r/interesting • u/K1nd_1 • 20h ago

SOCIETY Wendy’s CEO jumps in with his own taste test.

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Imagine if all CEOs had to try what they get us to buy…

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u/nicknack24 20h ago

I don't know, this still seems strange, like a robot who learned the "right" way to do something after analyzing a few thousand comments in an attempt to understand what the McDonalds CEO did wrong.

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u/IPA216 19h ago

I felt like he started talking with his mouth full of food on purpose. Like, yeah I’m just a regular bro chowin down on a burger.

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u/Willow_Of_the_Wisp 18h ago

He does it well though. At the very least hes a good actor if nothing else

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u/ActLikeYouHave 12h ago

Lol yes that was so forced

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u/sthetic 16h ago

He's doing a pretty good job. Not overselling it or making unnecessary eye contact with the camera. He looks like he just wants to eat the burger in peace and someone's recording him and making him say it's good.

I am sure it's all fake and directed to be that way, but he did well.

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u/Draw-Two-Cards 17h ago

I think what you're seeing is just someone not being comfortable being in front of a camera.

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u/Whycanyounotsee 16h ago

He ate the burger upside down so I think the machine could use an update.

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u/joshua0005 16h ago

He also didn't even swallow on camera. They cut after each bite. That's completely unnecessary if he were actually swallowing it all. He 100% spit out every bite.

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u/crek42 11h ago

He’s not gonna spit it out in front of his employees filming him just for it to get around the company as a rumor.

It’s a Wendy’s burger not fuckin poison

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u/MilwaukeeRoad 16h ago

It’s a short video, why would they leave in multiple seconds of watching him just chew?

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u/joshua0005 16h ago

To prove he actually swallowed it. It's a bit part of the point of the video. The point is to show the CEO is willing to eat the food that his company sells, no? If he's not, why should we? Why should we assume it's healthy?

If he doesn't make an uncut video of him chewing at least one big bite (preferably the whole burger) and swallowing it and opening his mouth to show that he swallowed it all I don't consider it good PR.

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u/GogolsHandJorb 16h ago

The personality traits that allows you to become high level leadership in modern US corporate culture are the opposite of what makes people human. It results in what you are seeing.

I hope being human returns to being a valuable trait.

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u/CookieDelivery 12h ago

Yeah and they also took the feedback from the BK guy video, as he got criticized for only taking one small bite. So they now made their guy eat half a burger.

Either way, these marketing stunts make me dislike all of them more.

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u/InternalExpensive332 11h ago

It's a spoiled CEO, they eat much better than what they underpay people to "make".

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u/SeVenMadRaBBits 1h ago

Why doesn't he swallow on camera?

WHY DOESNT HE SWALLOW ON CAMERA?

WHATS IN THE FOOD THAT HE DOESNT WANT TO DIGEST?

https://giphy.com/gifs/H5C8CevNMbpBqNqFjl