Chipotle Is Still Explaining To People What A Bay Leaf Is
By Aimee LutkinOct. 9 2018, Updated 4:45 p.m. ET
Not everyone knows anything about cooking, but it's still pretty astounding that so many people make the same mistake about the exact same ting over and over. Specifically, how many people don't know what a bay leaf is, and report finding one in their food to Chipotle like they think there's a sentient tree working in the kitchen.
Like this one guy who @-ed Chipotle and wrote: "I found this leaf in my burrito bowl. Is this like the golden ticket from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and I get free Chipotle for life?? In all honesty I'm assuming it was supposed to get cooked in with the rice but didn't for some reason, right?"
@ChipotleTweets I found this leaf in my burrito bowl. Is this like the golden ticket from Charlie and the chocolate factory and I get free chipotle for life 😍😍 in all honesty I’m assuming it was supposed to get cooked in with the rice but didn’t for some reason right? pic.twitter.com/AdGkamo2OD
— Andrew (@AndrewJonson28) December 7, 2017Some are more rude and less hopeful:
@ChipotleTweets why is there a leaf in my bowl... pic.twitter.com/4PSKseKUMS
— Connor (@connordabeck) February 12, 2018But Chipotle keeps patiently explaining what a bay leaf is—a spice that makes food delicious—and even apologizing:
"It's a bay leaf, used to season that rice. Harmless & edible, but we should have pulled it out. Sorry about that," wrote one Zach who was manning Chipotle's account on Twitter. Another Becky tweeted, on behalf of the company: "That’s a bay leaf. We use it to season a few of our ingredients but should take it out before serving. My apologies."
It's a bay leaf, used to season the rice. Harmless & edible, but we should have pulled it out. Sorry about that. -Zach
— Chipotle (@ChipotleTweets) February 12, 2018That's a bay leaf. We use it to season a few of our ingredients but should take it out before serving. My apologies. -Becky
— Chipotle (@ChipotleTweets) December 7, 2017And we still love you, too. -Becky
— Chipotle (@ChipotleTweets) December 7, 2017Though others are less polite:
ho that a bay leaf
— Fake Mr. Montoya 🔜🕛 (@FakeMrMontoya) February 19, 2018In fact, I'm not sure what's funnier—people who don't know what a bay leaf is, or people dragging the people who don't know what bay leaves are:
Omg a leaf in my chipotle wtf!!
Jk I know that's a bay leaf used for seasoning bc I'm not an uncultured swine pic.twitter.com/SkIUZUIhTl
— anna (@anna_cg07) November 3, 2017Lmaoo i just saw a tumblr post where whites were freaking out over finding a leaf in their chipotle.... It was a bay leaf. The spice.
— hoseok trash #1 ✨ (@dimplesjhs) November 3, 2017white people eradicated entire populations for spices and yet the bay leaf remains a mystery pic.twitter.com/y9M9T0JzeW
— Goth Ms. Frizzle (@spookperson) February 9, 2017Somewhere there is a person eating chipotle who is gonna conplain that they found a leaf in their food when its actually a Bay Leaf
— Mrs. Jon Snow Targaryen ❄️🐉 (@PetiteAndSweet_) October 30, 2017Dying laughing at all these people who found a leaf in their food at Chipotle and didn't know it was a spice.
— Divine. (@whippedfalse) October 13, 2017The "I'm white at Chipotle and didn't know this was a seasoning called bay leaf" classic photo pic.twitter.com/6Nq3Md2vJp
— ginger snap (@bee_movie_lover) December 6, 2017Honestly like chomping into a whole ass bay leaf is so unpleasant but I can’t believe how many of them really thought it was like a leaf that SOMEHOW MAGICALLY blew inside of the chipotle into their kitchen into their fucking burrito bowl lmfao
— Lil broccoli floret (@j_killasmooth) November 30, 2017My face when I worked at Chipotle & ppl would come complaining about a leaf in their burrito bowl pic.twitter.com/pCHIyCIeql
— La Juan (@lajuantonsoup) January 15, 2018But I guess complaining gets you more burritos, so there may be something behind this whining besides straight up ignorance:
Me either. I had a wholeass leaf in my Chipotle burrito once, definitely played that up haha. Got it comped AND got BOGO coupons 😎
— Phil ``I've Got Two Cups`` Kessel (@youwannaski) December 1, 2017Because these are pretty pathetic, even if you don't know anything about cooking:
so I was eating chipotle and I found a fucking leaf, YES A LEAF IN MY FOOD. This is ridiculous I’m never eating here again. Fucking disgusting. @ChipotleTweets pic.twitter.com/pmPaRKo8f5
— jerome (@JayyHarmony) December 16, 2017@ChipotleTweets how is there a whole ass leaf in my chipotle pic.twitter.com/eYM6dcRkD5
— ROB (@ltsYaBoyRob) January 31, 2018I hope you find a leaf in your chipotle 😡
— Porky Pine (@madchazz) November 21, 2017There was a leaf in my chipotle today. 😰 #bayleaf pic.twitter.com/RPKnsUaMlr
— パトリック (@patseidon) October 28, 2017Just eating my some good ole #Chipotle and then I uncover this TREE LEAF! Please explain this one? pic.twitter.com/ioeIBpL5HV
— D-$ (@Dmoneyyy94) September 6, 2017As stupid as it is, let's look at the bright side:
To all the white people who don't know what a bay leaf is, I'm glad you won't go back to @Chipotle because that means shorter lines for me☺️
— BlawndosaursRex🎮 (@lunalove_117) August 13, 2017More Chipotle for me.
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