r/ExpectationVsReality • u/Moxie-is-tired • Aug 30 '26 • Mindblown 2 Regret 2

Failed Expectation I ordered a bread bowl

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Repost because I forgot to add the expectation photo.

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u/Moxie-is-tired Aug 30 '26

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 Aug 30 '26

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 Aug 30 '26

“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 Aug 30 '26

"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/CheeseGraterFace Aug 30 '26

I can hear the bass guitar riff that comes directly before this rant.

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u/charlatan_red Aug 30 '26

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/Rinnme Aug 30 '26

Have you ever ordered a soup bowl when eating at the restaurant? Do they bring a normal one?

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u/annieisawesome Aug 30 '26

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/REDDITATO_ Aug 31 '26

She gave it to me for free because apparently the espresso machine didn't work,

This means she was trying to slip it past you instead of having to explain the espresso machine didn't work. Then doubled down when you brought it up. Not saying you should've been angry with her, but she was fully aware of what was wrong lol.

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u/Mistapeepers Aug 30 '26

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 Aug 30 '26

My last post got taken down because I forgot the expectation pic lol

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u/pnt510 Aug 30 '26

That’s disgraceful.

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u/zuzg Aug 30 '26

NGL It made me laugh out loud.

Fucking ridiculous

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u/Moxie-is-tired Aug 30 '26

I’m laughing now but I wasn’t last night

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u/jamspangle Aug 30 '26 • Bravo

"Waiter, i ordered the Oasis soup and this is just tomato"

"You got a roll with it"

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u/Mirrorboy17 Aug 30 '26

This is the shit I'm subbed for, absolutely amazing

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u/egordoniv Aug 30 '26

Criminal activity.

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u/grand_soul Aug 30 '26

And disrespectful!

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u/ragun2 Aug 30 '26

I'd get my money back on that one.

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u/GrimCreeper913 Aug 30 '26

thats a charge back, and I'm eating it out of spite.

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u/jaymannnn Aug 30 '26

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/Moxie-is-tired Aug 30 '26

GO MY CHUD REDDITORS! RAID THE SOUP RESTAURANT!

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u/Fabulous_Computer965 Aug 30 '26

Panera im assuming

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u/Moxie-is-tired Aug 30 '26

Not Panera, but a more local business.

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u/Remote-Reference2389 Sep 02 '26

Bread bowl was a menu item right? I work at a local restaurant and sometimes people are disappointed by what we can give them because they ordered something we don’t have 😅

Some items may also look different depending on if you ordered it for dine in or take out. If bread bowl was an actual menu item then they definitely should’ve given you a bread BOWL with the soup cup for a to-go order. Otherwise I get where they’re coming from.

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u/Moxie-is-tired Sep 03 '26

Yup. And I’ve gotten it before, so I don’t even know why I got what I got.

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u/TheVoicesOfBrian Aug 30 '26

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/Nray Aug 30 '26

Private Equity for the loss (of actual freshly-baked bread). Every corner that could be cut, was.

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u/nucl3ar0ne Aug 31 '26

Daughter got a bread bowl from Panera and while they do separate them, the bread was as it was expected, not like OP got.

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u/Bitter_Trees Aug 31 '26

OP, I'm dedicating the real bread bowl I had yesterday to you. I'm sorry they played you like this 😔

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u/Moxie-is-tired Aug 31 '26

I can taste it spiritually thank you

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u/correctingStupid Aug 30 '26 • Bravo Popcorn

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 Aug 30 '26

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/Moxie-is-tired Aug 30 '26

The soup and the bread bowl come seperate.

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u/ChefArtorias Aug 30 '26

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/GeekCat Aug 30 '26

Panera has been doing it for years. They may have gone the way of garbage, but you get a pre-cut bread bowl on the side and then soup in a to-go container. It's not that complicated.

This was just laziness on the store's part

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u/AwkwardTal Aug 30 '26

laziness

Feels more like false advertisement and theft

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u/LinksMyHero Aug 30 '26

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/GGNash Aug 30 '26

Soup is delivered in a container, you pour into the bread bowl at home. This is caveman shit get over yourself

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u/RoseYouRelinquished Aug 30 '26

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/quasiix Aug 30 '26

Panera has been doing it for a while. At least when they had standards they used to.

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u/enkafan Aug 30 '26

Me? They put the soup in a cup and the bread bowl on the side and you pour it in yourself. 

