So you've seen that glossy billboard ad for the delicious Flame grilled burger on a fresh bouncy sesame seed bun, with perfectly melted cheese, immaculate shards of lettuce, the ripest juiciest tomatoes and relish oozing out in all the right places. Your stomach growls with yearning for the beautiful sandwich your eyes are beholding….So you make a bee-line for the nearest burger bar to order this wonder burger, you double check the poster in store to make sure your eyes were not deceiving you previously and low and behold there is your beautiful burger!! So you tell the cashier you would like to order the “super scrummy lumptious burger with extra cheese” and she gratefully takes your money and goes to prepare your lovely burger….
She returns and hands you a flabby grey lump of lard!
“But I wanted the burger in the picture” you exclaim indignantly. “THAT IS THE BURGER IN THE PICURE” she smugly tells you….
This is an all too common scenario, the gorgeous photos in fast food advertisements never really live up to expectations, so are they lying to us? Let’s take a look…....
THE MACDONALD'S BIG MAC
The Dream:
The Reality:
BURGER KING WHOPPER
The Dream:
The Reality:
MACDONALDS FILLET O' FISH
The Dream:
The Reality:
MACDONALDS SAUSAGE & EGG MCMUFFIN
The Dream:
The Reality:
(Just to gross you out) FATTY ARBUCKLE'S BEEF 'N' CHEDDER
The Dream:
The Reality:
I think we can safely say: what you see is DEFINATELY NOT what you get......
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