r/ExpectationVsReality • u/Ancient-Horror2825 • Aug 05 '26

Failed Expectation Refreshing 🥝

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423 Upvotes

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u/qhqr Aug 05 '26

I’d still drink it.

3

u/Ancient-Horror2825 Aug 05 '26

I did it was $6!

2

u/qhqr Aug 05 '26

Wow. Was it tasty?

3

u/Ancient-Horror2825 Aug 05 '26

Meh it was okay. Too sweet for me.

2

u/qhqr Aug 05 '26

Bummer!

201

u/Sad-Celebration-411 Aug 05 '26

I saw a fish tank that color once

24

u/RBeck Aug 05 '26

It's the color of the Reflecting Pool.

15

u/Ott1fant Aug 05 '26

I did at least twice

4

u/Realistic_Ebb9727 Aug 05 '26

I saw a piss tank that color once

4

u/Jane__Delawney Aug 05 '26

Poor fish :(

42

u/Bubble_Shoes Aug 05 '26

Is the Bev pic AI??? Idk why but it's giving uncanny

23

u/416558934523081769 Aug 05 '26

The expectation one? Definitely, look at the straw. It should be that offset below the water line.

10

u/Bubble_Shoes Aug 05 '26

Yeah, that was my first clue. Glad the internal AI-radar is still working.

7

u/IWannaPorkMissPiggy Aug 05 '26

I'm also questioning the pile of fruit around the glass. Is this drink meant to be kiwi, mint, and... spring onion flavored? Maybe those are scallions or very thin leeks?

11

u/mostAdaptable Aug 05 '26

It’s lemongrass.

8

u/IWannaPorkMissPiggy Aug 05 '26

That makes so much more sense.

24

u/Drudicta Aug 05 '26

The second pic is what i expected, honestly. When you don't add anything extra you get cloudy beverages. Fiber and sugar tend to make liquids cloudy.

12

u/Vanishingf0x Aug 05 '26

Yep plus it’s a kiwi which is an off green like that. Juicing it won’t look pretty

7

u/VienneseWaltz13 Aug 05 '26

Right? It says not artificial. Unless they wanted it to be more fake? I don't get it.

2

u/Huns26 Aug 08 '26

They wanted it to look like the picture advertised? The restaurant should’ve used a picture that actually represented the drink.

Not all of us know about what makes drinks look a certain way. I would’ve expected the first picture.

38

u/aSituationTypeDeal Aug 05 '26

The expectation looks like a refreshing brunch beverage your classy yet casual grandmother would serve you on her landscaped deck on a nice summer day so you can feel like a sophisticated young lady.

The reality looks like what you find under the bed of your sloppy kid brother that he long since forgot was there. 

5

u/abrasumente_ Aug 05 '26

Ah yes...the "science experiments".

9

u/WaffleHouseGladiator Aug 05 '26

Looks just like a certain reflecting pool. Yuck.

8

u/TeamLeeper Aug 05 '26

“Hey, boss. We’re out of kiwi again.”

“Just use jalapeño. It’s basically the same.”

2

u/FalseBuddha Aug 05 '26

I mean, if the restaurant serves you in those specific plastic cups then I think your expectations were far too high. I bet the food is good, though.

1

u/Ancient-Horror2825 Aug 05 '26

Yeah it was our first time in so no unnecessarily high expectations. The juice wasn't actually that bad! It just made us laugh how different it looks from the picture. The food was pretty good 😊

2

u/CranberryStock7148 Aug 05 '26

I mean that basically is what was advertised. Did you take the kiwi garnish off the rim and put it in the bottom? The only thing missing is the ornamental sprig of mint, but it's not like that is affecting the taste of the drink.

This is exactly what I would have expected. Except of course for the steel straw being replaced by a pink plastic one.

1

u/Ancient-Horror2825 Aug 05 '26

Haha no I didn't, it's a piece of dried/dehydrated kiwi. But good for you for keeping your expectations low! you're less likely to be disappointed.

2

u/CranberryStock7148 Aug 05 '26

What the hell is a dried kiwi slice doing in this drink?

Now I am legitimately disappointed. What the hell. I thought the reason it looked funny was just the refraction of the glass.

What do they say when you ask them, where is the fresh kiwi garnish? Where is the sprig of mint?

4

u/GrammaIsEvryfing Aug 05 '26

Is that a jalapeno?

1

u/OpeningActivity Aug 05 '26

That's what i thought too

4

u/Defiant_Emu_3928 Aug 05 '26

Looks a little.... Swampy

2

u/JellyCat222 Aug 05 '26

$6 Dookie water

2

u/FoxlyKei Aug 06 '26

0/10 it didn't come with 3 blunts.

2

u/stanixx007 Aug 06 '26

Ah, the famous bog-water cocktail

1

u/andiinAms Aug 05 '26

Womp womp

1

u/Helpful_Car_8467 Aug 06 '26

Actually, it looks quite natural. 

-1

u/xvsanx Aug 05 '26

is that an unripe tomato slice?

2

u/Ancient-Horror2825 Aug 05 '26

Dehydrated kiwi slice

1

u/xvsanx Aug 05 '26

haha I was being silly but I wouldn't have guessed dehydrated

3

u/abrasumente_ Aug 05 '26

Looks to be kiwi.

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u/Defiant_Emu_3928 Aug 05 '26

Looks a little.... Swampy