Saturday 4 June 2022 05:49 PM Elon Musk recalls getting discounts at Jack in the Box after 1990s food ... trends now
Elon Musk has revealed that he took advantage of discounts at the fast food chain Jack in the Box after an infamous food poisoning incident in the 1990s.
Musk shared the tale in an interview with a Tesla owners fan club published on Friday, recalling how he and his brother Kimbal used to frequent a Silicon Valley location of the chain.
Although Musk, the richest man in the world, appeared to be poking fun at his younger self for scrounging to save money, the interview drew some backlash after he laughed while bringing up the 1993 outbreak that killed four children.
'Funny thing was, when we -- Jack in the Box was operating at a discount because, like a couple years earlier, people had died from eating at Jack in the Box,' he said.
Elon Musk has revealed that he took advantage of discounts at the fast food chain Jack in the Box after an infamous food poisoning incident in the 1990s
Musk said that in the mid-90s he ate dinner with his brother Kimbal at this Jack In The Box in Silicon Valley 'almost every night'
'So, we figure, like, this is a great, ok, they gotta charge less, you know?' continued Musk.
'I think they've improved their food quality or whatever. But because some people had died from food poisoning from Jack in the Box, it was -- like, like, that's how scroungy we were,' he said.
'Like, we're like, ok we're not gonna go to McDonald's. We're gonna go to Jack in the Box because the food is cheaper because they had food poisoning.'
Musk elaborated in a tweet following the interview: 'My bro & I had dinner at the El Camino Jack in the Box almost every night around late 95. Some people had died from food poisoning a few years earlier, so prices were low.'
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