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"You're a Sandwich Makin' HO!" (kind of long)
This actually happened to my co-worker, D, not me. But it's so epic that I just had to post this. This also took place around last June and I had been meaning to post it for a long time but kept getting busy or forgetting about it. So here it is...
*backstory*
I was hanging with my best friend S, who at the time also worked at Subway with me. She told me she needed to go to Subway that night to try to unplug one of the clogged sinks at our store. (she's really good at stuff like that).
I drove the both of us to Subway and I hung out while S was working on that clogged sink. My co-worker D was currently doing night shift with another worker. (forgot who and the other worker isn't essential to this story)
After a few minutes S asks me to go to the store for her to get a few things that may help to unclog that sink. (we have a grocery store right in that same stripmall that we are located at) She takes some money out of the till *since the sink fixing is a work related expense* and I'm suddenly on a "grocery store item aquire" mission.
Little did I know that right after I left to go to the store that all Hell was about to break loose.
And it did.
After my store run, as I'm driving back towards Subway I see out of the corner of my eye a car that's squeeling out of the parking lot making a whole bunch of noise and attention. At the time I didn't think much of it. The town I live in has lots of that.
I walk back into the store and this is what happened:
Apparently shortly after I left a group of customers came in and my co-worker D went up to help them. they were a group of black customers. (this comes into play later)
One of the women says she wants a Footlong "Feast." For those of you who do not know about our sandwiches, "The Feast" is the the most expensive sandwich we have along with the "Philly Cheese Steak." Both of those sandwiches are more than $10 dollars over here for a footlong.
Since this sandwich is so expensive, we let all of our customers know how much it is right away because so many idiots out there who don't read our menu boards and then end up shocked and pissed off when they hear the total of their sandwich at the register. We do this to every customer who orders a Feast or a Philly Steak.
After SC says she wants the footlong Feast, my co-worker D like she does with every other customer who orders that sandwich says "Alright, and that's a $10 dollar sandwich just to let you know."
SC: EXCUSE ME? You're just saying that cause I'm BLACK!
D: *shocked* No, we say that to every person who orders that sandwich because a lot of people don't know how expensive it is.
SC: No, you think because I'm black that I'm poor! Well guess what! I have a job at T-Mobile! Blah blah! *she whips out her check book and shows it off like some badge of honor* (all the while continues to make a big scene)
She then blurts out really loudly to D the lines: "YOU'RE A SANDWICH MAKIN' HO!!!"
D just looked at her and almost started laughing in SC's face because of how rediculous the whole situation was. SC playing the race card and causing a huge scene over a sandwich.
Right after that SC and her friends storm out of the store and that's when I heard their car squeeling out of the parking lot right as I was driving mine back towards Subway.
Later on after I was updated with this huge story by both D and my best friend S, a few cool customers come in and we decided to tell them all about what just happened. What they said afterwards gets really interesting.
After we told them, the customers said "really? that's funny because a few minutes ago I think we saw the same people who fit your descriptions sitting at one of the outside tables asking people if they had any change."
We all looked at each other and started ROFFLing on the spot.
So much for being rich and well off from that T-Mobile job. :P
*backstory*
I was hanging with my best friend S, who at the time also worked at Subway with me. She told me she needed to go to Subway that night to try to unplug one of the clogged sinks at our store. (she's really good at stuff like that).
I drove the both of us to Subway and I hung out while S was working on that clogged sink. My co-worker D was currently doing night shift with another worker. (forgot who and the other worker isn't essential to this story)
After a few minutes S asks me to go to the store for her to get a few things that may help to unclog that sink. (we have a grocery store right in that same stripmall that we are located at) She takes some money out of the till *since the sink fixing is a work related expense* and I'm suddenly on a "grocery store item aquire" mission.
Little did I know that right after I left to go to the store that all Hell was about to break loose.
And it did.
After my store run, as I'm driving back towards Subway I see out of the corner of my eye a car that's squeeling out of the parking lot making a whole bunch of noise and attention. At the time I didn't think much of it. The town I live in has lots of that.
I walk back into the store and this is what happened:
Apparently shortly after I left a group of customers came in and my co-worker D went up to help them. they were a group of black customers. (this comes into play later)
One of the women says she wants a Footlong "Feast." For those of you who do not know about our sandwiches, "The Feast" is the the most expensive sandwich we have along with the "Philly Cheese Steak." Both of those sandwiches are more than $10 dollars over here for a footlong.
Since this sandwich is so expensive, we let all of our customers know how much it is right away because so many idiots out there who don't read our menu boards and then end up shocked and pissed off when they hear the total of their sandwich at the register. We do this to every customer who orders a Feast or a Philly Steak.
After SC says she wants the footlong Feast, my co-worker D like she does with every other customer who orders that sandwich says "Alright, and that's a $10 dollar sandwich just to let you know."
SC: EXCUSE ME? You're just saying that cause I'm BLACK!
D: *shocked* No, we say that to every person who orders that sandwich because a lot of people don't know how expensive it is.
SC: No, you think because I'm black that I'm poor! Well guess what! I have a job at T-Mobile! Blah blah! *she whips out her check book and shows it off like some badge of honor* (all the while continues to make a big scene)
She then blurts out really loudly to D the lines: "YOU'RE A SANDWICH MAKIN' HO!!!"
D just looked at her and almost started laughing in SC's face because of how rediculous the whole situation was. SC playing the race card and causing a huge scene over a sandwich.
Right after that SC and her friends storm out of the store and that's when I heard their car squeeling out of the parking lot right as I was driving mine back towards Subway.
Later on after I was updated with this huge story by both D and my best friend S, a few cool customers come in and we decided to tell them all about what just happened. What they said afterwards gets really interesting.
After we told them, the customers said "really? that's funny because a few minutes ago I think we saw the same people who fit your descriptions sitting at one of the outside tables asking people if they had any change."
We all looked at each other and started ROFFLing on the spot.
So much for being rich and well off from that T-Mobile job. :P
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