For my 500th blog post, I figured I'd share something amusing.

From time to time, my wife and I order from Swiss Chalet and the order it pretty standard, quarter chicken and a baked potato. The one thing we've always found is that they don't provide enough sour cream with the baked potato but luckily, for $0.25, you could add an additional container of sour cream. Recently however, they've removed that option. The item is still on the menu, and you can still visit the page, however the 'Add this to your order' button was removed. This weekend, while we were ordering I decided to see if Firebug  could assist me in ordering my extra sour cream.

Menu with Sour Cream listed as an option

Sour Cream with no 'Add this to your Order' button

Plum Sauce for comparison with 'Add this to your Order' button

Right click "Back" button and click Inspect Element

Table Element below Back button shows area where 'Add this item to Order' would have been.

Right Click on the table element and select 'Edit HTML'

Insert code from another page with an 'Add item to your Order' button

Click 'Add Item to your Order' and view the item in your cart.

So in the end, remember developers that your HTML and JavaScript exist on the client side, meaning that once it's rendered in their browser... users can manipulate it as they wish. Leaving the item in the database means that anyone with half a clue can still order the item... and all it takes are these few steps. And yes, it does work... last night we received our additional sour cream with our order and it was on the receipt and paid for.