Robbed by Panera Bread!

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That's the edited version! I couldn't post the longer version because DL wouldn't allow it.

I hate you.

That’s a shame

I feel for you, 0P.

Someone gave me a Panera gift card and it was hell using it, even in the restaurant!

Their food isn’t that great to start with and certainly not worth the hassle.

I doubt I ever go to Panera again.

Do you like to entertaining friends at home with Panera Bread?

Is it over yet?

You should tweet that to them or their Facebook page.

Well…that’s it. You have to kill yourself now. Self immolation is the only resort.

They're probably trying to give people individual size cream cheeses. 'accidentally' to see if they can get away with it because of the cream cheese shortage

I had to call to get their rewards card to work, too.

Another really bad gift card was Qdoba.

"This story first appeared in Detroit Metro Times, an affiliated publication. San Antonio Current staff writer Nina Rangel also contributed to the reporting."

It took TWO fraus to tell this tale?

Everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end.

Next.

Panera makes shit bagels. They don't boil them, so they ain't even bagels.

How old are you, OP? You sound like you're over 70 and a CRANK.

I had no idea there was a cream cheese shortage!

Grumpy, old gramps bemoans! If I were your cat, I would bite my tongue and drop dead, OP.

R16 I guess I'm a bit of a Crank, but I don't think I was being unreasonable. I'm mid 40's but not young at heart.

R19=OP

OP needs to be viciously slapped.

[quote]If anyone is wondering, yes, I ordered all this food just for myself. The soup and salad are for the weekend, and I'll freeze the bagels to eat next week. It cost over 60 dollars, and I feel I was robbed.

FAT WHORE!

Panera is impossible even inside the store.

I’ve never understood the hype over Panera. It’s mostly fraus who love it. It’s like another Olive Garden, only expensive as hell. I remember getting a $10 gift card from there and it barely paid for a regular size sandwich 🥪.

Panera is always so busy. With the prices going up and quality going down, you would think people would not come back. Instead it's long lines and full parking lots. The more expensive it is, the more crowded it becomes.

R24 Ironically, I was attempting to use multiple 10-dollar gift cards to pay for this order. The cards expire at the end of the month, so I had to use them.

I cant believe you went thru all that for lousy cream cheese. Tells me you live alone without actually saying you live alone.

That was Panera’s polite way of telling OP that she is a fat whore.

Too long-winded, OP. I admit to eating too much fast food, but why Panera? Why so many gift cards?

"I ordered from Panera"

Your gay card has been revoked. You may as well waddle to the nearest Golden Corral.

OP chose a tense and stick to it - preferably past.

R29 I’m not OP but he was probably using multiple gift cards because their food is expensive as hell.

R27 What was I supposed to do with 13 bagels and 2 servings of cream cheese?!!! Please tell me. Besides, I'm sick this week, and trying not to leave the house. That was the whole point of overpaying for delivery. Also, there are lots of people who live alone who would never go to this much trouble for anything because they don't want to complain or stand up for themselves. I will complain. I get the cream cheese I paid for. I guess people think I'm difficult. I'm rather eccentric. I don't live alone, but if I did I would be very proud to say so because there is nothing wrong with that.

But why does OP have so many Panera gift cards in the first place? Must be that's his go-to place. Friends and family all know that OP loves Panera, I guess.

Supply chain?! Cream cheese is imported?!

R29 and R34 the multiple gift cards were "bonus cards" I received from Panera as a special holiday promotion because I bought gift cards as gifts for family for Christmas. Now I feel like a fool for adding to the problem, but my family (especially nieces and nephews) love Panera. I was fighting with my eldery parents and decided not to go home for Christmas so I just sent online Panera cards as stocking stuffers for family with kids. And R32 is right--the food is expensive so I rarely go there and was using the multiple cards to try to get the price down on my order.

R31 That's good advice. I saw the tense issues and didn't feel like editing. It's not like I'm getting paid for this post, so why turn it into an assignment.

Here, Karen.

Write someone who gives a fuck a complaint letter.

I wuz robbed.

Make toast and shut up.

Living with 3 cats doesnt mean you "dont live alone" Op. You sound like an insufferable bore.

OP, Buy yourself a God damn tub of cream cheese and shut yer trap!

Seriously, folks, don't be too hasty to judge. Try using multiple gift cards to pay for an online order at Panera after customizing a bagel pack online. You wouldn't be in such a great mood. It's hell.

Also, did I mention that the bagels didn't even taste like bagels? They weren't the right texture. They weren't even chewy. They tasted like plain bread!

Rock it, OP. You just wonder sometimes if you're the last human extant to use their brain.

OP is what happens when you are cheap. and enjoy running around poor DoorDash delivery guys who are losing money because of your lack of empathy or understanding that they have bills to pay. Let me guess---SINGLE and NO man?....

WW R45!

MY THEORY of OP = DoorDash guy was 18, and was so cute and adorable he made up an excuse to get him back to his house so he could get another peek.

R46 Guess again.

OP, you should've titled this thread "FAT WHORES REJOICE" because after eating a dozen bagels you're DEAD TO ME!

