnarf @ 3) Agreed. Enormous chicken balls.

]]> Dominic Holden http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/looks_like_chicken_to_me#c1168425 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/looks_like_chicken_to_me#c1168425 Chow Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:13:47 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave Menu costs as they are known are a reason prices are sticky and don't fluctuate lock step with underlying economic factors.

in the scenario you mention though, i wouldnt patronize a place with that warning.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/looks_like_chicken_to_me#c1168428 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/looks_like_chicken_to_me#c1168428 Chow Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:15:21 -0800 Comment by Catman Sure you didn't eat Cat Pad Thai? Cat tastes like dark meat chicken.

]]> Catman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/looks_like_chicken_to_me#c1168469 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/looks_like_chicken_to_me#c1168469 Chow Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:49:55 -0800 Comment by hillster How often do you eat out? Because ECB just said middle-class people can't afford to eat out much anyway.

]]> hillster http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/looks_like_chicken_to_me#c1168512 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/looks_like_chicken_to_me#c1168512 Chow Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:29:05 -0800 Comment by WA If you got a burger with two griddled cheese as a bun and it was only $80, I would think you'd won some type of restaurant lottery, that's just me though.

]]> WA http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/looks_like_chicken_to_me#c1168595 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/looks_like_chicken_to_me#c1168595 Chow Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:26:12 -0800