Be Specific! (and others)

[Nashida]

Just for the record, I have a new job while on campus. I work in the deli of the college cafeteria. Pretty easy, I make sammiches at dinnertime on the weekends.

Or so one would think, anyway.

Now, if you've ever been to a sandwich shop, you know that pretty much everything you want on your sammich is right in front of you. You can tell me what you want on it as you see it.

Strolling up to the counter belting out "I Wanna Turkey Sandwich!" tells me nothing.
Okay, you want turkey, but on what bread? Any Cheese? Veggies? Sauce? Dressing? My ESP kit's on backorder! I can't read minds!

Or I'll get something like this:

Me: What kind of cheese would you like?
DB: Cheese.

We have 4 kinds of cheese. Pick one.

DB: Uh...the white square.

American. Close enough.

And I have these two guys who don't understand what the word "closed" means. The caf closes at 6:30 on Sunday. After cleaning up, I'm usually gone by 7:15. It's 7:30, and this pair comes out of nowhere and goes "Make us a sandwich." The they get all huffy when I tell them no, I'm going home for the day.

Same pair came up last night and made waffles with the waffle iron at the same time (7:30), delaying everyone from finishing. My boss has no spine and didn't yell at them to leave.

[Evil Queen]

I'll yell at them for you.

[Chanlin]

I'll stand by EQ and look intimidating.

I was gonna say I'd help yell, but from what I've read on the boards she won't need help

[mattm04]

Who does not know what American cheese is, well unless you live outside the US? Then again I suspect even some Europeans may know hat it means. And they got in to college, that is the scary part.

[Kheldarson]

I'm still not quite sure what American cheese is. But I don't particularly like cheese so there ya go.


And maybe your caf should do what mine does. At close, they shut the door to come in. Period. If you're even a minute late, if that door's closed it's closed.

[Broomjockey]

I have no clue what American cheese is. I didn't know it was white. If I said "white" I'd probably have meant mozerella. Then again, I'd have actually said that.

[taxguykarl]

Provolone, Swiss, gouda and some cheddars are also white.

Back to the topic, yes customers specifics please.

[SteeleDragon78]

American cheese is a common processed cheese. It is orange, yellow, or white in color and mild in flavor, with a medium-firm consistency, and melts easily. It has traditionally been made from a blend of cheeses, most often Colby and Cheddar. Today’s American cheese is generally no longer made from a blend of all-natural cheeses, but instead is a processed cheese (i.e., it is manufactured from a set of ingredients[1] such as milk, whey, milkfat, milk protein concentrate, whey protein concentrate, salt) which meets the legal definition of cheese.

basically take left over colby and cheddar and do some horrid things to it and then call it "american" cheese.

[Nashida]

And maybe your caf should do what mine does. At close, they shut the door to come in. Period. If you're even a minute late, if that door's closed it's closed.

We actually have this giant gate thing that goes down at 6:30 on the dot. The two dudes in question who came up after closing had been there for an hour and a half prior to the incident I noted.

Basically they just sat around the whole time and wanted something to take back with them and completely ignored the fact that we were closed.

[Difdi]

Actually, the so-called "american cheese" isn't legally cheese at all. Not in the US, anyway. By law, it has to be called "cheese food" or "processed cheese product", depending on the exact formulation. It has about as much in common with real cheese, as tofurkey does with real turkey.

[Kiwi]

"cheese food"

haha cheese food thats fantastic

kind of like how when I was eight they brought out "chocolate dairy food" instead of chocolate yogurt....

I too hate it when people can SEE options in front of them and dont bother to let you know, having to ask for every little thing can feel like pulling teeth!

[Chromatix]

TBH, this might be the equivalent of walking into Starbucks, wanting "white coffee with sugar". We don't usually want anything fancy, just coffee - or a sandwich.

We certainly don't want to spend longer ordering it than eating it!

[usunoro]

haha cheese food thats fantastic

kind of like how when I was eight they brought out "chocolate dairy food" instead of chocolate yogurt....

I too hate it when people can SEE options in front of them and dont bother to let you know, having to ask for every little thing can feel like pulling teeth!

It's like how Hershey's was/is trying to change the definition of chocolate legally to mean it doesn't need to contain any cocoa...

[Seenoevil]

Basically american cheese is for when you want the consistancy and texture of cheese... with no flavour whatsoever.

I can't stand the stuff but then I live in Wisconsin. High standards.

[Stryker One]

Actually, the so-called "american cheese" isn't legally cheese at all. Not in the US, anyway. By law, it has to be called "cheese food" or "processed cheese product", depending on the exact formulation. It has about as much in common with real cheese, as tofurkey does with real turkey.

Everybody's gotta eat. So, there's cat food, dog food, and cheese food.