MUST-HEAR audio clip: Enraged Jimmy Dean customer leaves voicemail after sausage is downsized

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Audio clip at the URL below:

http://consumerist.com/consumer/audio/devoted-customer-upset-jimmy-dean-downsized-sausage-16oz-to-12oz-but-charges-same-price-322223.php

Devoted Customer Upset Jimmy Dean Downsized Sausage 16oz To 12oz But Charges Same Price

Enraged by Jimmy Dean reducing the size of their sausage from 16 oz to 12 oz but still charging the same price, Randy Taylor left a voicemail complaint on Jimmy Dean corporate line. Randy has a southern accent and is quite upset with the Jimmy Dean sausage company. He threatens to never buy, and never eat, Jimmy Dean sausage again until they go back to making sausage like they used to. Click above to hear it (warning: curse words). How good an idea is this all-too common price-chiseling if it turns 30-year fans into boycotters?

"And you got three men who weigh over 200 pounds apiece...and a woman who's a little plump..."

:rofl:

[MrCoffee]

1. a 12-oz roll of sausage and a couple dozen eggs..it's for Southern people to eat!

this guy is my new friggin' hero! Randy Taylor, you are a :patriot: of the highest caliber! :yourock:

somebody DOES need their ass kicked over this.

[DS1]

6. and a t-bone steak

!

[Deja Q]

36. And 24 bottles of beer - ain't no sober person gonna whine over 4oz of already undersized sausage

:beer:

[Ahpook]

51. Reminds me of those Mr. Bergis pranks

Those are classic.

[idgiehkt]

2. that is priceless

:rofl:

"Son of a bitch...somebody needs their ass kicked!"

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[ET Awful]

3. Save money . . . save money

Goddamnit I wanna EAT :P

[Fire Walk With Me]

4. "600 lbs of men".

From Texas. And they're not getting enough to eat. And someone's 13-year-old daughter (who has 200lb men to look forward to).

Not the most pleasant image.

You could just mainline some lard and get the same effect, Randy.

[Release The Hounds]

9. I'm guessing that was a conservative estimate by Randy

Too damn funny

[Fire Walk With Me]

13. I don't know, he seems pretty sharp when it comes to noticing when 4 ounces disappear

Welcome to the Lounge, haven't seen your name before!

[DS1]

5. it always sounds like he's saying "roll of salt"

which is probably about right

and 24 eggs?

[matcom]

10. who the fuck eats a T-Bone STEAK with breakfast?

:wow:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

23. Ever been to a Texas Breakfast placE?

They have them in OKlahoma too... It's a regional thing.
Duckie

[fudge stripe cookays]

46. TEXANS, bay-bee!

We do everything bigger. Including our heart disease! :D

[LSK]

7. maybe its time for a diet???

:rofl:

[Bunny]

8. So help me that's one of the funniest things I've ever heard.

My stomach hurts from laughing so hard.

Did he say "...and a woman who's a little plump. A Scotch girl."?


:rofl:

[Beausoir]

14. Yep. That's what he said. I love this guy!

[trof]

19. Maybe 'stocky girl'?

[Deja Q]

39. I was wrong. Not 24 bottles of beer. 24 quarts of scotch. Whisky.

:beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer:

[taterguy]

11. Well fuck I'm gonna eat godamnit

Sorry if I spoiled the clip for those who haven't heard it yet

[Beausoir]

12. "We don't want none of that maple! We're not from the north!"

[lost-in-nj]

17. I laughed the hardest at that part

lost

[Critters2]

28. "Jimmy Dean Sausage is for Southern people to eat..."

[caty]

30. Two dozen eggs,

steak, and sausage for 5 people. And no one has had a heart attack yet. Maybe Jimmy Dead was just trying to cut their fat consumption a bit.

[Deja Q]

41. ***

:rofl:

[Deja Q]

40. Oi! Every real sausage comes with a tablespoon or two of maple. Maybe he's got sausage envy?

:hide:

[sasquatch]

62. Bow to us with our superior sausage

:D

[Deja Q]

15. Randy should be lucky that's the only sausage Jimmy's cutting down to size...

Ouch.

[lost-in-nj]

16. OMFG

priceless.....

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

lost

[SPKrazy]

18. "fuck i'm gonna eat god dammit"

:rofl:

:eyes:

[trof]

20. Get Zeigler's "Seasoned to Please" sausage, man.

STILL 16 oz.



Tradition at Zeigler is not just a matter of making fine seasoned meats. Tradition is a matter of quality and commitment on which our company was founded by Mr. R.L. Zeigler. When Mr. Zeigler bought his first grocery store in the early 1920's in Bessemer, Alabama, people came from all over to buy his homemade fresh pork sausage. When his pork sausage operation outgrew the store in 1927, he incorporated and opened his first packing plant in Bessemer, enabling him to increase the production of his prize winning sausage.

With that expansion came an unexpected, yet significant twist to the history of Zeigler. While on a trip to El Paso, Texas to purchase plant equipment, Mr. Zeigler overheard cowboys talking about buying cattle in Mexico at a good price-he had an idea. He awoke early the next morning, crossed the border into Mexico, and bought all the cattle he could find along the Union Stock Yards. Not only did he come home to Alabama with his plant equipment, but also as the largest cattle owner in the United States. This would allow yet another resource to develop his product line.

Mr. Zeigler's commitment to excellence was not limited to just his "Seasoned to Please" motto. He instilled his commitment of quality in his employees so that they exhibited the same pride in the company that was expressed by their founder. Mr. Zeigler introduced the first vacuum packed lunchmeat in Alabama, an innovation which paved the road to meat packing principles used today.

[Ahpook]

21. Yeah, i lost it on "delicious"

You could almost hear the drool hitting the floor.

