Sunday after church we headed out to Taco Bell b/c I love Taco Bell.
We went to a TBell that we have been to many times before and I ordered what I normally order for the kids - a 2-soft taco kids meal...comes with, you guessed it, 2 soft tacos plus a small soda and an order of cinnamon twists (oh yeah and a lame toy - it was a Halloween themed toy and Halloween is long gone).
I brought the bags to the table and lo and behold the bags only consisted of one taco so I went up to the counter to inquire.
"The Kids Meal only comes with one taco now" the guy said. "It started a week ago."
I asked, "Well did the price change?" "It's a little cheaper" he said.
I'm sure there was a change on the overhead menu that stated that it only came with one taco but as it was our usual order I never thought to check that out.
I'm not sure how much cheaper the meal might be b/c I couldn't remember the previous price...but I know it was not reduced by the full cost of one soft taco.
The kids were STEAMED. They felt like they were totally ripped-off...even though it was MY money not their money :) Their reaction was that they don't ever want to go to TBell again!
Personally it would seem to have made more sense, if it's a money issue with TBell (and everything would be) that they should have just raised the price slightly on the 2-taco meal rather than reduce the price a bit and remove HALF of the meal!
The kids specifically asked me to blog about this so that other hapless families would not be caught unawares! :)
We went to a TBell that we have been to many times before and I ordered what I normally order for the kids - a 2-soft taco kids meal...comes with, you guessed it, 2 soft tacos plus a small soda and an order of cinnamon twists (oh yeah and a lame toy - it was a Halloween themed toy and Halloween is long gone).
I brought the bags to the table and lo and behold the bags only consisted of one taco so I went up to the counter to inquire.
"The Kids Meal only comes with one taco now" the guy said. "It started a week ago."
I asked, "Well did the price change?" "It's a little cheaper" he said.
I'm sure there was a change on the overhead menu that stated that it only came with one taco but as it was our usual order I never thought to check that out.
I'm not sure how much cheaper the meal might be b/c I couldn't remember the previous price...but I know it was not reduced by the full cost of one soft taco.
The kids were STEAMED. They felt like they were totally ripped-off...even though it was MY money not their money :) Their reaction was that they don't ever want to go to TBell again!
Personally it would seem to have made more sense, if it's a money issue with TBell (and everything would be) that they should have just raised the price slightly on the 2-taco meal rather than reduce the price a bit and remove HALF of the meal!
The kids specifically asked me to blog about this so that other hapless families would not be caught unawares! :)
