"Today I introduced my coworkers to the St. Louis secret of ordering bagels bread sliced," he tweeted Monday. "It was a hit!"
Today I introduced my coworkers to the St Louis secret of ordering bagels bread sliced. It was a hit! pic.twitter.com/XNGbljtpYz
— Alek Krautmann (@AlekKrautmann) March 26, 2019
By bread sliced, Krautmann means the bagels, which are usually sliced in half horizontally, were sliced vertically. According to Krautmann, the vertical slicing is done in St. Louis, where he’s from.
Thousands of replies to the tweet flooded in. Most of them weren’t favorable.
I'm from St. Louis and I've never seen a carb treated so callously! How dare you sir!
— Emily Brandwin (@CIAspygirl) March 27, 2019
But...since we're both from St. Louis, I'll ask you the St. Louis question...where'd you go to high school?
Enough of these niceties...how dare you sully those bagels.
we're gonna need to have a chat pic.twitter.com/99MytojJtY
— Carter McHartface (@mickloud) March 27, 2019
Our team is divided over here. Do other people slice their bagel Bread Co style? https://t.co/NbdZjj6G6C
— Panera Bread (@panerabread) March 27, 2019
Panera St. Louis style pic.twitter.com/nT3GrqqEkV
— Panera Bread (@panerabread) March 28, 2019
Mixed reviews or not, the National Weather Service St. Louis also got in on the conversation and Panera Bread offered Krautmann free bagels.
It’s been a busy week with flooding, hail, and tornadoes, but we always have time for bread-sliced bagels #yum #bagelgate pic.twitter.com/Uyab6CTXH1
— NWS St. Louis (@NWSStLouis) March 28, 2019
Deal!
— Alek Krautmann (@AlekKrautmann) March 27, 2019
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