Sometimes you don't always get what you want. But it's a different story altogether when those things are the food you're purchasing. Why do we say that? Because the food is always advertised on the website, menu, or packaging that it comes from. When you open up a box of chocolate, you expect it all to be there. Or when you get a burger, you expect there to actually be a burger in the bun. Turns out there's a lot of scams in the food industry. Keep scrolling if you want to see the worst things people have found.
$38 Dollar Meal
You would expect that if you go out to a restaurant for breakfast, a couple of eggs with some bacon will run you up ten, maximum fifteen dollars. Apparently not so in this North Carolina restaurant.
The customers were shocked to find that their meal, which has a relatively small portion of eggs and a drink, was thirty-eight dollars each. Remind us not to go there any time soon.
Not-So-Grilled Cheese
Grilled cheeses are exactly what they sound like. Some cheese is slapped between some bread and grilled until golden brown and the melted cheese is dripping out of the side.
For this customer, however, they got back a barely charred, unmelted grilled cheese, if you can even call it that. It cost them eight dollars and that's not even including the tip.
Little Mac
If you have never been to McDonald's, you probably still know that their signature burger is the Big Mac, a double-decker sandwich with two meat patties and other additions.
And that's exactly what this customer thought they were going to get. But when it came to them, they found that their burger had a complete lack of patties. This is most certainly not a Big Mac.
A Cheesy Gordita Crunch Without Cheese
A cheesy gordita crunch is supposed to be a taco wrapped in a flatbread with a three-cheese blend that also seals the whole thing together. Sound good? It's too good to be true, apparently.
When this guy went to get one from Taco Bell, they noted a complete lack of cheese. What is a taco without cheese? It's a sad, sad story, we'll tell you that much.
They Forgot The M&Ms
When you get an ice cream sandwich, you expect that the cookie part of it comes with some sort of chocolate chips on top. This person was hoping for a whole lot of M&Ms with theirs.
Too bad when they opened it there was but one M&M stuck to the corner of the cookie. It was a very sad sight to see, we have to say. At least this wasn't purchased by a little kid, or they might have just had a fit.
Half A Gift
The tassel may have been worth the hassle, but was the cup what you expected? This came with a styrofoam insert in order to avoid filling the mug with this sweet, sweet candy.
This is a really sad sight to see, especially considering the whole thing is a gift, so it feels kinda cheap. The title of the post says it best: "I Want The Rest Of My Jolly Ranchers."
No Chocolate Creme
Not only does the packaging show much more cream on the inside than the cookie comes with, but it also claims the cookies to be "melts". In no way are either of those things true.
We don't know why it's so hard to just put the true vision of the cookie on the package. It says "enlarged to show texture" not "changed so that you'll actually want to buy our product".
No Barbecue Sauce
This man ordered a rodeo cheeseburger from burger king. It comes with all the standards plus some extra onion rings on the inside and some barbecue sauce. Problem is, there's barely any sauce.
Sure, you can chalk it up to it being fast food, but how can anyone actually feel good giving this to someone? One of the main draws of the burger is that it should be loaded with barbecue sauce.
Missing Tomato Paste
When you open a fresh can of anything, you expect it to be a pretty good amount of whatever's in there. This person, however, opened their can of tomato paste to find a whole chunk of it missing.
It almost looks like someone opened it up, took it out, and then sealed it back up. How is there such a perfect hole cut right out of their paste? They may never find this one out.
Single Blueberry Granola
The packaging on the granola says blueberry, so why in the world is there only one blueberry in the bag? Don't they think that there should be a pretty even mix of grains to fruit?
Maybe you could argue that it says "blueberry", not "blueberries" if you're a smart alec, but the poster even mentions that the ingredients do say blueberries. Plural.
Tomato Wedge
When you ask for extra tomato, what do you think? You probably think you'll get a few extra slices, is that right? Well, wherever this guy went to, they had the wrong idea.
Instead of a few extra slices, he received one extra big slice of tomato. This may not so much be a scam like the others, but it sure does show a level of laziness at the burger joint.
One Chocolate Replaced By Cardboard
This box of chocolates is a really pretty one for sure. Full of heart-shaped, latte flavored chocolate, what isn't to love? It's the perfect gift for anyone to receive, even for yourself.