I can’t wait for the movie!

OP, did you select the bagle or the sabotge?

[quote]Also, did I mention that the bagels didn't even taste like bagels? They weren't the right texture. They weren't even chewy. They tasted like plain bread!

Then besides contacting their customer service online, I would suggest that the best thing you could do is never patronize their shitty restaurants again and write a bad review on Google.

R48 Good theory, but I'm no longer on the prowl.

[quote] Good theory, but I'm no longer on the prowl.

Slang for married to a woman.

Aren’t you embarrassed to admit you eat shit corporate food from bland soulless chain restaurants whose profits do not stay in the community? I miss when gay people used to be a tiny bit classier.

R52 sabotge, of course.

R56 That was fascinating and also disturbing! I've consumed so many of those items. I'm especially haunted by the quote: __“Never suggest soup to the elderly. The sodium is too high.” Implication being, our soup + senior citizens= elevated risk of a stroke__ The soup is a death sentence!

Just the phrase “group soup” made me want to vomit.

Hey, OP, sorry for laying it on so thick. I’m in a mood. OTOH, I do feel corporate America is at the heart of so much that’s wrong with this country. Thanks for writing such a nice response.

EXCLUSIVE DL TRANSCRIPT of OP calling the DoorDash driver back = "Hello Cute DoorDash Guy?..Go back to Panera Bread and get me some free cheese I got the moron manager to agree to give me. Then come back to my house to drop it off..All for FREE. Because you are nice and I really don't care you are trying to make money and I don't care you waste gas and I care less about your bills and family expenses. Thanks Sucker!!"

Thanks R56 R60. Hope you have a good weekend!

R61 News flash: How is the cream cheese "free" if I paid for it? How is the Doordash "free" if I paid for that service and gave a cash tip on top of the delivery fee and "convenience fee" added to my order? Is everything that I paid for not mine and therefore "free" if I expect to receive it? Do you think it's on the same social level as talking about farts with strangers?

R63 = You said it yourself. Panera told you to work it out with DoorDash. You GOT your cream cheese on your first order but you wanted more..Your solution was to get the delivery guy to go back AGAIN (tipped once in TWO trips)...YOU used the phrase "free of charge"....What kind of person are you? Some poor guy trying to make a few bucks at DoorDash and gas prices are thru the roof and YOU think 8oz of Cream Cheese is someone else's problem.? You are the guy all the DoorDash drivers have to put up with because you think they are your private errand boys. GROW UP... .You sound like a slobby old queen.

R64 Have you ever ordered from DoorDash? Do you know how much that adds to the price? Nothing I received was free--I was getting what I ordered. It was 2 (TWO) 8 oz tubs of cream cheese on the order. I paid for those. I did not receive those. That's like paying for a large pizza and receiving a small. Not right. I also paid for Doordash delivery (multiple fees) plus cash tip. That's not "free." The cafe is within a mile or less from my house, so I was paying 10 dollars extra for delivery less than a mile away. That's is not free. Doordash is supposed to check the orders before delivery to make sure all is correct. If one orders something, one should receive it. This is all the same order--missing items being delivered. It's not just the cost of the missing items but also all the up charges for delivery involved. Giving two tips is fine if one has the cash, but it is not required if one has made one order.

R65 = So you admit the Panera was close to your house but YOU wouldn't get off YOUR ass for 8oz of cream cheese? ....Yep...You sound exactly how I picture you. You also bragged about the drivers second trip "free of charge"....GROW UP.....Stop ripping people off...DoorDash drivers work hard for low pay as it is.

OP = Counts his french fries at McDonalds. If he gets anything less than he is entitled to, an entire meal is expected. Complaints are made to the manager. Consultations are made with deliver drivers. Customer Service is notified. If OP isn't a Gay Karen I don't know what is. LOL

Panera is like a Dominican hustler that likes to party with meth.

It’s fun once in awhile but don’t make it a habit.

R66 I'm sick at home and didn't want to go out and expose multiple people as I may have COVID. That was why I ordered delivery with no contact. The person being ripped off was me. I paid over 60 dollars for soup and bagels and a salad and 2 tubs of cream cheese. I tipped, paid multiple service and delivery frees, and didn't get multiple items I ordered. The driver was nice enough to realize that. You aren't. Maybe you should work for Panera.

R69 = You were bitching before the delivery order even happened!!. Calling Panera Customer Service!!...And the order wasn't even placed and you were wasting peoples time!!....GTFO with your gift cards. You said yourself you only paid the delivery driver ONCE and then got a "free of charge" delivery...STFU......DL = Please pay your drivers.. They do not deserve to be called a second time for your errands because a third party messed up the order. They can barely scrape by because these selfish queens are on some sort of power kick!!

[quote] OP = "I was fighting with my eldery parents and decided not to go home for Christmas"

Well you certainly sound like a handful. Even your poor old parents have to listen to your dramatics. They were probably thrilled you didn't go home. Were you fighting with your parents because they wouldn't let you use their phone to call Panera Customer Service.?

R71 Yes, that was exactly what I was fighting with my parents about! You're so smart to have guessed.

