Submitted by ComradeBabushka t3_z2cl8s in tifu
This happened about 3 years ago when me and my parents went to this fancy seafood restaurant in Thailand. Alright so we sit down and we’re browsing through the menu and I spot a lobster dish which only costs about $5.5 and I was like holy shit this is so worth it so I order it. The dish comes in and since it was so cheap I just ate it all without bothering to share with my parents. After I finished I was thinking damn I want more and its only $5. So I ordered another dish. I was thinking to myself, “why aren’t more people ordering this, its so cheap and delicious”.
Well lo and behold, my dad receives the bill and he is horrified and visibly paler, he passed the bill to my mum and she gasps. The bill was around $130 and a $100 were those two lobsters while my dad and mum ate around $30 worth of food combined. I was like “WHAT, THAT’S NOT RIGHT“ because the lobsters are $5 each so we look at the menu and my dad is in pure disappointment and says “It’s $5 per 100 grams” and the lobsters I ate were definitely not only a 100 grams.
Looking back at it, I was not the brightest teenager and should’ve remembered that if we are sitting in a fancy restaurant in the most prestigious mall, i don’t think they would be selling lobster for 5 dollars.
(Changed currency for better comprehension but it was in THB so $5=200THB while $55=2000THB)
EDIT: Changed my mistake where I wrote “Lord and behold” instead of “Lo and behold.”
TL;DR I thought lobster was only $5 but it was actually $55