Note I did not buy any food for myself.
To head off questions:
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No, I couldn’t cook for her. I’m suffering from a long-term illness where I can’t eat solid foods and am extremely smell sensitive. My wife is at a funeral, so I had to order food.
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She’s extremely picky and refused to let me order anything but pizza.
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We live outside of town, in a not very big town, with very few pizza delivery options, and they’re all at least this expensive.
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No, I didn’t also have to buy her the cheesy bread or the second topping or the sauces, but it’s nice to get my daughter a treat and that is no excuse for the order being that expensive.
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We’re in Indiana, so this should be ludicrous in terms of pricing. This used to be the pricing I would expect when we lived in L.A. and ordered from a good local place rather than a chain.
Boozilla@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I felt bad reading this. Fast food is way too expensive here in 2024. And then you had to write an essay justifying yourself because of all the pedantic jerks who live to pounce on the smallest of things.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 months ago
And someone already didn’t apparently read it since they told me I should have picked it up myself.
Boozilla@lemmy.world 5 months ago
LOL! Of course!
BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 5 months ago
The thing about inflation is the food is not expensive, its the value of money that’s gone down. Its salaries that are way too low to afford the new prices. The food isn’t too expensive - employees are being underpaid.
0110010001100010@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It can be both at the same time which is why the problem is so prominent right now.
Cryophilia@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yeah but that’s an academic, maybe even a pedantic, difference.
_number8_@lemmy.world 5 months ago
people love acting like they’re perfect and always make perfect decisions in these posts. like, you can easily advise the OP and sympathize but people love to be smug instead
Boozilla@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Ain’t that the truth.