I see jokes about the Panera lemonade but no guys.. it actually killed someone.
The guy NEVER had caffeine due to health issues. He loved going to that Panera and they did not warn him. He had no way to know where was like a level of 380mg of caffeine in his drink. The equivalent of drinking like 4 redbulls if I remember correctly. The FDA recommends 400mg as the level max per day. (A shot of expresso is 65mg for context)
Panera KILLED this man with what he thought was a simple regular lemonade.
Apparently it ALSO killed a young girl with a heart condition
STOP BUYING THIS DRINK FOR A MEME
That's the thing!! You can REFILL THESE DEATH DRINKS. They're already close to the daily limit with ONE and people can get two or three times that easily???
And people are buying MORE due to the memes caused by the deaths of people instead of holding them accountable.
This will kill more people and encourage other companies to jump on the meme train for profit
Do NOT let them do to these people what they did to the McDonald's coffee woman. Do not let them try and sweep this under the rug
Panera what the fuck.
I need everyone to understand this drink killed 2 people who didn't know how much caffeine was in the drink because no Panera employee warned them and it was only AFTER the deaths that Panera made a sign warning people of the amount of caffeine in the drinks and this is what they look like:
Well, we know what flavors the drink comes in...
A 20 ounce cup of strawberry lemon mint has 260 milligrams of caffeine and a 30 ounce cup has 390 milligrams of caffeine,
a 20 ounce cup of mango yuzu citrus has 260 milligrams of caffeine and a 30 ounce cup has 389 milligrams of caffeine,
a 20 ounce cup of blood orange has 245 milligrams of caffeine and and 30 ounce cup has 368 milligrams of caffeine.
One shot of espresso has 63 milligrams of caffeine.
One 250 milliliter can of Red Bull has 80 milligrams of caffeine.
One 250 milliliter can of Monster has 166 milligrams of caffeine.
Panera's charged lemonade has more caffeine than Red Bull and Monster combined.
I say again, Panera what the fuck.
Thatโs a lot of caffeine
How and why were they just giving out free refills of the death drink that was literally causing people caffeine poisoning? Like, why is that legal?
Why was the amount of caffeine not listed on the sign until after the deaths? Why is that legal?
Why is it legal to have the number be that small of a font on the sign? I guess Panera just said "fuck people with low vision who need large print to read", huh?
The more you think about it, the more fucked up it is.
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1: tumblr reply by yossdillo: wouldn't be surprised if they tried to use the dinky little signs with the caffeine listed in insultingly tiny font as an argument. nvm that the charged lemonade can be refilled easily by anyone tall enough to reach the spoutโฆ
2: a photo of the dispenser of the charged drinks, with 3 containers, labeled with large signs that display the names of the flavors in a larger font and the amount of caffeine in each in a smaller font. At the bottom of the dispenser is a small warning sign saying that children and people with caffeine sensitivity or people with heart problems shouldn't consume the charged lemonade as it contains caffeine.
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It's more fucked up because the guy who died had a developmental disability (none of the articles specified which one) and couldn't read.
Even if they had signs, it wouldn't have mattered.
This is negligence, pure and simple.
