On Monday, Alek Krautmann, whose Twitter bio says he's from St. Louis and working in Washington, D.C., tweeted that he showed his D.C. co-workers a "secret St. Louis way" of ordering sliced bagels from Panera. Twitter users weren't having any of it. By midday Wednesday, St. Louis was trending on Twitter with thousands weighing in—and many St. Louisans refusing to claim the slicing practice.
The tweet that started it all:
Panera (St. Louis Bread Co.) was thrilled:
Even called it "Bread Co." style:
Everyone else? Not so much. Here are some gems:
This one hurt:
The worst part? The new meme of "St. Louis–style" food:
No, Chips Ahoy! Just no.
There are supporters among the haters. But they are few and far between:
Even (gasp) our own art director:
We won't judge, but we do wonder just what high school Krautmann went to.
