Imagine ordering room service at fancy hotel and realizing that pricey meal you ate was actually a frozen entree from Trader Joe’s.
That’s what TikToker Ellie McLemore, who goes by the handle @elle_pooh, realized after discovering that her $20 cacio e pepe was actually a $3.79 prepackaged dinner, stored in a “communal refrigerator.”
“My husband Josh went to grab us some things for breakfast,” she tells People. “He went to look for almond milk for my coffee in the refrigerator next to the buffet and that’s when he made the discovery of all the prepackaged foods.” That also included a chocolate lava cake they’d had for dessert the night before.”
Many users were outraged as well, including one who commented, “I would’ve lost my mind.”
Still, others theorized the markup was a fee for the service.
While McLemore acknowledges the unnamed hotel’s right to jack up the price of frozen food for their business, she thinks described it as a “chef-driven menu” featuring “original artisan food” is a misleading, to say the least.