--- title: Chipotle Life Hack Goes Viral With Internet Reactions description: One dad's Chipotle ordering hack has created a stark internet divide. canonical: https://time.com/4846777/chipotle-hack-internet-reactions/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-06T13:14:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:45:09.099Z og:title: The Internet Is Freaking Out Over This Dad's Chipotle Hack og:description: The internet can't agree on whether this is brilliant or the worst possible move og:url: https://time.com/4846777/chipotle-hack-internet-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5d538d3f2e8d37b/6988d4a2cf40a83283c48704/gettyimages-524101538.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. To Go Orders Ahead Of Earnings Figures og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Is Freaking Out Over This Dad's Chipotle Hack twitter:description: The internet can't agree on whether this is brilliant or the worst possible move twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5d538d3f2e8d37b/6988d4a2cf40a83283c48704/gettyimages-524101538.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Can't Decide If This Dad's Chipotle Hack Is Next-Level or the Worst by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jul 6, 2017 1:14 PM UTC  Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. take-out food is arranged for a photograph in Tiskilwa, Illinois, U.S., on Friday, April 22, 2016\. Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. is expected to release earnings figures on April 26\. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. take-out food is arranged for a photograph in Tiskilwa, Illinois, U.S., on Friday, April 22, 2016\. Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. is expected to release earnings figures on April 26\. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jul 6, 2017 1:14 PM UTC One man’s [Chipotle](http://time.com/4417999/fit-guy-eats-chipotle-every-day/) ordering hack has created a stark internet divide. The man in question — identified as dad Josh Williams — took to Twitter on Sunday to share the now viral contents of his recent takeout bag to share that he asked the good workers of [Chipotle](http://time.com/4517939/chipotle-chorizo-national-taco-day/) to individually wrap every last taco ingredient in separate containers. The guacamole, cheese, salsa all were scooped into at least 10 plastic containers at Williams’ request, potentially stalling the line no matter how quick the staff at the fast casual joint were. “Either my wife or I had the idea the get the cold ingredients on the side so we could reassemble \[the tacos\] at home,” he told [BuzzFeed](https://www.buzzfeed.com/michelleno/someone-invented-a-chipotle-ordering-hack-and-twitter-is?bffbmain&ref=bffbmain&utm%5Fterm=.yo3ak6Y7y#.wkpnxGqNK) and later shared to Twitter that the employees were “surprisingly chill” about it. “Am I weird? Or Brilliant?” he asked of his idea to keep the takeout toppings in optimal eating condition for the 45-minute drive home for his family meal. As the internet answered, the tweet, which has been retweeted 1,343 times and liked 7,622 times as of Thursday, quickly went viral with passionate responses. Some people thought he was doing a great job at life with this idea. > [](https://twitter.com/jw/status/881732111929032704) > [](https://twitter.com/QueenCatia/status/882323161081155588) > [](https://twitter.com/littletir72/status/882630768903761920) > [](https://twitter.com/Lopeezie/status/882152143871819776) > [](https://twitter.com/tracyfrey/status/881721709371334656) Others thought it was too demanding, wasteful, or just ridiculous. > [](https://twitter.com/WitchHats/status/882048292057731073) > [](https://twitter.com/MackHardRd/status/881977510941999104) > [](https://twitter.com/johnolilly/status/881696155746226176) > [](https://twitter.com/taylorfrances7/status/882029716148023298) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4846777/chipotle-hack-internet-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4846777/chipotle-hack-internet-reactions/"},"headline":"The Internet Can't Decide If This Dad's Chipotle Hack Is Next-Level or the Worst","datePublished":"2017-07-06T13:14:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:45:09.099Z","description":"One dad's Chipotle ordering hack has created a stark internet divide.","url":"https://time.com/4846777/chipotle-hack-internet-reactions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Social Media","Food & Drink","Internet","viral","Family","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5d538d3f2e8d37b/6988d4a2cf40a83283c48704/gettyimages-524101538.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5d538d3f2e8d37b/6988d4a2cf40a83283c48704/gettyimages-524101538.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. 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