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It looks like someone didn't order a Bud Selig hot dot dog, which is big, plump and full of questionable substances which are ignored by the management.
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@Vandelay Import Export: It could have been found floating in the trash can. Someone could have thought it was perfectly fine for consumption and sold it.
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When I first saw the pic I thought it was a corned beef sandwich. Ew.
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Ewww. Gross. I do love the food at Nationals Park, though. The team may not win that often, but you can take solace in the food. I haven't been to Camden in nearly a decade, so I can't really vouch for them.
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I don't see the problem. You're a Red Sox fan. I would have given you that messed up hot dog as well. Go Mets!
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Judging by the amount of empty seats there I saw on tv over weekend I'm gonna guess you got a left over dog from a few nights earlier.
What is that photo? Everytime I see it, I start laughing. I'd throw a Halloween party if it meant someone arrived wearing that costume.
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Once again, glad to be a veg
I would have gotten up out of my seat and taken it back. Why text? That's so 2005.
Anyway, that's pretty much what a Dodger dog always looks like so I'm not sure I see a problem.
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@clickertrainer: Agreed, simply taking this back to the counter and asking for a new one would have been a quick, easy resolution. Seems like the OP was just making an issue for the sake of it rather than really caring.
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@Zerkaboid: Taking it back to the counter and getting a new one doesn't make for a good Consumerist article, duh
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For some things in life, face to face interaction is still the easiest way to get resolution. Walking back up to the vendor, showing the dog, and politely asking for a replacement takes some effort, but it's a lot better than sitting hungry.
On the off chance that someone actually came with a replacement dog after you resorted to getting a new one yourself, odds are they'd just give it to you.
I'm guessing that number is more for security issues and less for sad hot dog issues.
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@bball123h: I texted them on Friday asking where the fried dough was and got a response within 5 minutes telling me where both stands were. Now if only it had actually been worth eating...
@bball123h: That's what I was thinking. Issues such as \"someone is in my seat,\" or \"my seats are covered in someone's vomit,\" or \"someone just hurled a hot dog at me\" (sad or otherwise) are probably the types of complaints that the number is for, not \"my hot dog looks terrible.\"
@pecan 3.14159265: \"It looks like someone hurled a hotdog into a piece of foil and served it to me\"?
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The trick is to get the dogs outside near Pickle's. 3 for $5 and you can foil wrap them and take them into the stadium. Same dogs as inside, just not grossly overpriced.
@zegolf: I haven't been back since the hotel went up, but the dudes with the big grill that used to set up shop accross the street from there were always good for $1 dogs. I don't know if the price has gone up though (this was preconstruction).
In front of Pickles was the best for the $1 sodas and $1 peanuts.
@nbs2: The sodas and peanuts might still be around there, but dog prices have gone up. Can't beat $1 Boh's though...well, I guess you probably can.
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I only have experience with Fenway, so I'm a bit confused here.
If the hot dog was purchased from concessions, why not just take it back there instead of waiting for someone to come by?
Unless there's an expectation that the person responding to the text would be any higher-up than roving concessionaires, why would one need \"proof\" beyond the photo already taken? Even if someone did come by, they'd replace your doggo just like a concession stand would.
Depending on the section you're in, wouldn't it seem that hotdog emergencies are probably low on the priority list? Given that concession stands could take care of it..?
I feel like there's something I'm missing.
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Did you keep the dog? Can I have it? It's getting to be lunch time...
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@bornonbord: What you say is true: This reminds me of a certain Family Guy...
\"Well we found what was wrong with your vacuum cleaner, there was a meatball stuck in the tube.\"
\"well... Did ya keep it?\"
\"Uhh, no\"
\"....you bastard\"
@bornonbord: What you say is true: By stuffing it under the seat, they effectively made it part of a geocaching adventure, so good luck - you're going to have to go find the hot dog.
@pecan 3.14159265: Unless it becomes sentient and finds you. That thing already looks like a brain dick wrapped in bread.
@pecan 3.14159265: Woot! Now I have an excuse for not getting any work done today.
Boss: What did you get done yesterday?
Me: Didn't really get a chance.
Boss: (enraged) What!? What kind of excuse could you possibly have for not being productive!?
Me: Well, you see, I had to go to Orioles Park to find a hot dog in section 77.
Boss: A hot dog!?
Me: Yeah, I saw a picture of it online... sure looked tasty!
Boss: Well... was it?
Me: Oh yeah! Well, well worth the trip.
Boss: Hrm... do you know where I can get a dog around here? I'm starved?
Me: Let me check with The Consumerist again. Perhaps there will be another adventure today!
Boss: To the Ferrari!
@bornonbord: What you say is true: Hahaha. Now I really do want to go geocaching. I've never done it before, but it always seems really fun.
I've had a hot dog like that before (left over from the previous day). I took it back to concessions and they just took it back and gave me a fresh one. Yeah, I lost 2 minutes of the game but so what.
Glad to see I'm not the only one who thinks that onions make everything taste better!!!
If you wait until after the game is over, the vendors are selling items off the grill for $1 each.
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That was clearly a mistake. You didn't get a hot dog. That was Jesse Helms' penis.
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Wow... normally I'm the first to say 'It's stadium food, what did you expect', but that dog looks just plain awful... whether the OP should have simply returned it depends a lot on the length of the line, more than once I've waited 30 minutes in those lines.
@gparlett:
If the line is just a few people, I'll wait. If the line was abnormally long, I would have bypassed it. I've been in lines and witnessed other people do it in the past, and I've done it myself on a couple occasions. You've already waited and been served, you're simply correcting a mistake.
If I see the line is formed to the right, I walk up on the left, wait until the current transaction is concluded, and say, \"I'm sorry to interrupt, but...\" It's never been an issue.
@gparlett: Stadium food isn't what it used to be. Nationals Park has a lot of really good food. Subs, cheesesteaks, even Five Guys.
I love the Super Dog, but yeah, you should have just taken it back to the counter.
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Way to kick the Os when they're down, Consumerist.
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The best thing about Camden Yard is that they let you bring in your own food and (non-alcoholic) beverages. Who needs the sad, expensive, ball park food when you can get something better and cheaper from a vendor outside.
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Slow news day indeed...
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you are in need of definite weiner replacement.
Am I to understand that you are complaining that someone from the Orioles organization did not personally come to your seat and hand you a new hot dog? Those fan hotlines are usually reserved for reporting inproper conduct around your section, not because you were too lazy to walk back to the concession stand. I am sure they would have been more than willing to replace your hot dog had you made an actual effort to receive a replacement.
So here's what I do at Coors Field, where dogs are 4 or 5 bucks. Bring buns and pre-nuked dogs into the stadium (you're allowed.) When you want to eat, take your dogs to a concessionaire that does not sell hot dogs, and ask if you can zap your cold hot dog for 30 secs in their microwave. It helps if you buy an overpriced soda.
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Only one thing came to mind upon viewing that picture: Lorena Bobbitt must be working for ARAMARK in Baltimore these days.
Seriously, the fact that you can take your own food and drink into Turner Field makes the Braves uber-affordable compared to any other sporting event in town.
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That is a hot dog which has been microwaved too long/often. Eeew.
@pollyannacowgirl:
Absolutely, but aside from the folly of going to Camden Yards and getting a hot dog instead of Boog's bbq, it strikes me as strange that someone would use the assistance text message for a bad hot dog. You know that message is going to the back of the queue. No one has ever gone to red alert over a bad wiener. Only way that was getting responded to was going back to the concession. Comparing it to the other story, where the resolution was after the game, is pretty unfair.