Once there will be no more digits to use for displaying price per gallon they will be forced to display price per liter as it still could fit

  • [deleted]@piefed.world
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    2 days ago

    Are you saying the company wanted results saying people didn’t understand 1/3 is more than 1/4?

    That would be stupid.

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      Yes, that is exactly what they wanted.

      Ever hear the phrase “couldn’t sell water in a desert”? A damning claim of incompetence, right?

      The A&W marketing team couldn’t sell a hamburger to Americans.

      Americans.

      They couldn’t figure out how to sell this hamburger. To Americans.

      Americans aren’t particularly known for their rejection of fast food burgers, but here is a fast food burger, and here are Americans, noses upturned at the prospect of ordering it.

      A&W desperately needed a scapegoat, and “Our customers are stupid” was easier to swallow than their nasty-ass burgers.