'I'm surprised people still order this drink': Cashier calls out a fast food chains infamous 'charged lemonade', cautioning guests to avoid it at all costs

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Dec 23, 2023 7:00 PM EST

We've all heard about the drama around a particularly amped soft drink from a popular lunch franchise. With some folks comparing it to the original Four Loko, there has been some backlash surrounding the controversial drink that is confusing employees. Even amidst the controversy, workers are flabbergasted that the lemonade-nitrous is still being sold to customers– albeit with a severe warning sign on it, that apparently nobody reads. 

Recently, the charged lemonades have been going viral and some speculate that it's just for viral clout to increase sales, but u/Original-Thanks1241, a cashier at the restaurant, is flummoxed. OP recently shared a post warning guests about the lemonade and asking fellow associates why anyone would still order this insane drink and it seems like every employee has the same thing in mind.

Customers are inexplicably silly. 

Scroll onward to read more about this controversial lemonade and the customers who still insist on ordering it.

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    r/Panera. Posted by u/Original-Thanks1241 Associate charged lemonades Question When customers come in and point to our strawberry mint lemonade and say "i want that one" and i don't know why but my instincts kick in and i just
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    blurt out the fact it has a ton of caffeine and i think everytime i've said that every customer says oh nevermind ill have a fountain drink instead or a water cup. i don't know do people just not see the warning signs? im
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    surprised people still order this drink after those people have died and honestly i think panera needs to just get rid of it my question is does anyone else inform customers anytime they try to order it that it has a lot of caffeine or is it just me? •
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    Concutio Light of Mother Bread Customers do not read signs
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    ddet1207 I once worked at a coffee shop where we had to close the lobby for a while since we were understaffed. Even with a note on the door and a barricade of tables in front of the door, we still had people climbing over them up to the register.
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    astoriaboundagain Yup. The people that need to read warning signs are the ones that don't/can't.
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    Megandapanda Customers do not read anything. I work for a power company and people are constantly replying to our automated emails...even though they say "no not reply to this email, it is automated" in giant, bold letters. Lol.
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    KaseyJones13 Customers do not read**
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    Hater_Magnet Unless it says the 'customer is always right'
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    mnemosyne64 I only mention that it has caffeine when I see someone asking a little kid if they want some
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    Holliemb7693. Ex Mother Bread People still order them because they know those people died because of injecting them with underlying heart conditions. Just as they would have issues if they drank almost any energy drink, as most have 200mg or more in a 16 oz can.
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    bunnygirl93xo I'm praying you meant ingesting and that no one has injected the charged lemonade
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    Unable-Wait499 I inform every customer (that's not a regular) by saying just to let you know that drink is highly caffeinated is that okay? And it's usually 50% saying oh nvm and the other 50% that say they know thats why they're ordering it
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    Apathicary One time a woman came in and her son wanted to try the lemonade and we gave him a little water cup and he wanted one so we warned her about the insane sugar and caffeine content and she said "Good, he's got a soccer game and I hate his coach". And then she bought him a regular size.
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    notsagetang Baker Not only do people not read, but after seeing Charged Lemonade Discourse elsewhere, apparently we also should expect people to not read. Evidently "no one reads."
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    Wendy19852025 I don't buy them that often I think only bought it once and if you said that to me I would be kinda the point i am dragging and need the caffeine
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    Comfortable_Job_4985 As a conscientious consumer I always read the freaking signs. Everyone just out there throwing anything in their bodies with not a care in the world. Playing with fire all day long. The amount of attention in the general community is mayybbbbe 15%.
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    deathandglitter Yup we all need to take a little responsibility for ourselves. Reading signs and ingredients should be a no brainer
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    throwaway_donut294 I wonder if Panera saw the i coming that these would cause. If so, greatest marketing of all time. (It's working on me, I want one now.)
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    alaina826 I know those drinks can be dangerous to people who don't know how much caffeine is in them so it's good that you warn them! As someone who has a high tolerance to caffeine, I unapologetically love them though I don't drink them often but I always feel so great afterwards when I do!
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