News Item: In 2025, Wendy's will begin experimenting with surge-style pricing, increasing prices on menu items as demand increases throughout the day.
In response, I offer this scenario, suggested by the 1980 film Popeye:
Popeye: Bunch of carrots?
Mr. Geezil: No, no.
Popeye: You ain't got to carrots? What are those, prunes?
Mr. Geezil: POOEY ON CARROTS. Canned broccoli.
Popeye: I am in the mood for carrots. I need me vitamins.
Mr. Geezil: POOEY ON CARROTS. Take spinach.
Popeye: If I wants spinach, I'll axe yez for spinach.
Mr. Geezil: So, why didn't he say so? For you, each a dollar.
Popeye: How much is the broccoli?
Mr. Geezil: Nickel, maybe dime.
Popeye: And the spinach?
Mr. Geezil: Dime, maybe quarter.
Popeye: Then how come carrots is a dollar?
Mr. Geezil: Dollar fifty. You buy what I don't feel like selling, it cost you two dollars.
Popeye: [Begrudgingly takes offered carrots, tosses a coin.]
Mr. Geezil: Uh uh uh uh, no, no, this is a nickel!
Popeye: I pays what I feels like payin'.
