Kids items are generally not available to adults in any form.
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deranger@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Kids items have been cheaper as long as I can remember. I guarantee a restaurant you’ve been to has had two identical items at different prices, or things that are cheaper and you get more of the thing. The only thing modern about this is taking a screenshot of your cart.
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
“It’s to-go, my kid loves the food here”
the empty house that OP lives alone in
i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Millennials can’t afford houses because they’re buying adult meals instead of child meals? I knew it!
Serinus@lemmy.world 1 day ago
And this is the innocuous form of it. Places who don’t serve children often are generally happy to make their profits off of adults and worry less about income from the odd child (especially Starbucks).
If you want to see real tiered pricing, look at all the fast food apps. The purpose of those is to extract as much money from you as possible. Those who don’t want to deal with them pay double, and they don’t lose much business from those who refuse because they’re often willing to use the apps.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 2 days ago
It’s called price discrimination, and it is, in fact, not new at all.
Consider, for example, that children generally also pay less for entrance into theme parks, swimming pools, and many tourist attractions, or can get a library card for free while adults have to pay full price. It actually makes a lot of sense when you consider that children generally do not earn their own money, and even if they do, they tend to earn a lot less than adults.
ALavaPulsar@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Are there places that make adults pay for a library card? I’ve never heard of this in the US at least.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Might be wrong on that but I’m pretty sure the other examples are correct.