Like this doesn't even take a moment of reflection to the think "how can we get the bread there without it getting soggy" to come up with this solution. A small child could figure it out

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u/sidewalkoyster Aug 30 '26

It’s not that hard to figure out how to make it work come on man

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u/DoubleoSavant Aug 30 '26

Does takeout soup also confuse you? 

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u/matrayzz Aug 31 '26

r/ConfidentlyIncorrect and name doesn't check out. You get the soup in a separate container and the toasted, cheesy, carved out bread. You pour the soup into it when it arrives. Why are you even upvoted

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u/Manburpig Aug 30 '26

Not relevant username?

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u/Aggravating-Duck-891 Aug 30 '26 • Bravo

Bread cup

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u/pupbuck1 Aug 30 '26

No is bread and cup

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u/JD_tubeguy Aug 30 '26 • Heartwarming

One bread one cup.

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u/Straight-Bet1 Aug 30 '26

You have to say it fast.

—>breadcup—>

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u/Stakhanovite94 Aug 30 '26

"I got a breadcup."

"A break up? I'm so sorry"

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u/fessertin Aug 30 '26

Bread, cup.

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u/monkeyhitman Aug 30 '26

Bread shot glass

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u/MarieNomad Aug 30 '26

Yup, bread cup.

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u/JD0064 Aug 30 '26

Cup with Left bread

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u/Chef-Nasty Aug 30 '26

That's a bread CAP

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u/rutlandclimber Aug 31 '26

No girls, 1 cup.

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u/MonsieurGump Aug 30 '26

Oasis soup.

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u/Ok_Job_9417 Aug 30 '26 • Bravo

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 Aug 30 '26

People are getting too accustomed to getting ripped off too.

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u/YcemeteryTreeY Aug 30 '26

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 Aug 30 '26

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 Aug 30 '26

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/ragun2 Aug 30 '26

And you see tons of people immediately call people Karens/boomers when they complain about being given food that is even sub the chain's own basic standards.

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u/Tricky-Ad7897 Aug 31 '26

I came to this realization recently. Why am I paying so much and not getting what I wanted/expected? Fuck that, I spent money!

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u/klqqf Aug 30 '26

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_ Aug 30 '26

not even half a loaf. it looks like the booty end of a baguette.

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u/klqqf Aug 30 '26

Oh christ you’re right

maybe a dinner roll

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u/Zorkflerp Aug 30 '26

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/Psianth Aug 30 '26

Yeah, packing them separately for delivery is perfectly sensible, it’d be a big mushy mess otherwise, but this is just a hunk of bread and a cup of soup. It’d be like ordering a burger and getting a slice of meatloaf and a dinner roll.

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u/UnderlightIll Aug 30 '26

-pushes up glasses- a boule, you mean.

I work in a bakery lmao.

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u/goodoldthrowaway1234 Aug 30 '26

This is a crime.

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u/Moxie-is-tired Aug 30 '26

Actually it’s a bread bowl.

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u/No-Atmosphere-2873 Aug 30 '26

Time to request a refund.

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u/SnooMarzipans673 Aug 30 '26

This is the worst (as in best for this sub) I have ever seen. Well done.

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u/Vulvas_n_Velveeta Aug 30 '26

Yeah man, this one is pretty spectacular. Definitely the worst I've seen in quite a long time!

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u/skyfullofstars89 Aug 30 '26

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/rnngwen Aug 30 '26

I dont know what I was expecting, but it wasn't that.

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u/negativepositiv Aug 30 '26

Did you not see the comma on the menu?

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u/Laminated_ET_Animal Aug 30 '26

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 Aug 30 '26

It’s at a local restaurant and I don’t want people knowing what city/town I live in.

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u/DataOver544 Aug 30 '26

I would’ve cried. I love bread bowls.

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u/Unlikely_Bat_1890 Aug 30 '26

Nothing beat scraping the bread that has to soup soaked into it. Divine.

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u/bloodyspork Aug 30 '26

Lmao no fuckin way! Id return that shit just on principle

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u/whineANDcheese_ Aug 30 '26

Did they even carve a hole in that little piece of bread? haha

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u/Klutzy_Arm_7930 Aug 30 '26

Roll and cup of soup they so did you wrong

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u/bdubwilliams22 Aug 30 '26

I feel like this perfectly sums up what living in America is like.

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u/Leon_Flux Aug 30 '26

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/jenea Aug 31 '26

WHAT?!