That fucker loves the sausage:)

[Sheltiemama]

22. I have tears coming out of my eyes

And I'm snorting with laughter. I live in the South, and I predict he's the region's newest hero.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

24. I didn't start laughing until I read the replies to this thread...

:rofl:

[doc03]

25. Jimmy Dean got to hire him for commercials

I want some of that goddamn sausage myself I want to fucking eat.

[doc03]

31. That reminds me of the old movie "Hell Motel

or Motel Hell" that starred Rory Calhoun. He made sausage out of the people that stayed in his motel. He buried them up to their necks in the garden to tenderize them and when he was ready to grind sausage he would tie a rope around their necks and pull them up with his trusty John Deere. People traveled for miles to get Farmer Browns Sausage. I can see that family making their sausage the same way.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

34. "It takes all kinds of critters to make Farmer Vincent's fritters"...

One of my all-time favorite movies.

:toast:

[doc03]

42. Oh, farmer Vincent's I couldn't remember the name.

[eppur_se_muova]

60. 'Motel Hell' (1980) But he's most recently famous for this exchange ...

Burns: There you are...there you go, little fellow...and you.
{one of the puppies stands on its hind legs}
{gasps} Smithers, look: he's standing up. I've never seen anything so adorable! Do you know who it reminds me of?
Smithers: Benji?
Burns: No.
Smithers: Lassie?
Burns: No, no, no, a person. You know who I mean.
Smithers: Snoop Doggy Dogg? Bob Barker? David Brenner?
Burns: No, no! The person who's always standing and walking.
Smithers: Rory Calhoun?
Burns: That's it!

[Deja Q]

38. Nah. They'll just take his words like they took his puny 4 inches of sausage

:hide:

[BarenakedLady]

26. LOL...

:rofl:

Reminds me a little of someone I know.

[hippywife]

27. What I wanna know is

if he has that many hefty folks to feed, how is it that only 4 measly ounces makes that big a difference? :rofl:

[CreekDog]

29. Lucky for them, there are many emails that have solutions to this problem

So, they need not live with this problem indefinitely.

[JVS]

32. This has the potential to become one of the greatest advertising campaigns ever if they want.

I can just see the reintroduced 16 oz tube, available in all flavors but maple-sage

[supernova]

33. Does that make Jimmy Dean Sausage the new NEW COKE?

:rofl:

That's the funniest thing I've heard in a while. :-)

[Deja Q]

35. Now that I listened to it... I don't think Jimmy is threatened by his little texas sausage...

:hide:

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

37. That's priceless...

...you gotta live in this state a while to appreciate the native Texan -- believe it or not, you get to know them, you love 'em as much as you do anybody.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

43. I hear ya...

...I'm an Italian from a small town in Massachusetts, now living in California.

As such, while some people don't "get" the New York thing, the whole "What are YOU looking at" and "You talkin' to ME?" vibe, I know exactly where they're coming from.

:toast:

[fudge stripe cookays]

49. We kinda grow on ya.

We're lovable that way. :hi:

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

52. Yes you are...

:toast:

[Inchworm]

44. LoL- good one

Too funny.

:rofl:

[Rabrrrrrr]

45. I don't buy Jimmy Dean because they use MSG. Fuckers.

[MonkeyFunk]

47. This is all I could picture while listening to that....

[Rabrrrrrr]

50. I picture this

and his child:

[Critters2]

53. OMG!!!

[SacredCow]

61. I didn't hear any propane references, though.... n/t

[Name removed]

48. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[Deja Q]

54. Deleted redneck - sausage removed

Sorry, #48. :cry:

[DS1]

55. you really feel slighted about not getting in that chestnuts thread, don't you

so you're making it up here with sausage :P

[Deja Q]

58. Maybe

:rofl:

[CottonBear]

56. ROFL! I'm from the South and I understand his frustration.

:rofl: Seriously, that's such a freaking rip off: selling 12 OZ for the price they used to charge for 16 OZ.

I LOVE good country sausage and country bacon and eggs fried in the bacon grease (YUM!) but I have to eat veggie sausages and Egg Beaters these days.
:(

[GoddessOfGuinness]

64. The pathetic thing is, Jimmy Dean probably figured they'd get away with it...

the same way so many other companies have gotten away with the same shit. :(

Chances are, Mr I-want-to-eat-god-dammit voted for Dumbyass and all his corporate buddies. I still feel sorry for the guy.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

66. It's a 33 percent markup, pretty big, really. Plus dude's gotta buy two rolls now, and if he

buys 3 rolls, he'll have a little left over after two days, what a freakin' disaster!

[eyepaddle]

57. Now THAT was hysterical.

:rofl:

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

59. What can I say, dude loves his sausage. I feel his pain.

[ruiner4u]

63. Jimmy Dean sleeps through yard sale

RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) -- Legendary crooner and sausage king Jimmy Dean had a yard sale to unload stuff he no longer needs -- but he slept through it.

His wife, Donna Meade Dean, played host for the event Saturday at a historic Richmond-area home the couple owns while her husband slept in.

Prices ranged from $100 for a framed photo of Dean with Elvis Presley to $1 for a "Jimmy Dean for Coroner" cap.

All morning, people milled around tables, perusing the items that included Donna's worn flip-flops and plastic curlers, a book called "How to be a Texan" and a T-shirt that says, "I campaigned for Ross Perot and all I got was this lousy T-shirt."


http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/South/10/27/offbeat.dean.yardsale.ap/

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

65. The more I heard this clip, the more it makes me want to go get some Jimmy Dean sausage and fry it

up with some eggs, possibly even a T-bone.

That sausage must've had SOMETHING going for it to keep this guy's business 30 years. :shrug: