In this timeline, my stomach's whims led me and the janky time machine to Wendy's for what I envisioned as a swift, no-fuss lunch break. Little did I realize, that decision was about to serve me a hearty side of sticker shock. The culprit? The now-ubiquitous practice of surge pricing in fast food, akin to the 'Uberification'1 of virtually everything.
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