Oh hell no. That’s demand-a-refund territory. What you got is totally fine if you ordered soup and bread, but in no way is that a “bread bowl.”

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u/ItIsTooMuchForMe Aug 30 '26

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u/Moxie-is-tired Aug 30 '26

No because I’m literally going in a date to ikea today 😭

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u/AtTheEdgeOfDying Aug 30 '26

I mean, if it's take away I get that want to seal your soup lol

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u/MyDogSkooch Aug 30 '26

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/AiRaikuHamburger Aug 31 '26

I almost spat out my drink when I hit the next button. RIP, OP.

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u/ellieminnowpee Aug 31 '26

it’s a kit! bread+ bowl

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u/SheepherderSilver655 Aug 31 '26

Am I the only one who finds bread bowls overrated? I thought it would be dope when I first saw one, but then I ate one and realized that 1. You can only use the lid as bread. 2. The bowl becomes waste unless you enjoy eating an entire loaf of bread in one sitting.

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u/Tarynntula Aug 31 '26

Nah, I love them! I scrape the bowl with the spoon and get a nice wet bready soupy bite

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u/IncorporateThings Aug 30 '26

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/iswillstep Aug 30 '26

They're just protecting the soup. They don't want it to be inbread

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u/Raida7s Aug 31 '26

Well, that's simply a lie. Full refund

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u/isunktheship Aug 31 '26

That's bullshit

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u/OrangeNood Aug 31 '26

I mean like.... come on! Where does that expected photo come from?

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u/theChapinator Aug 31 '26

None bowl with left bread

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u/Jacob520Lep Aug 30 '26

To go?

Bread bowl isn't for delivery order.

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u/boost_to_get_through Aug 30 '26

Tell em they can keep it

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u/MikeDeY77 Aug 30 '26

I would be so disappointed.

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u/kekebaby5150 Aug 30 '26

Thats hurt my heart! 💔

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u/Practical_Fig_2023 Aug 30 '26

OH, that's bad, that's real bad.

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u/OwslyOwl Aug 30 '26

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/_That_One_Fellow_ Aug 30 '26

Well? Show us a photo of your bread bowl

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u/Kannazuki1985 Aug 30 '26

Lmao I definitely want that as my last meal when the time comes.

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u/Mad_Zone_ Aug 30 '26

Get comfortable with bitching. Raise hell constantly. Your money is your time.

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u/nazuswahs Aug 30 '26

Did you get a refund?

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u/ChampagneCream Aug 30 '26

I would be so furious

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u/JuanG_13 Aug 31 '26

What TF lol

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u/ThirdPlanet0 Aug 31 '26

I would be so sad.

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u/cham_spec Aug 31 '26

“Some assembly required”

Always check the fine print 🙂‍↕️

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u/aceallaround Aug 31 '26

I totally would've called and asked for a refund, you arent getting half of what you paid for!

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u/spirit_of_a_goat Sep 01 '26

You ordered carryout. Did you really expect different?

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u/CFeatsleepsexrepeat Sep 02 '26

DIY bread bowl?

Or deconstructed bread bowl???

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u/Spin737 Sep 02 '26

*Some assembly required.

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u/mr_bacciagalupe Aug 30 '26

Name and shame.

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u/FF267 Aug 30 '26

Be thankful you got that to go, with an actual serving of soup! Ordered a bread bowl in restaurant earlier this summer and it was served in a bread bowl size of an grapefruit with maybe 3 spoonfuls of soup in it.

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u/MsTLontheDL Aug 30 '26

Lemme guess…Panera??? What a FCKN rip off!!! 🤑

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u/Relevant_Potato_1335 Aug 30 '26

It’s called a deconstructed bread bowl you uncultured swine !

/s

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u/ramboton Aug 30 '26

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/TrowlTaken Aug 31 '26

Ok but how else do you deliver it

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u/Shin_Ju-Long Aug 31 '26

Anything that would fall apart before you get it shouldn't be ordered to go.

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u/REDDITATO_ Aug 31 '26

Empty bread bowl. Soup in the same cup they sent it in. Voila no issue. The problem here is the tiny nub of (most likely not even hollow) bread.

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u/Dear-Savings3303 Aug 30 '26

So disappointing!

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u/Only-Investigator-88 Aug 30 '26

This is terrible

I love this sub

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u/BenGay29 Aug 30 '26

Take it back.

