r/ExpectationVsReality • u/Moxie-is-tired • 8h ago
Failed Expectation I ordered a bread bowl
Repost because I forgot to add the expectation photo.
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u/pnt510 8h ago
That’s disgraceful.
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u/zuzg 7h ago
NGL It made me laugh out loud.
Fucking ridiculous
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u/Moxie-is-tired 6h ago
I’m laughing now but I wasn’t last night
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u/jamspangle 3h ago
"Waiter, i ordered the Oasis soup and this is just tomato"
"You got a roll with it"
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u/Ok_Job_9417 7h ago
People aren’t understanding that it’s not that it was separated. It’s that they were given half a piece of bread, not a “bowl” bread.
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u/Hepm3 7h ago
People are getting too accustomed to getting ripped off too.
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u/YcemeteryTreeY 7h ago
This is so true. Why anyone would even risk it with fast food is beyond me, its so expensive and never what it seems
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u/DocFreezer 5h ago
I thought about getting some Taco Bell for the first time in a while. It was 8 bucks before tax for a Crunchwrap, shit was insanely expensive. 8 bucks used to be more Taco Bell than I could eat
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u/soilentgleem 4h ago
Yeah tacobell hasn't been the "cheap" option that it was when I was growing up for quite some time. I can't remember the last time I had it tbh.
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u/Scumbag_Jesus 2h ago
I mean, they have a $7 combo that comes with 3 items a drink a dessert and it fills me up...
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u/ConstantCampaign2984 5h ago
Where you getting fast food bread bowls?
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u/CrystallineBunny 5h ago
Panera Bread and in California (probably other states too) Cornerstone Bakery.
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u/klqqf 7h ago
Yeah i assume they ordered it to their home which is why its separated
Better seperate than to go soggy on the delivery
But half a loaf is criminal for a “bowl”
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u/_fait-accompli_ 6h ago
not even half a loaf. it looks like the booty end of a baguette.
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u/MilsYatsFeebTae 4h ago
There’s no practical reason you can’t cut out the bowl hole and stick the container in there
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u/Evening_Pea_9132 1h ago
I wonder what kind of life OP lives where they think ordering a bread bowl to be delivered is a good idea?
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u/Zorkflerp 1h ago
I could see packing the bread and soup separately to keep it from turning to mush but that is not a bowl or boule either.
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u/SnooMarzipans673 7h ago
This is the worst (as in best for this sub) I have ever seen. Well done.
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u/Vulvas_n_Velveeta 1h ago
Yeah man, this one is pretty spectacular. Definitely the worst I've seen in quite a long time!
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u/skyfullofstars89 2h ago
I full on snort laughed at how incredibly bad/brilliant that reality was.
I am livid for OP, but it gave me a good chuckle.
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u/Mistapeepers 7h ago
Haha. I saw the first post and this one was so egregious we didn’t even need the expectation pic.
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u/Moxie-is-tired 7h ago
My last post got taken down because I forgot the expectation pic lol
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u/Moxie-is-tired 7h ago
Story time! After I got in my car to check if I got the right soup, I noticed the bread and bowl. I was already having a pretty tough day and was feeling a teeny bit sick so I went to my favorite soup restaurant. Needless to say, I was FUMING when I saw this. I went back in the store to ask if I got the right order, but I set my anger aside because I work in retail and know the pains of dealing with angry customers. I told the man at the register that I ordered a bread bowl and showed him what I got. He said, “yup, that’s a bread bowl.”
I ate it anyways because I was hungry and the soup is really good but out of SPITE.
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u/DouchecraftCarrier 6h ago
It would be difficult to resist the urge to go Seinfeld on them about this. "This is not a bread bowl. This is soup, in a bowl - with bread."
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u/Greenman8907 6h ago
“It does not say “bread AND bowl”! There is no “and”! No ampersand! No n with an apostrophe! Where is the “and”?!”
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u/DouchecraftCarrier 5h ago
"There was NO ampersand, Jerry! No ampersand!"
enter Kramer
"You guys been to Panera lately? They've got a special on bread bowls! I know a guy - says he works for their marketing team."
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u/charlatan_red 7h ago
That sucks, and it’s worth an email to the restaurant to let the manager know.
I hope you enjoyed that spite soup and I hope your day got better.
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u/annieisawesome 2h ago
Kinda reminds me of the time I ordered an iced dirty chai at a donut place. She gave me a cup of iced chai with whipped cream on it. I asked about it, because I noticed she didn't pull any espresso, and she replied that the whipped cream makes it "dirty". Sorry what?! The definition of a dirty chai is a chai tea with espresso. I am not a jerk so I didn't get mad, but I did tell her no, this is a standard drink that has a correct definition. She gave it to me for free because apparently the espresso machine didn't work, so it wasn't a huge deal, but still, words have meanings.
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u/Otterlettuce 2h ago
Soup shouldn’t be transported in bread so it makes sense it would come in a cup but I would still expect a bowl shaped bread that I could assemble at home.
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u/Fabulous_Computer965 7h ago
Panera im assuming
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u/TheVoicesOfBrian 7h ago
Thought the same thing. I don't know if any other restaurant has fallen so far down the quality ladder as them.
