This start-up could threaten the corner store. Not everyone is happy.

Twitter tip: Don't mess with the bodega.

On Wednesday, Fast Company posted a story about a startup called Bodega, which says it will offer unmanned pantry boxes in apartments, gyms, and other locations.

Based on pictures of the pantry boxes, users can pick up anything from snacks and drinks to toothbrushes and toothpaste.

The idea was created by two former Google employees, and requires users to unlock the boxes with an app, while a camera scans the item you pick up and charges the credit card tied to your account.

The headline reads the startup wants to make "bodegas and mom-and-pop corner stores obsolete."

As of publishing, Bodega is trending on Twitter, and for all the wrong reasons. The early consensus: nobody likes it.

In a Medium post published after the Twitter pile-on, Bodega co-founder and CEO Paul McDonald says they are not trying to challenge corner stores or bodegas.

"Despite our best intentions and our admiration for traditional bodegas, we clearly hit a nerve this morning," said McDonald. "And we apologize to anyone we’ve offended. Rather than disrespect to traditional corner stores — or worse yet, a threat — we intended only admiration."

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