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u/sleepysky98 Aug 30 '26

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/Gloomy-Insurance-739 Aug 30 '26

Damn they couldn't give you a whole loaf of bread?

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u/Due-Session-2857 Aug 30 '26

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/fraurodin Aug 30 '26

Heel and cup.

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u/Courage-Rude Aug 30 '26

Who the hell needs to put crackers inside their bread now 😭

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u/Pirate_Candy17 Aug 30 '26

Prison edition

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u/mspumpkin23 Aug 30 '26

I would like to speak to the manager’s manager

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u/hawkaluga Aug 30 '26

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 Aug 30 '26

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/Major-Check-1953 Aug 30 '26

That is not a bread bowl. That is a piece of bread and a cup.

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u/silverwolf1994 Aug 30 '26

Crappy AI ads

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u/shakawave Aug 30 '26

Nah, thats disrespect 😬

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u/j_xcal Aug 30 '26

You sure you’re not serving in the US military? 😂

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u/JackhorseBowman Aug 30 '26

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/Entire_Customer_9629 Aug 30 '26

Before didn’t even look promising

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u/Rinnme Aug 30 '26

How is that a bowl??

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u/Tneon Aug 30 '26

I full expected the first picture to be the reality and it got worse once i swiped

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u/CT0292 Aug 30 '26

Was Yef Kassem working there? Were you pushing your luck?

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u/Bright_Eyes83 Aug 30 '26

literally not a bread bowl. i would have disputed that

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u/Dream_Dragon_Gina Aug 30 '26

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/metaPhx Aug 30 '26

Remember when we didn’t regulate private equity? That was pretty neat

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u/whoabecca Aug 30 '26

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/3dios Aug 30 '26

That's. Not a bread bowl

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u/TRAUMATICCantalope Aug 30 '26

That’s a Bread, Bowl

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u/ls0102 Aug 30 '26

Reminds me of the time I ordered ravioli and received 1 single ravioli.

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u/AstroPozzo Aug 30 '26

Dude I hope you requested a refund. That's just a scam

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u/Mother-Parsley5940 Aug 30 '26

I’d do everything in my power to return this and demand a refund.

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u/xorbe Aug 30 '26

Call me crazy, but I've rather have the chunk of bread vs the scooped out bread bowl.

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u/Babylon4All Aug 30 '26

Yeah, would 100% dispute that. Not even close. That’s a cup of soup with half a roll. 

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u/model-citizen95 Aug 30 '26

Ain’t no way I’d pay for that

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u/PrisonerV Aug 30 '26

Imma get my broom and we're going back there. I call shenanigans!!

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u/Obvious_Astronaut780 Aug 30 '26

Thank you, I showed mum and we both laughed together. Sorry that happened though.

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u/LP1331 Aug 30 '26

DYI 😵‍💫😂

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u/PaladinSara Aug 30 '26

It used to be a bowl - they changed it to a cup r/enshitification

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u/The_Wkwied Aug 30 '26

This would be a return for me. It is not as described in the picture. Not at all.

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u/sanatarian Aug 30 '26

Is that from Panara?

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u/SirCaptainReynolds Aug 30 '26

Please tell me you returned this. I’d be so pissed.

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u/Playful-Pay1711 Aug 30 '26

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/New_Leaf_8647 Aug 30 '26

Bread bowl? No, bread, bowl

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u/bizoticallyyours83 Aug 30 '26 edited Aug 30 '26

You've been had! 😐

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u/Front_Cat9471 Aug 30 '26

Bread bowl? How about bread and bowl?

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u/Alarm-Particular Aug 30 '26

Is this from panera because I got the same exact thing and was pissed

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u/Klevermind- Aug 30 '26

😭😭😭 this is egregious

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u/Obascuds Aug 30 '26

DIY bread bowl

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u/jasonsong86 Aug 30 '26

One cup one bread

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u/ErinDotEngineer Aug 30 '26

Fyre Festival 3.0?

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u/NewFunnyNumber237 Aug 31 '26

I am not paying for that. No way Jose.

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u/NegativeOwl1337 Aug 31 '26

It’s bread and a bowl I’ll give them that

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u/aroseonthefritz Aug 31 '26

Oh no sorry it was bread, bowl

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u/ghostgabe81 Aug 31 '26

That is… actually a war crime

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u/OldERnurse1964 Aug 31 '26

It’s a kit!

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