u/jasontheninja47

I’m the type of person where spending more than $10 on lunch just feels wrong, something about hitting those double digits ruins it for me. We are almost halfway done with 2026 and was curious about what you guys have found for cheap eats around Pittsburgh. (obviously everything sucks and is getting more expensive but what can you do ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )

I’m in East Liberty, so I end up defaulting to the McDonald's $5 meal deal + whatever points/freebies they’re running. Yeah yeah, I know but it’s $5.

Also been hitting Slice on Broadway during lunch because happy hour knocks a buck off slices, so 2 big ones come out to like $5.50 - 6.50 which feels like a steal

Trying to expand the rotation without breaking double digits

I don’t want to generalize too hard but my worst and nastiest guest interactions are always from guests in their 50s–60s.

Just had a guy absolutely go off and cuss me out because his ID wasn't working for our check-in process. This guy even called back later just to say, “I just trashed you guys on _____.com.” Like okay? What do you want me to do with that at this point?

It’s gotten to the point where after a bad interaction, even if it's over the phone or SMS where I can't see them, I’ll check the guest profile later and I can usually guess the age range before I even look.

I can’t tell if it’s a generational thing, or if that group is just more comfortable being vocal about complaints so it stands out more. Also maybe just the city. Am I just deep in confirmation bias or