Well, the person who posted this one has gotten a few of these and noted something odd. They said that it used to come with five hearts, but now they replaced the top one with some cardboard to make it look like they still sell it in fives.
Just The Stems
What do you expect to receive when you buy a bag of frozen veggies? You'd probably expect them whole or cut into the size as mentioned on the bag. Not so in this case, however.
When they opened their bag of broccoli, they found that the only part that they got was the stem. Everything else from the broccoli had been cut off. Why must they be so cruel?
Would You Like Some Fish With Your Onions?
It's hard to tell because the packaging is in a different language, but this is supposed to be some fish rolled up into a container with some onions and olive oil.
They used the packaging, however, to get away with a not-so-nice tactic. They put some of the rolls on the outside for you to see and then filled the rest of the container with the onions.
Fruits By The Foots
Fruit By The Foot is an awesome candy because you quite literally get a foot of candy leather rolled up into one convenient package. The thing is that sometimes the candy from this company comes a little flawed.
This person found that their roll of Fruit By The Foot has an entire strip removed down the center. The two pieces of the candy isn't even connected and it's all just kind of sad.
One For The Price Of Two
Sometimes restaurants give you your food in packages that just beg the question "was I supposed to get more?" This case for the cheesecake was no exception to this.
The title of this post was "10 Dollar Slice Of Cheesecake!!! The Container Could Have Fit An Entire Second Slice Easily". For that amount of money, we would also expect there to be a bit more cake in the packaging.
Sprinkles Missing
Dunkin' Donuts is the best. It's so good that its slogan "America runs on Dunkin'" could really be true. But maybe one of the worst parts is that they grab you whatever pastry without looking.
This person went to Dunkin' expecting to get themselves a nice sprinkle donut. What they didn't know was that their donut had a defect. They took it out in the car to only find two sprinkles attached to the side.
Terrible Art
When you get a cake for someone you generally check to make sure that they can make the cake you want. What they have on display is usually a good sign, but sometimes they take on jobs they can't handle.
This little girl just wanted a nice Elsa cake for her birthday. While we do commend the job done with the hair, everything else just seems so sloppy. We hope they got themselves a discount.
Not So Long
We hate it when the packaging is much bigger than it needs to be. It just adds to the waste that it is eventually going to end up in and it's definitely just a waste of resources in general.
That's why it makes us so mad to see something like this. You expect your sour sticks to be long and delicious, but they don't how you everything and you end up with an extra six inches of plastic.
Jumbo, But Only Before They Were Cut
When you buy jumbo shrimp, you expect them to be...well, jumbo. This user, however, opened up their package to see what looks like a good chunk taken out of their shrimp.
One reader mentioned that the package says that they were pre-separated. We still agree that this would be shocking to most people who don't read the language since they made them look whole when closed.
Big Cone Or A Little Cone
This is the sad truth that comes with all of these pre-packaged cones of ice cream. They make such a big zone of air in the package so as not to damage the perfect peak at the top.
The thing is that you never know just how much air is going to be filled into the package. Not only that, but sometimes the ice cream gets crushed anyway and loses its perfect peak.
Blueberry-Free Muffin
We can all agree that the best part about a blueberry muffin is its inclusion of blueberries. They get soft and sweet and the whole thing is best enjoyed warmed up a little in the oven.
So who's bright idea was it to sell a blueberry muffin where there are only a couple on top? It's called a blueberry muffin for a reason. This is more like a muffin with a side of berries.
No Ice Please
Never get your drinks with ice when you go out. The amount of volume that the ice takes up is actually crazy because they add the ice to the brim of the cup before pouring the drink in.
This person found out the hard way. It looks like they only got about 4 ounces of soda from their cup, which looks like it can hold at least double the amount. This is why we skip the ice.
Tomato Salad
This person ordered a tomato salad in London. What they didn't expect was that their salad was just a nicely plated variety of slices of different types of tomato with a sprinkling of onion.
This is the most glorified salad we have ever seen. We don't even feel comfortable calling it a salad. The worst part is that this person was charged five whole punds for this.
Scary Ice Cream
Typically ice cream that has a cartoon character on it comes at least remotely shaped like them. It may not be the prettiest thing out there, but at least it resembles the character shown.
