Yes, this article is absurd. Do we have to tell people to cook their bacon too. Why do media types treat American consumers as children.

Does no one here fault the morality of the buyer?!? Jesus H - its like Tom is completely absolving the buyer of any fault, here. Nobody held a gun to the buyer’s head and said “sign here”. This speaks more to the “I deserve a new car” mentality of people than it does to the sales tactics of a car dealer. Dealers are…

As someone who’s done many a financial work up and P&L analysis on Subway franchises, you’re incorrect. The food and franchise fees alone are often 40% of the restaurant’s income. Chips might be sold at 3x cost, soda at 10x, but that’s still not enough to balance out losing 40% off the top, before labor and fixed…

Quiznos did it to themselves with those dreaded Spongmonkeys

I think Quiznos is in worse shape than Subway is. They went from more than 5,000 franchise locations at their peak to fewer than 800 today. 

If you are talking about materials cost of the sandwich, sure, but they’ve gotta keep the lights on and such too.

Well, franchisees have already lost millions of dollars and had to close over the $5 footlongs. So BOGO deals that result in even cheaper subs are even worse. My guess is that Subway is jacking their franchisees.

Squeeze air out of bag, use chip clip, boom.

And they say journalism is dead...

Username checks out.

The real monsters are the airlines who pack us into aluminum cans and make us choose sides in the recliner/reclinee battle.

I fly American to CLT a lot for work from PA. It’s a 2 hour flight, and because I always buy the cheapest ticket I can, I am often in the last row, because the last row is the cheapest, and he got what he paid for.

From the company that brought you the delicious, industry-changing stuffed crust pizza comes... The same idea but worse in every way? This is the sort of lazy gimmick that makes no sense but explains why they’re no longer number one. Pizza Hut stores don’t have deep fryers, baked foods that were meant to be fried are…

They bought their seat, they have to sit in it. It’s not anyone’s responsibility to give up their seat features they rightfully paid for. If a person can’t sit in their seat and be comfortable without imposing their will on other passengers, they bought the wrong seat.

If you don’t like the lack of space when the seat is reclined, then pay for a business or first class ticket.

As he is in the last row, which typically has zero recline, he most likely opted for the absolute cheapest flight cost possible. You get what you pay for.

That’s Pizza Hut! 

Weird, I’ve always associated the term “poppers” with cheese stuffed jalapenos.  Well, that and drugs.  I’ve never heard breaded cheese sticks/bites called poppers before.

He’s literally Papa John though.

You’re 58 years old and supposedly worth $800mil.