Don't believe advertisements. They're usually never true.
When I was a kid there used to be all kinds of amazing commercials for G.I. Joe, Batman and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. In the commercials the toys would do all sorts of unbelievable stuff. Naturally as a kid I would beg my parents to get these toys as clearly I was of the belief that they were real live action figures. (See a commercial full of lies below)
I would rush to the store, get the G.I Joe or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle come home, open the package and....nothing. The toy didn't do anything. It didn't fly on it's own, it didn't shoot it's own gun and it didn't blow up my other toys.
For obvious reasons I was disappointed. Here I had seen a commercial, believed it was real, begged my parents to buy it for me and then been lied to.
It seems that Wendy's has decided to take a similar route. No, Wendy's isn't selling toys but they are selling Frosty Shakes.
For obvious reasons I was disappointed. Here I had seen a commercial, believed it was real, begged my parents to buy it for me and then been lied to.
It seems that Wendy's has decided to take a similar route. No, Wendy's isn't selling toys but they are selling Frosty Shakes.
Late last week I was sitting watching TV and saw the most amazing commercial. It was a Wendy's advertisement for their new Frosty Shakes. In the ad they looked mouth watering. "Hand spun" Frosty with added flavor. Basically it appeared to be the ultimate milk shake.
I said to the wife - "babe, let's go get a Frosty Shake tonight." For some reason that I will never understand, she agreed.
Off we went, my heart filled with anticipation as we drove to Wendy's. In the good ole days the Frosty always came in only one flavor: chocolate. The lack of Wendy's to live on the Frosty edge always irritated me. Why did their Frosty only come in one flavor? Then they introduced vanilla - which for some reason everyone thought was so revolutionary.
So we get to Wendy's and I ordered a strawberry Frosty Shake. I was very very excited as you can tell from the picture above - it looks outstanding. When I get handed my small plastic cup (that sweats) the whipped cream was lopsided, the cherry was falling into the shake and it was slowly turning into strawberry looking milk.
Upon first suck it came to my attention that no only did it look like strawberry milk, it also tasted like it. The more I sucked the more it melted and the more it melted the more it tasted like Hersey's Strawberry milk. This would have been ok, however I paid almost $3 for a 12oz cup of milk.
This was not the standard, thick, creamy Frosty experience. Matched up against the Chick-Fil-A shake there is simply no comparison. It was runny, watery and just simply not that good.
There I was driving home from Wendy's sucking on my strawberry milk thinking about how Wendy's is full of lies. I was tricked, scammed and taken advantage of. I am an innocent consumer! I was just watching a commercial and Wendy's did an outstanding job of convincing me their new Frosty Shakes were a "must have". Not only was I convinced but I managed to convince my wife that I needed to have a Frosty Shake. My time, money and gas was completely wasted.
What was I thinking! Wendy's Frosty Shake commercials are just like any other advertisement - a kernel of truth in a field of lies. They might as well have been selling me G.I. Joe's that do nothing but sit there once you open the package.
What can we learn from this? Three things:
1. If you want strawberry milk, save money and just buy Hershey's Strawberry Mix.
2. If you want a Frosty - go with the original. If you want a shake - go to Chick-Fil-A.
3. Nothing has changed. TV ads have been filled with lies since the TV was invented. Don't let glorious food shots and a catchy voice over trick you.
You can watch the video below to see my real life disappointment....
I said to the wife - "babe, let's go get a Frosty Shake tonight." For some reason that I will never understand, she agreed.
Off we went, my heart filled with anticipation as we drove to Wendy's. In the good ole days the Frosty always came in only one flavor: chocolate. The lack of Wendy's to live on the Frosty edge always irritated me. Why did their Frosty only come in one flavor? Then they introduced vanilla - which for some reason everyone thought was so revolutionary.
So we get to Wendy's and I ordered a strawberry Frosty Shake. I was very very excited as you can tell from the picture above - it looks outstanding. When I get handed my small plastic cup (that sweats) the whipped cream was lopsided, the cherry was falling into the shake and it was slowly turning into strawberry looking milk.
Upon first suck it came to my attention that no only did it look like strawberry milk, it also tasted like it. The more I sucked the more it melted and the more it melted the more it tasted like Hersey's Strawberry milk. This would have been ok, however I paid almost $3 for a 12oz cup of milk.
This was not the standard, thick, creamy Frosty experience. Matched up against the Chick-Fil-A shake there is simply no comparison. It was runny, watery and just simply not that good.
There I was driving home from Wendy's sucking on my strawberry milk thinking about how Wendy's is full of lies. I was tricked, scammed and taken advantage of. I am an innocent consumer! I was just watching a commercial and Wendy's did an outstanding job of convincing me their new Frosty Shakes were a "must have". Not only was I convinced but I managed to convince my wife that I needed to have a Frosty Shake. My time, money and gas was completely wasted.
What was I thinking! Wendy's Frosty Shake commercials are just like any other advertisement - a kernel of truth in a field of lies. They might as well have been selling me G.I. Joe's that do nothing but sit there once you open the package.
What can we learn from this? Three things:
1. If you want strawberry milk, save money and just buy Hershey's Strawberry Mix.
2. If you want a Frosty - go with the original. If you want a shake - go to Chick-Fil-A.
3. Nothing has changed. TV ads have been filled with lies since the TV was invented. Don't let glorious food shots and a catchy voice over trick you.
You can watch the video below to see my real life disappointment....
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