A FedEx driver gets her order from Panda Express, and the shrimp are so plentiful that she is now romantically propositioning everyone who works there.
TikTok creator Ali (@ali_leconey) is a FedEx driver out of Florida. She got her lunch from Panda Express the other day, but wasn’t expecting to get such a loaded order.
“This message is for everyone who works at Panda,” she says from the vehicle where she’s eating lunch. “Look at my shrimp. Everyone’s about to get their [expletive] ate tonight.”
Viewers React to FedEx Driver’s Panda Express Love
In the comments section of the video, viewers weighed in with their responses to Ali’s proposition—including some people wholly unaffiliated with Panda Express.
“I don’t work at Panda but I call first,” joked one viewer.
“I’m applying at Panda right now,” a second person quipped.
A third person asked, “What if we applied for Panda and we’re waiting for an interview? Does that count? DOES IT?” Ali generously replied that it would.
Someone else reacted to the copious amounts of Panda Express hate in the comments. “I don’t care what anyone says. When I crave orange chicken and Beijing beef, they’re there for me,” they wrote.
However, some said they are not joking about their distaste for Panda Express at this time. “I stopped going there 8 years ago!!! Everything is PORTIONED,” one person wrote.
What’s Going on with the Portion Sizes at Panda Express?
According to the Panda Express website, its Honey Walnut Shrimp serving size is currently 4.39 ounces, and the Wok-Fired Shrimp serving size is 6 ounces. Depending on location, the entree should run customers just under $8.
Apparently, it wasn’t always this way. When naming Panda Express as one of the 7 most overpriced sit-down chain restaurants, Tasting Table said the company has gone away from the value proposition that made it successful.
And customers are taking to the internet to complain about what they view as consistently shrinking portions. Two years ago, a person went viral after suggesting that their Panda Express order was a sign of the dreaded shrinkflation.
The truth on the ground appears to be a bit more mixed. A Reddit user posted to r/fastfood five months ago to ask whether the to-go box got smaller recently. However, the consensus in the thread appears to be that the portions appear mostly unchanged as of late.
“No, the containers are still the same size,” one person wrote. “Last time I ate there it was a random location in New Jersey and I got the biggest portions I have ever got from any Panda location. It’s really hit or miss. Some locations are stingy on portions and others more generous.”
A second person agreed. “Portions seem to be the same as they always have been,” they wrote. “At least for the last 5 years or so. The only time I receive a smaller portion is if they are almost out of something near close, but they usually just stack up on the other option.”
“I’ll have to order and find out,” a third person said. “They always have given me much more than I could possibly eat in a single meal.”
AllHipHop contacted Ali and Panda Express via email for comment. We will update this story if either party responds.
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