Bait and Switch: Packaging Design Fails That Will Make You Mad

7. Carefully Chosen Pate

Product Cost: $20.01 Acquired at: Food Store Created by: Particularly Chosen One customer purchased brussels and caramelized shallot pate. The pate in question appeared to be a single, lengthy piece. However, the customer discovered that over a third of the pate was missing when they opened the package, and the lengthy portion was actually just two tiny pieces packed next to one another, so this was more of a snack than a meal.

Reddit.com / Specially Selected Pate @u/NoFixedName For the benefit of bewildered Americans, pate is a European paste, cake, or pie prepared from forcemeat, most commonly liver. This pate comes originally from Belgium. Such food is available from specialty shops all around the world (and in retailers like ALDI in the United States).

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