Just a little something to record my disappointment in Taco Bueno this morning. (Not that I had extremely high hopes to begin with.)
On my way to work, I stopped and ordered a #6- Potato, Eggs & Queso Burrito Meal, which is supposed to come with Skillet Potatoes and coffee. After getting to work and trying to enjoy my breakfast, the only thing I could think was, "Thank goodness that meal was only $3!" The picture of the burrito depicted a mess of eggs, peppers, and diced potatoes smothered in melted cheese and wrapped in an oversized flour tortilla. I did get the oversized tortilla, but it was filled with eggs, hash brown sticks, and some sort of imitation cheese sauce. DISappointed. But that was just the burrito.
In very large font on the drive-thru menu, a statement read "All meals now served with Skillet Potatoes!" Said potatoes were pictured in a bowl looking rather similar to something my dad might conjure up for Sunday morning brunch: diced potatoes cooked in a skillet with peppers and spices. Yum-o! What did I get? Hash brown sticks. UUUUH, what?! DIS.A.PPOINTED. Fooled. Tricked. They pulled the wool over my eyes. Hoodwinked. What a sham! At this point I really, really wished I would have taken a photo so I could clearly convey the very obvious degree of misrepresentation taking place ( I think I will do my best to find something online). I mean, I'm used to getting a flattened version of a juicy burger, with remnants of lettuce and tomato instead of mounds of delicious veggies; I'm used to getting a smaller version of "jumbo" anything; I've even come to terms with the outrageous amount of air in a bag of chips. But this?! Hash brown sticks can now be passed off as Skillet Potatoes? Ugggh.
This rant led me on a quest to begin researching what exactly is false advertising? How far from the truth can advertising fall? To what depths has this o-so-simingly simple act of deception seeped into our everyday lives? Pinky and The Brain should have started with the food industry.
I will say this...my coffee-though miniature is size-was quite tasty.
