Would you pay $40 for this feed? Man sparks debate after asking whether the price of his Thai takeaway was ‘ridiculous’ or fair enough
- Brisbane Thai take away customer sparks fiery debate over cost of his dinner
- The man posted picture of three dishes to Reddit saying they cost him $40
- The post started a heated debate which generated hundreds of comments
A man who spent $40 on dinner at a Thai restaurant in Brisbane has sparked debate online after asking whether he was overcharged for the meal.
The man took to Reddit on Saturday to share a photo of his takeaway seafood salad, garlic prawns and tom yum soup.
’40 dollars worth of takeaway. Is this ridiculous?,’ he wrote.
The Brisbane man posted the picture of his three Thai dishes (pictured) asking if it was worth the $40 he paid for it and the question sparked a heated debate
A handful of people were quick to agree with him, claiming the size of the meal didn’t warrant the cost.
‘I’m getting real sick and tired of people who have no idea about food costs claiming $40 for something like the above is remotely okay, it’s absolutely not,’ one person wrote.
‘Yep. 100 per cent ridiculous. We started cooking again during COVID. Ordered take out twice since,’ another added.
‘Why would you pay 40 for that?’ wrote a third.
However most were quick to defend the restaurant, pointing out that most hospitality businesses were already struggling during the pandemic.
‘There’s an hour of somebody’s time, from ordering to prep to cooking to cleaning up with expenses of electricity and probably rent in some of the highest per square meter cost and then profit for the business,’ wrote one person.
‘We can get angry.. but most restaurants are actually struggling,’ argued another.
‘No, frankly a lot of hospitality is on their last legs and margins in that industry are incredibly narrow to begin with.’
One in three workers from Australia’s food and accommodation sector have lost their job as a result of the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.
Hospitality workers aged 20 to 29 and over 70 were the hardest hit, with more than 40 per cent of those age groups left out of work.
Most were quick to defend the restaurant saying most hospitality businesses were already struggling during the pandemic with a mass of job losses on the back of closures (stock image of a Thai restaurant’s kitchen is pictured)