Messy Sandwich

TheTigress · #1 04-19-2012, 09:53 PM

I recently remembered this from my dreaded Subway days which lasted for nearly 6 years until last March when I was fired, I mean freed from there.

I was working a closing shift and an out of towner woman came in and wanted one footlong veggie sandwich. I knew she wasn't from around my area because I didn't recognize her and also from the way she carried herself. Not rude yet but she kind of had that "You should feel honored I walked into your store" vibe.

I'm making her sandwich and I get to the veggies. I'm working in my usual hyper-efficiency extremely fast, waste no clock cycles style. She tells me she also wants spinach and because it was a veggie sandwich and there was no meat on the top portion of her bread, I figured it would be a good, logical idea to put her spinach on that empty top portion of her bread so it had more room. Apparently that was a bad idea because in her mind that made the sandwich look "messy".

SC: *snotty tone* Are you in a hurry? (because I was working so efficiently)

Me: I always work this fast.

SC: Well you're making a MESSY sandwich. (Note, it wasn't "messy" as she was saying. She just didn't like that the ingredients weren't spaced out evenly with a ruler or a protractor and I was giving her MORE than the Subway formula allowed on veggies anyway. Plus, put spinach on anything and it's not going to look perfect. If she wanted a perfectly neat sandwich it would have had to be done by the formula and then she would have bitched and moaned about not getting enough veggies.)

I just ignored what she said and finished the process like she never said anything. When I worked there towards the end I started living by the "Haters gonna hate" motto and really didn't give a shit because there were so many nit picky complainy lowest common denominator customers that it was the norm. I rung her up and she left in a huffy cloud never to return. It takes an extra picky person to complain that a sandwich is messy when it's about to be shoved into your mouth anyway.

I don't miss that place AT. ALL.

Pixilated · #2 04-19-2012, 10:20 PM

A "messy" sandwich?? Was she gonna eat it or frame it?!

cashierbex · #3 04-19-2012, 11:24 PM

I'd hate to cook for her. If she wants a perfectly made sandwich, she can do it herself at home.

TheTigress · #4 04-19-2012, 11:47 PM

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Quoth Pixilated

A "messy" sandwich?? Was she gonna eat it or frame it?!

That's exactly what I was thinking.

lvceline · #5 04-20-2012, 12:21 AM

I have so much sympathy for people that work at Subway. I think it looks fun to make sandwiches, but then I think of all the nitpicky aholes out there that want extra ingredients but don't want to pay for them. I'm sure people are just ridiculous about how their sandwiches are made. You don't have to answer this, but how did you get fired after working there for 6 years? That's a long time to be there to end up getting fired.

TheTigress · #6 04-20-2012, 12:41 AM

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Quoth lvceline

I have so much sympathy for people that work at Subway. I think it looks fun to make sandwiches, but then I think of all the nitpicky aholes out there that want extra ingredients but don't want to pay for them. I'm sure people are just ridiculous about how their sandwiches are made. You don't have to answer this, but how did you get fired after working there for 6 years? That's a long time to be there to end up getting fired.

You are spot on on all points. People ARE ridiculous about their sandwiches. I had no idea until I started working there. It's just amazing in a bad way.

To make a long story short, the management had been gunning for me for a really long time, but I managed to stick around because I was the most reliable and efficient/speedy worker they had. Always showed up for my shifts, never called out. My only weakness was my "customer service" skills. (A lot of it due to my Aspergers which I can't help, but was never officially diagnosed so there's no documentation of it) The other thing the management didn't like about me was that I tended to go to the beat of my own drum and I did not allow them to manipulate me or push me around. My co-workers all loved me. I was their favorite and because I had worked there for so long I think a few of them looked up to me and the manager didn't like my influence on her "worker bees".

I eventually sealed my own fate by being caught turning off the open sign 15 minutes early. I fully admit the blame and don't have any excuses for it but that was their chance to finally get rid of me. (Manager randomly showed up to the store and took a picture of the sign off) It wasn't the real reason I was fired, but they had their perfect excuse by me doing that. My co-worker was also fired with me and they tried to tell her that I blamed her for the whole thing. I never mentioned co-worker's name and took full responsibility for what happened. They were gunning for co-worker also. Basically anyone the manager felt threatened by.

Now I'm a freelance digital artist. Being my own boss is wonderful.

ShinyGreenApple · #7 04-20-2012, 12:42 AM

The only way a sandwich would be 'messy' is if it falls right apart in your hands and goes everywhere. Otherwise . . . who really gives a crap? Even when I make my own at home it's almost never in the same particular order.

Slayer · #8 04-20-2012, 02:07 AM

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Quoth ShinyGreenApple

The only way a sandwich would be 'messy' is if it falls right apart in your hands and goes everywhere. Otherwise . . . who really gives a crap? Even when I make my own at home it's almost never in the same particular order.

This! I've only complained twice about a messy subway sandwich because the people cut the bread almost all the way through and just didn't care (it happened one other time, but the girl went oops, and switched it out). I picked it up, it looked great, went to take a bite and heard some "plops". All the filling dropped out and ended up on the paper. Good thing both times I ate there, which is rare. One girl was happy to fix it, another looked at me like I was crazy for wanting another bread. I practically had to beg until her coworker showed up and saw the issue lol. The toppings are small pieces, hard to eat when both sides are open. I tried

I looked and felt stupid.

I couldn't care less if the order or placement of toppings is crap.

Flying Grype · #9 04-20-2012, 02:16 AM

Aaah... my subs are always messy, I like mayo and/or Italian dressing, and lots of fiddly bits like olives and peppers. :9 If she wants a neat lunch she can have a can of meal replacement. One step more and we'll have food cubes like on Farscape. Me, I like food.

ETA: dammit, now I want a sub.

Slayer · #10 04-20-2012, 02:30 AM

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Quoth Flying Grype

Aaah... my subs are always messy, I like mayo and/or Italian dressing, and lots of fiddly bits like olives and peppers. :9 If she wants a neat lunch she can have a can of meal replacement. One step more and we'll have food cubes like on Farscape. Me, I like food.

ETA: dammit, now I want a sub.

I always get steak and cheese with lots of southwest sauce and a ton of olives