This ice cream, however, has no excuses. It's honestly the ugliest thing we have ever seen. It looks like an arts and crafts project frozen and put on a stick. Not to mention it's also pretty creepy.
Not Really Garlic Bread
Typically the thing on the front image of the package is a good rendering of what you're gonna get. Other times it's the thing that the food is flavored after and you can't actually tell what it would look like.
They should have guessed that they weren't actually buying a bag of toasted garlic bread, but rather some form of a chip. It's still disappointing to see such a delicious item misrepresenting the food itself.
That Is Definitely Not The Right Cookie
Like we said before, the image on the front of the box is usually supposed to be representative of what's inside the package. When it's cookies you especially expect it to be true to it's picture.
Is it so hard to ask to be truthful about what you're selling? There are plenty of cookies out there that look like that and come pre-packaged, so why did this cookie have to be such a disappointment?
Where Is The Rice Though
Typically when you order nigiri at a sushi bar you expect to get actual nigiri: a fish or vegetable lightly placed on a small, bite-sized portion of rice. It wasn't so for this unlucky individual who ordered some avocado nigiri.
When their order came to the table, they found that they had just been given the whole avocado and no rice. The worst part is that it doesn't even look like that good of an avocado. And it was also 10 bucks. That's just sad.
Wordless Valentine Candies
When you think of those little candies for valentine's day, you probably imagine those little hearts with writing on them like "I love you" or even just a heart. That's what he thought too.
When he opened this box of hearts from his girlfriend, he found that they were all just blank, chalky hearts. The package even knows what they're supposed to be. Where are the words??
Cannoli Conundrum
Cannolis are a delicious Italian dessert made from a rolled-up fried pastry and filled with a ricotta cheese filling. They are known to be completely filled with cheese filling and are incredibly delicious.
Little did this person know that there was a cheapskate out there selling cannolis. They didn't bother to fill it all the way, opting instead to drizzle a line of the cream cheese filling down the middle.
One Chocolate Chip Muffin
Ugh, we're back to another bad muffin. For the last time, just because it's called chocolate chip doesn't mean it should only have one singular chocolate chip inside. Where's the fun in that?
Unfortunately, that's exactly what this person got. It just doesn't make sense to make your muffins plain. They're super dry and in need of some filling love. The person who sold this has got to be the worst.
Sad Nachos
In every picture of nachos on the menu at restaurants, the box is always filled with tons of chips and cheese and sauces to dip them into. But it doesn;t always come that way.
This person ordered some nachos to find that they had only received about half of the chips pictured and barely any toppings to go with it. They might as well have just made this at home.
Big Burrito Small Burrito
Isn't it the worst when you buy something and the packaging makes it look like there's a lot more in there? Well, that's exactly what happened with this person's buritto.
As it turns out, the packaging was hiding the crucial detail that the wrap was actually split by a few inches of air. It's always so rude when they trick us into thinking we're buying more.
Chip Bags Just Keep Adding More Air
Speaking of buying more, they always do that with chips as well. They put so much air into the bag that you can never really tell if your getting all that bang for your buck.
Apparently, they came up with a new tactic: make a bigger bag for the same amount of chips and profit. We're not sure how this works legally. Isn't there something about false advertising? It says there's more, but it's the same amount.
Single Raisin Cinnamon Bagel
And we have yet another pastry that the bakers skimped out on the main ingredient. Cinnamon and raisin bagels are supposed to be exactly that, but this person was treated to some false advertising themselves.
This sad little bagel just wanted to be loved. It was supposed to come chock full of raisins but was instead given just one. Whoever made this really needs to add more to the recipe.
Six Dollar Slice Of Bacon
This person just wanted a side of bacon. It's not that hard. A few extra slices of bacon would have suffice, but apparently the restaurant didn't agree that that was the right call.
Instead, they opted to provide one long piece of bacon to the customer. Apparently, he paid six dollars for this too. We would have gone back and asked who ate the rest of it.
Popcorn Woes
You'd think that when you buy popcorn that nothing could go wrong. After all, this treat is super cheap and comes filled to the brim at the movie theater, almost overflowing in fact.
The only thing big about this popcorn, however, was the two boxes it came in. What was the point of all that big packaging if they were only going to include a handfull of popcorn?
