If there’s one thing I’ve learned about life, it’s to manage your expectations . Not even just with things like relationships or finance, either. I’m actually talking about the kinds of products you buy versus what they advertise.
These people learned the hard way that some things just don’t live up to our expectations. I’m not gonna lie, these pictures have me cringing a little bit.
“Gigantic box of Jelly Babies less than half full.”
I hate when companies make their packaging so much bigger than the actual product. It feels like false advertising. I mean, yes, it says one kilogram, but how many of us can actually tell at a glance how many candies that would be in the box.
“The customer service was great, at least.”
On the plus side, the socks almost look like how they’re supposed to. I guess that’s the biggest problem with buying things online. They always look better than they do in person.
“Pizza Guys Cinnamon Twists.”
See, I could excuse the lack of presentation. But the one thing about those cinnamon twists that’s really offensive is the fact that they’re burned. Like, did no one check on them before selling them to someone?
“Little Caesar’s Twix Brownie.”
The picture that Little Caesar’s is advertising looks way too good to be true. But you still probably wouldn’t expect to get what looks like literal diarrhea on a plate.
“Found this at the store…”
Apparently those containers are to hold kitchen stuff, like coffee and sugar. I’m honestly more confused by their appearance than I am offended by the way the S on the actual container looks so sad in comparison to the packaging.
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“Sponge Rob.”
I hate everything about this. Like, sure, those popsicles that are made to look like characters never actually look like the characters in question. But that doesn’t mean they have to look like demons.
“This looks like a severed tongue.”
To be fair, though, the image on the package doesn’t look that much better. I think they should’ve probably used a different shade of pink for the heart.
“Ice Cream Cake from Baskin-Robbins.”
Sometimes I wonder about cake artists. Like, obviously there are some bakeries out there where they’re actually trained to make beautiful cakes. But what about underpaid teens that work at, like, Dairy Queen or something?
“This watermelon popsicle…”
Somehow, this one is worse than the SpongeBob popsicle. Like, this almost looks like it’s ready to melt, which isn’t helping things one bit.
“Bold and Baked.”
The chip in the person’s hand doesn’t even look like it came out of that bag. It doesn’t even look like they’d be sold in the same section of a store! What kind of evil sorcery is this!?
“Subway Pizza.”
To be honest, Subway and pizza don’t really sound like they should go together, anyway. So, like, is anyone actually surprised that this is how Subway pizzas end up looking?
“The cheesy bite pizza from Pizza Hut looks different.”
It’s amazing how fast food can let us down in so many different ways. It’s almost like minimum wage fast food workers don’t care enough to make their stuff look good!
“I think I made a mistake.”
Don’t you hate it when you go to buy or make a sock monkey, but end up with a sock voodoo doll?
For real though, the amount of exposed stitches in that thing are really starting to bother me.
“No, it did not taste good.”
A part of me wanted to say that the microwave meal probably looks more appetizing once you heat it up. But I’ve had them before, and they never look or taste as good as the picture.
Those are two different things.
You know, at least most of the other things in this list actually tried to kind of look like their packages. This is basically just a different ice cream bar. Beyond disappointing.
“Completely inedible tempura maki. Why is it swimming in sauce???”
Sushi is hard to make perfectly, but even harder to make badly. I have no idea how this one got so wrong, but it doesn’t look like the kind of thing you should ever put in your mouth.
“Over 25% of the cookies were missing an M&M. Stupid elf has one job…”
This is, like, only mildly frustrating. At least there are still M&Ms on the cookies. But still, the fact that they show three but you only get two? Rude.
At least the M&M ones aren’t as bad as this one.
On the plus side, it’s probably the one thing on this list that’s the closest to looking like the packaging. But at the same time, the placement of the chocolate chips makes me want to tear all my hair out.
“Left is what I wanted and Right is what I got.”
Getting fake nails has always stressed me out because I’m afraid of something like this happening. I don’t want to spend money on something I’d immediately try to get off my hands.
“Home decor store pic from the website vs reviews.”
I feel bad for the person who bought this thing and learned the hard way that it doesn’t look anything like the advertisement. But I’m also glad they could leave a review to show people what this monstrosity actually looks like.
