When you’ve got a Big Opinion, you don’t want to waste it by posting it to Facebook, where only your friends will see it. No, you’ve gotta get it out to the big time—to Twitter, where people you’ll never meet can weigh in on it.
So when Twitter user @yokaveli posted their take on the popular restaurant chain Panera—that it tastes like hospital food—it went viral, with people agreeing wholeheartedly or ready to basically lay down and die for it.
“Panera sells overpriced hospital food and everyone just seems to be okay w that,” the tweet read.
Panera sells overpriced hospital food and everyone just seems to be okay w that
— . (@yokaveli) April 12, 2019
People had some SERIOUS OPINIONS. And the Panera stans were ready to throw down.
— Allergy Boots ??? (@thicc_loopin) April 13, 2019
— Asia Amani (@AmaniLauren1) April 13, 2019
Smells like broke in here
— Aryella Stark (@ariellatcruz) April 13, 2019
Who said Panera sells overpriced hospital food pic.twitter.com/96UiKUMaYr
— $assy Dyke (@Trap220) April 15, 2019
They happily named their fave Panera dishes.
tell me what hospital serves vegan lentil quinoa broth bowls. tell me
— chlorine stan (@cantersets) April 14, 2019
Overpriced? A pick 2 is a soup/salad/sandwich combo WITH a side and it’s like $9. Hospital food? The broccoli cheddar soup and Mac and cheese are undefeated. I will not tolerate any Panera slander https://t.co/HCPtJBCfX4
— mama chan ? (@fleetw00dblack) April 14, 2019
ok yea but their mac is good
— shar (@shvrr) April 13, 2019
if panera mac n cheese actually tastes like hospital mac n cheese all the sudden i have broken my leg
— ali moss (@Ali_moss1) April 15, 2019
Lmfaooo the cheddar broccoli soup is to die for ?
— Asia (@AsiaSkyee) April 13, 2019
And what of it? If they had that Greek dressing and bread in the hospitals, I’d be dining there all the time pic.twitter.com/vNN0Yayndi
— A Girl Has No Name (@TheGreatShroots) April 14, 2019
no hospital be having the chicken flatbread avocado sandwich so relax
— ricardo ? (@richkrusee) April 14, 2019
I do not tolerate slander of Panera. ? they literally have something for everyone I feel like, I’ve always enjoyed their food even before I was plant based. It’s just a good place to go it you have people with different diets like in my family and friend group. pic.twitter.com/FpHpuwuED5
— ???? ????? (@emma_rose224) April 14, 2019
But there were plenty of people who agreed with the sentiment and whose vote on Panera was definitely no.
Panera is 100% overrated
— Juan Lopez (@JuanCLx) April 13, 2019
People are so proud to overpay for stuff. You aren’t classy because you pay a premium for cheddar broccoli soup and an airy baguette. You’ve been bamboozled.
— The Order (@kasorder) April 14, 2019
Coming from a former panera employee: this tweet is correct
— Mary (@littlwanderer) April 14, 2019
And then there were people who defended hospital food, something with which I am fortunately entirely unfamiliar.
Hospital food kinda slaps sometimes…
— nasty gang? (@helmutlame) April 13, 2019
The tweet also found its way to Reddit (although it’s not clear if it’s by the same person), where more comments piled up, just as split as they were on Twitter.
This man out here disrespecting hospital food
Guess it depends on the hospital I guess. The hospital cafe I recently went to was staffed by some black aunties and sure while they weren’t culinary experts they were damn proud of their work and their love showed.
And then two Panera employees (one former, one current) really got into it.
I used to work there. It’s literally fancy McDonald’s. Yall wasting your money. All their “natural teas and smoothies” come from slimy concentrates? @panerabread
— Jenna?? (@hippie_that) April 13, 2019
They’re actually real fruit purées. Essentially what happens to a real fruit when it’s put into a smoothie whole but it’s done in advance to save time because no customer would want to wait long enough for them to freshly cut that fruit for their smoothie. Take a seat.
— Meghan (@meghanobrien) April 13, 2019
Explain the tea then ? then go read the ingredients of the smoothies. It’s still concentrated and processed junk. After working there I’ll never eat there ever again
— Jenna?? (@hippie_that) April 13, 2019
I literally work there now. Have you never puréed fruit? That’s exactly what it looks like. Maybe back when you worked there it was different but it’s a fruit purée.
— Meghan (@meghanobrien) April 13, 2019
The green tea is literally a gallon sized jug of green corn syrup and flavoring that gets mixed with tap water…
— liv (@livvjanelle) April 14, 2019
But you know what? If it tastes good and the price is right, people are still going to want to eat it.
It tastes good though. That’s all I’m sayin ? pic.twitter.com/dYF2OIM7JN
— D E S T?N Y (@_TheDiamondGirl) April 14, 2019
