To be fair, that marketing language is likely pointed at the main competitor of Monster drinks in US - Red Bull. Which is a European brand and is packaged in smaller cans.
That tracks, considering at some American sports stadiums you can buy a regular (20oz) beer for $4 that neatly fills up the cup for a large beer (24oz allegedly) that costs $7. Humans in general, and Americans in particular, are not good at judging beverage volumes.
I worked at McDs during the 1/3 Angus burger and… yes. It happened, more times than I’d like. I tried convincing a couple people, then after that who cared. I was getting $8/hr. Fuck it it’s a worse deal and you get a smaller burger but you do you genius.
I used to work in a deli. Our scales gave weights in decimals, people always ordered in fractions. One day someone asked for an eighth of a pound. My coworker asks me “Is that .8?” I politely told her “it’s .125, so it needs to say about .13.” I guess part of it was panic, maybe if she had thought about it for a second she would have gotten it, but to think it’s more than a half pound was crazy. People ask for a half pound all the time.
This feels like a metaphor…
Amateurs:
Is that centiliters? I wasn’t aware that was a commonly used unit. I’ve only ever seen ml. But how does the 50+6.5 thing work? Is there like a second reservoir, or is it just a different way of saying 56.5cl?
Yes, Switzerland is weirdly obsessed with centilitres, not sure why. But it’s metric so it’s not a big deal.
is it just a different way of saying 56.5cl?
Yes.
My mom bought me one of these from Estonia, 900ml.
Funnily enough, that would be pretty hard to find in Estonia these days, only a few alcohol stores carry Russian stuff anymore
Very multi-cultural though, you got a “czech style” beer made in Russia from Estonia
Of course the truly big beers come in 2 liter bottles and are consumed by… well let’s say not the favourite customers of store clerks working in small grocery stores in small towns.
Faxe Kondi Danechad 1lt cans mog that
Imma grip n’ sip.
Pretty sure this is a poke at 8oz Red Bulls and not their own brand… But, you know, anything to make fun of the idiot Americans, eh?
I thought it was that most Americans would be too ignorant to know that the European one is larger anyway and they wouldn’t bother to check. They’d just think “fuck yeah, murica” or something, and get back to their 78 hour working week.
Hey! Thats 78hr workweek, no healthcare, and poorer living conditions to you! (Plus delivering food on the side so we have money to lose on sports betting)
Don’t forget your piss-poor food standards.
Sucks, too, because 1/3 pound was the right size. Two 1/4 pound patties are too much, which is the only option now, since, yes, Americans are poorly educated. And, it’s getting worse.
I’m not blaming teachers, at all. Their hands are tied by admin and parents.
just get the 1/10 lb patties like the value burgers and add 2 more on.
They could have just called them (checks converter) 4oz and 5.28oz burgers