It Looks Nice, But...
This is just criminal in our opinion. You can't just display your sandwich in a way that makes it look really full and delicious only to find it has half the ingredients missing.
This person wasn't looking to eat a plain bagel, they obviously bought it to eat as a sandwich. It only has one slice each of cucumber and tomato and only a single knife-stroke of cream cheese.
Oreo Ice Cream Without The Oreos
Usually, Oreo products are typically good about being true to their name. After all, the point of an oreo in a certain product is to actually have the cookie in the product.
What's going on here? The customer opened their oreo ice cream to find that it was just vanilla ice cream. There were no Oreos to be found. What is even the point in doing this?
Broccoli Flowers Are Always Just The Stem
Here we have another bag of broccoli, but this time it actually says on the packaging that it would come with "delicate roses". Apparently it does not come with anything delicate.
Instead, this bag of broccoli has no flowers on top and also comes with stems. These stems are massive though and don't look nearly as appetizing as the picture on the front of the bag.
On The Side Please
When you ask for an extra on the side of something you typically expect it to come on the side in some sort of container for you to put however much you like on it later.
No such luck here. This man's wife ordered extra sour cream on the side of her taco and they took it quite literally. The sad part is that they didn;t even really give her all that much extra.
Box Of Air Lined With Jerky
Another package that makes use of their labeling to hide what's really going on. It's also really sad because we talk about trying to cut down on waste, especially when packaging products.
It doesn't seem like this company cares, though. They see ready to trick you any day. Just look at how they set up this beef jerky. It's wrapped all the way around the side so you can't tell it's empty inside.
Just A Bun
This one is especially sad. We talked before about cookies and pastries not being truthful about how much filling they put inside their treat. This is just some next-level tomfoolery.
You can't honestly expect to get away with something like this. Poppyseed filling is best enjoyed when theirs a lot f it and brioche buns are the best to put them in. It looks like this brand just wants to sell you their bread, though.
Oreo Tin Is Nothing Special
Here are some more Oreo shenanigans, but this time there are actual Oreos inside the package. The only thing is, they look a lot more appealing than they let on.
The person who bought this quickly found out that they had pretty much just paid extra for the fancy tin. There was no differences in the cookies or the amount of them.
Lack Of Chocolates
Can companies stop using their packaging to hide that they aren't giving you what you want? It's honestly so rude and misleading and we don;t see how anyone could keep buying these producs.
The chocolate itself better be good enough to keep them in business like this. Look, they didn't even give an equal amount of everything! The green ones at the bottom look super unique and there should be more than just three.
Half A Cake
How hard is it, really, to make a cake with an extra layer on the bottom? You just have to make two separate cakes, layer them on top of each other, and do the same process to decorate it.
These bakers seem to think, though, that maybe putting an extra layer isn't worth the effort. Instead, they put the cake on a layer of styrofoam and decorated it with the same fondant. What a ripoff.
Air Sandwich
Listen, when you buy a sandwich at the local convenience store, you're not expecting it to be gourmet. That being said, you're certainly not expecting it to be lying about what's in it.
This guy seemed to get the ultimate scam, however, when he opened up his sandwich only to find two tiny pieces of meat and a small blanket of cheese to cover it. Who wants to eat an air sandwich??
Chocolate Sold Separately
We already doubt how luscious the chocolate inside these wafer rolls really would be. Probably not that stretchy and gooey. But we didn't expect it to be completely devoid of chocolate.
The poster of this mess-up managed to perfectly capture the feeling with their title: "I Didn't Know That You Have To Buy The Chocolate Separately". Capitalism at its best, everyone.
Unseasoned
Once again, we have an example of a package that makes use of its ability to hide the truth behind it. In this case, it was a while load of spices that were missing from the container.
We've already established that companies will try to make off with some of your product, but can't they just make a smaller package? At least that eay it'll look completely fool and will probably save them a few cents as well.
Empty Wrap
Finally, we've got the ultimate sad wrap ever. This one is a breakfast wrap from Tim Horton's. To be fair, they aren't exactly known for their wraps, but this is just terrible.
You'd think that they'd have the common decency to fill out the whole wrap instead of leaving it completely empty. No one likes to eat a sandwich without anything in it. The same goes for wraps.