Appreciation post: The day a fast food chain apologized with free fries for 30 days

So Burger King had that whole 'Whopper Detour' thing where they basically told you to go to McDonald's to get a deal. Launched it on April 1st 2023 and the app crashed for like 4 hours. I tried to claim my free Whopper on April 2nd and it kept erroring out. Somehow they emailed me a coupon for free medium fries with every purchase for a whole month because of the glitch. Has anyone else gotten an apology that was actually worth the headache?

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cora_scott771mo ago

oh the "30 day free fries" thing was actually a promo they did on purpose, not an apology lol. it was a limited time offer from February 2023 where you got free fries with any purchase for a month if you bought a whopper on valentine's day or something. the app crashing thing was a whole separate mess.

xena11mo ago

Wait, did anyone actually finish all 30 days of those fries without getting sick of them?

daniel_lane301mo ago

Used to think a month of free fries sounded awesome but yeah I got tired of them by day 12. The salt and grease just hit different when you eat them that many times in a row. Definitely changed my mind about how much of a good thing you can actually handle.

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