Md. lawyer's phone flooded with text messages seeking free Chipotle burrito

In an effort to appease customers inconvenienced by all of its locations being shut down during lunch on Monday, Chipotle offered its customers free burritos as a peace offering. But the restaurant chain’s promotion ended up being a major problem for a Maryland lawyer.

Chipotle closed its restaurants nationwide for four hours as its 50,000 employees took part in a company-wide food safety meeting after dozens of customers fell ill at their restaurants as a result of E.Coli and norovirus outbreaks.

From 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday, Chipotle customers were able to receive a coupon for a free burrito if they texted “RAINCHECK” to 888-222.

But for Henry Levine, those who added in an extra 2 to the number Chipotle gave out resulted in nearly 300 text message requests flooding his cell phone from people with a 240 area code.

Levine told the Washington Post:

But many were not so kind to Levine when they found out he was unable to give them a free burrito.

According to Levine’s daughter-in-law on Twitter, Chipotle will apparently be providing free gift cards to her father for the trouble.