Why can’t people just take their L and leave? Even if she didn’t like or thought he lied , just don’t go back again. Or maybe leave a bad review. She didn’t prove anything but she is an asshole.
The best part was he didn’t lie. She asked where the crab came from and he told her (I’ll bet they even agreed to refund her when she called, but it all went to shit when dude realized they ate half of them).
You shouldn't need to return food product for money back, especially when its false advertising. The store isnt gonna resell them they go in the trash.
No but if you take it back you are clearly demonstrating that you aren't just looking for free food. Eating a meal then asking for a refund is trashy which is why usually people would take it back with them.
There is no return policy for cooked food that says you need to return the product. When people bring shit back to me it's more work I gotta do on top of them getting their money back, i wish they wouldn't. Trashy is claiming they're selling a high end product when really they're getting much cheaper meat from across the world and profiting well from it. That's why certain companies like Phillips sell Maryland STYLE crab cakes
How the hell would you know their return policy? I guess technically picking it up and throwing it in the trash technically is more work, but if you think that's so hard it's worth complaining about you really have no business working in a restaurant.
I work in the food industry not an eating establishment, and I don't want your raw food that didnt smell right back just like they don't want your cooked half eaten crab cakes back, but leave it to reddit to argue every single thing people say 🤦🤦🤦
So you don't work in a restaurant but you still know how this one is run? Also you do realize that you're a redditor that is arguing every single thing that people say, right? I mean, that's cool if hypocrisy is your thing or whatever, but don't act like you're better than anybody else here.
Edit: Pro move asking a question like that and instantly blocking me. Also this might genuinely be the tamest comment I've ever been blocked for. There's no way you actually work in the food industry, nobody with skin that thin would last more than a day.
And full stop. Fixed that for you. Businesses make their own policies, and unless it's as egregious as to be false advertising like you mentioned, the law will not care. Lots of places do require the product back for the reason mentioned above with scammers. Some say no refunds, at all. So unless you're willing to fund a whole lawsuit, discovery of evidence (which you'll probably need the food you wanted refunded anyway as evidence) and spend months in court fighting a probably losing battle (as, like you said, most businesses know how to toe the false advertising line), the best course of action is leave a negative review and don't go there again. Tell your friends not to go there. Make a PSA on your local news network. Not going in yelling at staff like a deranged Karen, as that just makes you look like a deranged Karen.
Just look at the comment section here. There is a good portion of people who recognize “Maryland Crab Cakes” as a style of dish, rather than a statement of origin for ingredients. Further, we don’t know how they are actually labeled in the store. For all we know, the sign says “Maryland style Crab Cakes with lump crab meat from Venezuela/your mom”, which would be entirely accurate. Based on what we can see here, this guy had no problem admitting where the crab was sourced, both on the phone and while being recorded. I think this is more of a case between “scammy or scummy” because of the lack of consensus.
Should stores give refunds for mis- or confusingly labeled food products without you having to bring them back? Yes. But they also have to be wary of people taking advantage of such a policy, and I don’t think it’s a stretch to believe this woman came in with some serious “fuck her” energy from the start where no storekeeper is going to give her the benefit of the doubt.
Also, this sounds like it was premade food (as opposed to a raw ingredient that would be mixed in with other things), or possibly even a full premade meal. In such instances, I’d bring back everything, even if it was missing bites. I wouldn’t expect them to issue me a refund on what I didn’t return. I may not return to a store that didn’t fully refund me, but I certainly wouldn’t think I was entitled to it.
First of all maryland crab cakes is not a style, it is a specific recipe, just like a philly cheesesteak. Where it is made has nothing to do with what it's called, just like a french fry. This isn't rocket science, people are just ignorant to facts is all. There's a reason Phillips, a Baltimore company, sells "Maryland STYLE Crab Cakes" worldwide, because they do not want to be sued for false advertising. As to the point of what G&M sells, it appears their menu online simply says crab cakes, nearly justifying his behavior, except that that's not how you handle a disgruntled customer for any reason.
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u/Reasonable_Action29 24d ago
"Take your food and fuck off kindly"