# I Was Told There Would Be Cake — Meme Lab

Complain that an advertised benefit or incentive never materialized.

- What it expresses: Participation was motivated by an expectation that was not met.
- Example: I joined the workshop for the promised hands-on practice. It was all slides.
- When not to use it: Nobody promised the benefit and the expectation was invented afterward.
- Tags: broken-promise, disappointment, missing-benefit
- Media: https://api.memegen.link/images/cake/_/I_was_told_there_would_be_cake.webp
- Source: https://api.memegen.link/images/cake/_/I_was_told_there_would_be_cake.webp (Source preview; redistribution rights are not established)
- Page: https://memes.significanthobbies.com/memes/promised-cake
- Collection: https://memes.significanthobbies.com/collection