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[–] GooberEar@lemmy.wtf 9 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

In my industry, there's a saying along the lines of "Good, fast, cheap. Pick two."

I think the fast food industry version is "Good, fast, cheap? No, no. And believe it or not, also no."

I don't eat fast food very often, so this is entirely anecdotal. Of the fast food chains I've eaten at in recent history, Taco Bell is by far the worst. Against my better judgment, I even broke down and gave them a second chance at a different location thinking maybe my first terrible experience was a fluke. Didn't work out. Makes me think it's bad everywhere. Wendy's has held up the best of the places I've eaten. It's definitely not cheap anymore, fast depends on the location as well as other factors, and good is relative, but overall it hasn't gone down hill as bad as the others.

[–] Anti_Face_Weapon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

What is your industry? That saying is awesome.

[–] GooberEar@lemmy.wtf 1 points 22 minutes ago

Software development. I certainly didn't coin the phrase, but it's well-known and I agree, pretty fitting even outside of the IT industry.

[–] 5too@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

I've heard it in engineering and software both

[–] CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

Pretty common saying in the business world.

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

taco bell definitely has one of the widest ranges in quality. one near my house is fucking awful and never gets the substitutions right, but the one 20 minutes away is great

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

To me it’s McDonalds, how something using the exact same ingredients and prep can taste so different and have vastly different delivery times in everyone you go to boggles the mind

[–] renzev@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

This sums up my experience as well. It's never been healthy, but at least it used to be cheap and tasty. But nowadays mcdonalds is so expensive I almost consider it a luxury, and the plastic-looking sauces and mystery meat are in no way appetizing (tho that might just be me getting older and changing preferences as opposed to the actual food getting worse)