So many people swiped Whataburger order numbers that a San Antonio location had to do this

@SlushSarah: "Stop stealing our numbers!! This is what we’ve come to" @SlushSarah: "Stop stealing our numbers!! This is what we’ve come to" Photo: Twitter Screen Captures Photo: Twitter Screen Captures Image 1 of / 89 Caption Close So many people swiped Whataburger order numbers that a San Antonio location had to do this 1 / 89 Back to Gallery

Whataburglars have brought a San Antonio location to their knees.

The tradition of swiping the orange, plastic table tents from Whataburger restaurants is one non-natives of Texas can't really understand. But it's something diehards just get when they see the plastic mementos stacked on dashboards, office desks and wherever else fans want to show their pride.

The sneaky shtick has taken one San Antonio location to desperate measures. On Wednesday, local Twitter user @SlushSarah posted a stack of fry containers being used as emergency table tents.

"Stop stealing our numbers," she tweeted. "This is what we've come to."

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The employee was not immediately available to return requests for comment or say at which location she worked. However, she did post subsequent tweets saying it was a "joke" and "we don't actually care that much, we usually have extras but this was a rare occurrence."

Joke or not, the tweet cooked up replies from Whataburger customers whose love leads them to do crazy things — like swiping trays.

The burger-crazed bandits showed off their collection of table tents and in some cases asked for ransom money to return their contraband.

"I'll sell them back 5 dollars each," user @necianat said.

See the conversation in the gallery above.

Madalyn Mendoza is a digital reporter for MySA.com. Read more of her stories here.| mmendoza@mysa.com | Twitter: @MaddySkye