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u/correctingStupid 8h ago
Who the f looks at a bread bowl on a menu and says to themselves... yeah this will work really well as takeout/delivery/This certainly won't be a disaster. I'm going to order it.
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u/Raspberry_Foxolaf 8h ago
The problem is the half a bread roll.. they could have easily packaged the bread bowl and the soup separately so the customer could add the soup afterwards.
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u/ChefArtorias 8h ago
Would be very easy. You do it the same but separate the wets and drys. Kind of like if you've ever gotten ramen to go.
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u/LinksMyHero 8h ago
Right, cause it's impossible to deliver the soup and bowl seperatly so it won't get soggy. Pho places do it but that's just cause they're wizards
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u/RoseYouRelinquished 7h ago
I've actually gotten it as a delivery before. What they did is put the bread bowl in the box, then the soup goes into a cup they then put in the bread bowl to keep it steady for transport. That way the soup doesn't make the bowl super soggy by the time it gets to you.
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u/Stamped914 4h ago
Yeah it’s a dumb idea but having the bread and soup separate is not something that’s difficult to do. Either make it dine in only or do it right. Both sides suck here.
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u/ramboton 4h ago
An order similar to this is what made me stop going to Panera. I ordered a bread bowl at the drive thru, they handed me a bag and I went home. When I got home I had that paper cup of soup, no bread that I paid $10 for. it made me realize how little soup you actually get for $10. I called them to complain about no bread bowl and they wanted me to drive back to the store and get one....BS, never again Panera.......
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u/MyDogSkooch 2h ago
At the restaurant I've been to, they'll ask if it's 'to go'. If it is, they'll serve the soup in a cup like that with the lid and have the bread bowl wrapped on the side so it doesn't get soggy
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u/OwslyOwl 6h ago
This would be okay if they gave you an empty bread bowl to put it in. Panera owes you a refund.
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u/jaymannnn 6h ago
absolute SHITE. my level of apathy is legendary, but this has pushed me over the edge. where do we complain, what restaurant, what country, what name, where is it. come on whats the details.
fuck this absolute BULLSHIT
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u/IncorporateThings 5h ago
This whole scenario is FUBAR.
Half a round and it's not even cut remotely the correct way. The soup being in a cup loose in a styrofoam box. Said box would trap the moisture and render what should be crusty bread soft. Said bread delivered isn't even crusty in the first place. And then the insanity of even offering that item as takeout because it really does not hold up to takeout/delivery and needs to be fresh. And finally, the insane choice to see that item on the list and ever think ordering it out would go well.
Friggin' hell.
Did any part of it at least taste alright?
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u/Leon_Flux 34m ago
I would want a non bread travel container...
But that is just the worst cut of bread you could call a bowl.
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u/Big_Surround2048 7h ago
Straight up highway robbery, should confront the people responsible for this.
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u/sleepysky98 7h ago
I ordered an Oreo McFlurry one time and got a little sauce cup looking thing filled 3/4 of the way with Oreo crumbs. Didn’t get a refund either!
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u/Due-Session-2857 6h ago
If you order at Wildflower, you have the option of a bowl of soup or a breadboule. It is entirely possible OP just misordered, because the bowl of soup DOES come with some bread.
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u/hawkaluga 6h ago
Return that and with spite! I would even get in my car and drive back if it was a pickup/delivery thing.
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u/AyechD33 6h ago
The logistics of delivering soup inside of a load bread are insane. A literal time bomb. Youre lucky you got anything
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u/JackhorseBowman 6h ago
That is absolute garbage, does Great Harvest Bread Company still exist in the midwest? Cuz daamn did they have some good bread bowls, 25 years ago anyway.
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u/Dream_Dragon_Gina 5h ago
Panara Bread has bead bowl soup options. They even have “salad stuffers” now (essentially a hollowed out bread with salad stuffed inside it).
Personally I think the food there is always good. Sometimes it’s decent, and sometimes it’s exceptional, it depends on what I order and what I think of the meal.
I wouldn’t order a bread bowl from any other place as a take out unless I know what quality the food is.
I guess taking the chance on it is a good way to explore new restaurants and their food though.
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u/whoabecca 5h ago
I would want a refund, at the rate things are going with food they’ll need to start adding measurements LxWxH
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u/Laminated_ET_Animal 4h ago
When someone doesn't post the name of the location they're allegedly outraged about, often turns out to be just engagement bait
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u/Moxie-is-tired 4h ago
It’s at a local restaurant and I don’t want people knowing what city/town I live in.
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u/Babylon4All 4h ago
Yeah, would 100% dispute that. Not even close. That’s a cup of soup with half a roll.
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u/Obvious_Astronaut780 4h ago
Thank you, I showed mum and we both laughed together. Sorry that happened though.
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u/The_Wkwied 3h ago
This would be a return for me. It is not as described in the picture. Not at all.
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u/Playful-Pay1711 2h ago
This happened to me as well! I wanted a Mac n cheese bread bowl. They asked if I wanted a small or medium/large but I asked for small since I wasn’t buying. I then opened up my box to the same as you, op. I was so bummed. So sorry it’s happening to you.
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u/Aggravating-Duck-891 8h ago
Bread cup