Twitter dunks on St. Louis after viral bagel tweet

Mar 28, 2019

It’s time for some bagel theory.

It all began with a tweet. Alek Krautmann, who works for the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in St. Louis, tweeted a photo of a box of bagels cut up into little slices.

He tweeted, “Today I introduced my coworkers to the St Louis secret of ordering bagels bread sliced. It was a hit!”

Oh, the massacre.

Twitter spiraled into chaos about how Krautmann (and St. Louis) treats its bagels.

sell st. louis back to france https://t.co/DTDYNRd8eJ

— Walter Hickey (@WaltHickey) March 27, 2019

I’m supposed to head to St. Louis tomorrow for a speech. Re-thinking in light of this horrifying development… https://t.co/PDSpOdLSsQ

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) March 27, 2019

we need a national conversation about what's wrong with St Louis https://t.co/khDRcMgVbZ

— @pyke.bsky.social (@PykeA) March 27, 2019

Everyone is dunking on this but as a son of St. Louis and former St. Louis Bread Co. (Panera) employee: Do not question the simple, surprising joy bread-sliced bagels bring. https://t.co/r4X2dWLzuS

— Chad Shearer (@ChadShearer) March 27, 2019

Twitter jokingly pointed out other ways St. Louis would prepare food.

https://twitter.com/hungerlordjrjr/status/1110930142791192577

nothing reminds me more of the summer than a st louis style hot dog pic.twitter.com/i43OCNCjrr

— Trey Smith (@SlimiHendrix) March 27, 2019

During many weekends visits as a child, I learned to eat Tide Pods St. Louis-style pic.twitter.com/RUf27k6Mzs

— Michael Roston (@michaelroston) March 27, 2019