Have you ever tried butter on bagels in lieu of cream cheese? It works in a pinch.

R73 = I'm more interested in getting FREE stuff. Free Delivery. Free Cheese. Stuff tastes better when it is free. But thank you for the idea. And if you have any free butter I will be happy to send a DoorDash guy over to pick it up.

R74 is not OP but R74 does sound triggered that a young Doordasher was kind to someone. I guess no young men are kind to R74 these days.

[quote]it was so complicated to customize the bagel pack

Shut the fuck up. Jesus.

R76 For your information, one has to go through 3 separate pages of options to customize a bagel pack. When online ordering is that intricate with that many options to sort through, one expects to receive what one orders.

Tell me you're a frau without telling me you're a frau

Am I the only one who thinks OP was using 17 gift cards to pay for 40 bucks worth of food?. He sounds like the queen who hangs on to every gift card even if it only has a buck and a half on it....

R78 You're a frau.

The most telling thing about OP Story = "I changed it to 10 percent, and it still wouldn't take the order. I changed the tip to zero, and the website then took the order! "...........You were scamming the tip from the ORIGINAL order then had the nerve to get the guy to make a second FREE trip. Grow Up....DoorDash (and all delivery drivers) have real families and real bills. They aren't trying to be your friend they deserve the little bit of money they make. You really have some nerve thinking Panera is the bad guy in your story. YOU are the bad guy in your story. STFU!!

OP the DL envies your rich, fulfilling life.

R81 Do you work for Panera or do you have reading comprehension issues? How many times did I say I tipped in cash? The online site would not accept the original order even though I pushed the order button dozens of times with a tip at 15 percent. That's why I called customer service. To put that order through as is. It didn't work. Obviously, you think Panera and big corporations are "good guys" and customers should pay them barrels of cash without getting what they paid for and never complain if the company steals money from the customer. You do you.

R82 You're one to talk. Your post tells me all I need to know about what your life is like.

After a few perusals through their offerings because my husband liked their soup, someone here on DL called Panera “glorified hospital food” and absolutely RUINED it for me. Never again.

I also heard some of the entrees are frozen and they deep fry them inside of a heavy gauge plastic bag to order. Ick.

Isn't there another place you can go? Seriously. This is a gossip site and all I get to read about is fat people, the BRP, trans, Trump and, of course, COVID.

Yes OP, you we're robbed but it wasn't by Panera Bread.

I love you, OP, and people like you are why I keep coming back to DL. But the DLers on this thread disappoint BIG TIME. This could've been on par with Danny and the Samsonite suitcase but noooooo

Thanks R87 ! Much appreciated.

[quote] "I ask how they were going to make it right. " (translation) You Gimme Stuff!

[quote] "I'm on hold for 10 minutes." (translation) They didn't have time for my fancy cream cheese games and the operator took a cigarette break hoping I would hang up!

[quote] "when it was time to pay, I push the button, and the website says "cannot process order at this time. please try again." (translation) Insufficient Funds!!

For an order that size and using gift cards you should have just picked your fat ass up and gone directly to the store,. It was all your fault.

R90 COVID!

Also, the online instructions for the online gift cards said I had to PRINT the gift cards to use them at the store. Who wants to go to the office to PRINT gift cards when working from home due to COVID.

This is why they hate us.

OP, you didn’t do anything wrong by having the driver go back and get your stuff. R66 is just a poor Millennial with social anxiety disorder who refuses to ever correct an order he paid for because he doesn’t want to seem like a Karen.

You paid for the two tubs of cream cheese and you paid for delivery. You deserve to get the product and services you paid for, even if you have dubious taste in food. Especially the goyish bagels and Panera.

Thanks R94

[quote] OP = I start calling my local Panera "cafe," again. The same manager answers. I ask innocently, "What size cream cheese comes with a bagel pack?"

You talked to two managers and a customer service rep (and DoorDash twice) all in the span of 30 minutes?....WTF with you?....Get a fucking life...Why do you think they put you on hold for ten minutes?....Bet you got banned from your local Panera.

OP didn't write this story.

Good food porn OP. Sharing in pointless quotidian details of no relevance to me is what I like about data lounge. I mean it.

When you get old like me, you'll realize if you want something done right you'll get in your car and go directly to the people responsible for doing what you want done so you can make them do it right while you're there. These restaurants filling orders to be delivered are more often than not going to screw you over because they're counting on the customers not having the energy to go through all the harangue again.

But then, when you get old like me you'd never consider getting food from some theme food chain that pays their employees an average of $9.00/hr.

15% tip?! You cheap twat.

I used to go there in grad school when I wanted to use their free wifi and get some work done. I would just order a coffee and sit there for a couple of hours working on my laptop. I never had their food before. Recently, one opened up near me, and they were sending out coupons as a promotion. I decided to try it out. I got one of their pizza flatbreads. It was completely tasteless. It wasn't even bad, just completely devoid of flavor.

devoid of flavor IS bad.

60 Minutes wants to do an interview with OP for their story "Fattest Whores in America."

The group soup is hog slop.

You live less than a mile away from this Panera? The mind reels.

OP types fat