Sorry! You Were Rude to Me So Now You Get No Hot Dog

About

Sorry! You Were Rude to Me So Now You Get No Hot Dog is a series of exploitable redraw memes based on a photoshopped image of a server or waitress at Nedick’s fast food restaurant pointing to a sign that appears to read, "Sorry! You were rude to me so now you get no hot dog." The original image shows the woman pointing at a sign that reads, "Sorry! No hamburger today. Tuesday, you know!" and was purportedly taken sometime around World War I or World War II during rationing when the government promoted the idea of refraining from serving specific types of foods on specific days. The "no hot dog" edit was posted online as early as 2013 and became the subject of redraws throughout the 2010s and 2020s.

Origin

The earliest known upload of the "no hot dog" photoshop was posted to the ladybunny Blogger^[1] site on September 27th, 2013, although this is not likely the true origin (shown below, left). The image shows a server at a Nedick's restaurant holding a hot dog in her hand, the sign reading, "Sorry! You were rude to me so now you get no hot dog."

According to a 2020 Fake History Hunter^[2] post, the image is a photoshop. In the article, they share the original image (shown below, right), which features the woman pointing to a sign that reads, "Sorry! No hamburger today. Tuesday, you know!" The article suggests that the photo was taken during one of the world wars and showcases how the government encouraged ideas like Meatless Tuesdays and Wheatless Wednesdays to restaurants in order to ration food.

Spread

The photoshop gained viral spread throughout the mid-to-late 2010s and the 2020s, inspiring numerous redraws. On January 23rd, 2015, the photoshop was posted to /r/pics,^[3] garnering over 4,500 upvotes in nine years. On October 9th, Tumblr^[4] user steveinaspeedo posted the image, garnering over 20,000 notes in the same span of time. On the same day, Tumblr^[5] user silverstarsheep posted a redraw of the meme depicting the server as Sans, garnering over 1,060 notes in a similar timeframe (shown below).

On August 24th, 2016, u/zeirodeadlock posted a version of the meme referencing Team Fortress 2 to /r/tf2,^[6] garnering over 1,900 upvotes in eight years.

On August 16th, 2019, Tumblr^[7] user raringgarlic118 posted an edit of the meme replacing the woman with Mercy from Overwatch, garnering over 11,000 notes in five years (shown below, left). On July 8th, 2023, X^[8] user @bingus_enjoyer posted a Chainsaw Man redraw of the image, garnering over 7,600 likes in six months (shown below, right).

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