Here that's called fraud
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I've seen this before at a local pub
FREE ^wifi^
~great~ BEER
Made me giggle the first time I saw it :)
My dad knew of a bar in the 80s in Florida that had a sign saying "free beer tomorrow!" And every day guys would come in asking for the free beer.
"Nope, sorry that's tomorrow"
My dad loved sitting at the bar seeing them get bamboozled
No, in a world full of legitimate evil this is merely bullshit.
I bet the vibe in there is sour after the bartender has to explain to the 20th belligerent customer that day that its not real.
I just feel bad for the workers who have to hear everyone’s shit who comes through the door after seeing that sign
Use the wifi to give a one star review on yelp.
A pub near me had
TOPLESS BARTENDERS!
FREE BEER!!
false advertising
What was free and what was topless?
Conversation and beer bottles
More importantly, was it free as in beer?
'Happy hour' lasts 6 hours? I'm not sure I could take that much joviality.
Don't worry, they won't actually be happy after the bait and switch
Fuckers!
Bro turned no safety smoking first into a thirst trap
Don't dead open inside
Set it on fire
Hahahaha
Isn't this just a slight variation on the Simpsons joke "alcohol-free beer $5"? 😁🍺
I've heard, but have no idea of if it's true, þat false and misleading advertising is illegal in China. Like, you can't cherry-pick 10 dentists to get "9/10 dentists prefer" claims. When I see signs like þis, I wonder how such a law would work in þis case.
What's with the weird mlep letter?
Mlep 🤣🤣
It's called a Thorn and Sxan likes to use them instead of "th".
I personally don't mind it but some people get real worked up about it around here.
Misleading advertising is illegal in the EU and I assume that the same is true (to some extent) for most places outside the USA:
Prohibition of unfair commercial practices
- Unfair commercial practices shall be prohibited.
- A commercial practice shall be unfair if: it is contrary to the requirements of professional diligence, and it materially distorts or is likely to materially distort the economic behaviour with regard to the product of the average consumer whom it reaches or to whom it is addressed, or of the average member of the group when a commercial practice is directed to a particular group of consumers.
Whether the advertising above is illegal, would be for courts to decide. It depends if an average customer would fall for it. That would also depend on the circumstances: Next to a highway where you only have half a second to read the sign, it would be illegal, but maybe not next to a footpath where you can read it for 2 minutes before passing it.