Wendy's turns tables on Carl's Jr. after Twitter jab

Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Fast food chain Carl's Jr. attempted to insult rival chain Wendy's on Twitter, but the attempt backfired spectacularly when Wendy's clapped back.

The Twitter spat began innocently on Tuesday, with user Andrew Morgan posing a simple question that tagged both fast food chains' official accounts.

"@Wendys how do you compare to @CarlsJr?" Morgan asked.

Carl's Jr. was the first to respond, throwing down the gauntlet with a terse reply: "LOL they don't."

Wendy's didn't respond until more than 12 hours later, pointing out how Carl's Jr.'s fans had apparently failed to take notice of the tweet, which at that point had drawn no likes or retweets.

"Yeah, for one, if we were going to diss another restaurant we'd have more than zero likes and RTs after 13 hours," Wendy's tweeted.

The Wendy's tweet earned more than 14,000 retweets and tens of thousands of likes, while Carl's Jr.'s original insult continued to receive only minimal attention.

Carl's Jr. should have known not to pick a fight with the famously quick-witted Wendy's social media team, which quickly came out victorious in a similar war of microblogging words with Burger King last year.