And one of the least was currency from Zimbabwe when they were experiencing hyper inflation. I'm technically a 100 trillionaire - and at the time I bought that bill, shipping it cost more than the item.
Would it? To me it seems both are just observational humor of a common enough and mildly amusing occurrence.
IRL of course I don't care who the cooks are as long as they can cook what's on the menu, and at least some restaurant hiring managers seem to agree, so I think it's not exactly rare for the cuisine and staff to mismatch. I say "think" because I don't notice most of the time, so I don't have a sense of frequency.
It's also possible that people are getting tired of the Capitalism part of it and not the Rainbow - in other words they know it's pandering and don't like that.
Ok, then explain Thomas Riker