...It's... just... sauce...

[panda]

After getting my end of year results from university (all good! ) I decided I was going to reward myself with a Subway. I went and asked for my favourite sandwich, everything was going well until we hit the sauces and the girl told me they were out of sweet chilli and wouldn't have anymore in until Tuesday. Well, of course my heart broke and my day was ruined totally ruined and I burst into tears on the inside and I went into a Hulk-worthy rage and trashed the venue because I was going to die of malnourishment without the sweet sweet chilli sauce, but I eventually accepted it and had the hot chilli sauce she suggested instead.

I sat down with my sandwich, which didn't taste all that different, and got out my book and read. I'm getting to the end of my chapter when I hear a woman yelling at the girl.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE OUT OF SWEET CHILLI!?!?"
"Ma'am, please don't shout. We're sorry, but we used all the sweet chilli that we had. And we're not getting another delivery until Tuesday. Could I suggest you have-"
"THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE! I SHOULD GET MY SANDWICH FOR FREE!"
"Ma'am, please leave the store."
"WHAT!??!!?"
"We don't tolerate this kind of behaviour."
The woman glared for a second, then realised the whole place was staring at her and left, slamming the door on the way out.

I was really impressed how the girl kept her temper the whole time, almost like she was watching a dull film. After a while I went back up to the counter to get another drink and asked if she was okay.

"Oh yeah, we've had people going off like that quite a lot lately."
"Well, it is oh-so-very heart-breaking that you are out of sweet chilli."
"I know, and it's also oh-so-very annoying. At least she left quickly and didn't accuse us of hoarding bottles for ourselves in the store room."
"Ah, I suspected you were keeping it all for yourselves."
"Oh, you caught us. I mean, there's only so many ways to get kicks while doing this job, and hoarding sauces is just the best one."

I mean, seriously! It's just a sauce!

I went and told the guy in Starbucks about the situation and he just said:

"You think that's bad? You should have been here the day the frapuccino blenders broke down... The shopping centre's security had to escort a guy out."

W.T.F?!

[ExRetailDrone]

People like this boggle my mind. It's not the end of the world if a certain place is out of something or a machine is broken, because, well shit happens. It can be inconvenient and frustrating when you're looking forward to something and find out you can't get it, but throwing a bitch fit won't change that fact. But people make it seem like you've murdered their children in front of them. I especially love the stories of folks calling 911 because McD's ran out of Big Mac sauce or something *sigh*

[Pagan]

I would've given that girl a standing ovation!

I especially love the stories of folks calling 911 because McD's ran out of Big Mac sauce or something *sigh*

Especially since it's pretty much Thousand Island dressing.

[fma_fanatic]

People love their sauce and when places run out or discontinue them, it can be very scary. I think there's a PFB letter about Chili's changing their fajitas. I guess that they aren't using the red sauce anymore.

I ate at the Chili's that was next to the hotel I was staying at and had the fajitas. I eat there so infrequently that I didn't really notice anything different. The seasoning they use was really good though.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

See, life is too easy now. Everything is on demand, stuff is just too convenient to get. People start thinking running out of sauce is some sort of problem.

It's not a problem.

It's not even a low level problem.

[mikoyan29]

I guess I'm too easygoing for my own good or something. If a place is out of something, I'm not going to go crazy about it. I'll just get something else. I mean I can appreciate a place being out of something....it happens. There's no point in berating the poor person behind the counter or demanding free stuff. Heck, I don't even get upset if some gets spilled on me....shit happens. It must nice when your biggest problem is the lack of chili sauce or something.

[PepperElf]

exactly
they're out of what i want? ok.. let me look at the menu then to see if there's something else.

yeesh.
i've love to see one of these EWs sent back in time to WW2 when there were nationwide shortages of everything.

freakin' pansies.

[TheTigress]

As soon as I saw "sauce" in the title I knew it was going to be about Subway. I don't even think their sauces are that good in the first place. Definitely not good enough to have a mental breakdown if we are out of a certain type. They also act the same way if we end up running out of a certain veggie, *cough olives cough*

Kudos to the worker for not putting up with that customer's shit. Sadly, in my store, WE would be the ones being bitched out by the store owner if we kicked out a SC even if they were throwing a tantrum like that.

[Teysa]

I tend to get into a rut where I order the exact same thing every time I go to certain places. This does tend to throw me off a bit when they run out of something. However, I don't take it out on the clerk. Besides sometimes I end up with a new favorite.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

If the Subway I'm patronizing ever runs out of Chipotle Southwest sauce, there will be blood running out the door.

Kidding!! Ha ha psych.

[PepperElf]

though... when it comes to subway sauce, i never get it.
i get so many veggies on my sub (esp those banana peppers yum) that the add tons of flavor... and now my mouth is watering lol

[Seshat]

Indeed.

Herbed or otherwise flavoured bread, plus optionally a meat, plus a cheese, plus assorted veg - and you need *sauce* for your sandwich to have a flavour? WTF?

[RecoveringKinkoid]

If the Subway I'm patronizing ever runs out of Chipotle Southwest sauce, there will be blood running out the door.

Kidding!! Ha ha psych.

Hmmm...I've tasted that same sauce and would not blame you there if you were serious!

[FenigDurak]

I especially love the stories of folks calling 911 because McD's ran out of Big Mac sauce or something *sigh*

I just moved to Tennessee and one of the first things I noticed were the billboards and radio ads that give examples of what not to call 911 over.

Billboard: Split pants - tragedy, but not a 911 emergency

Radio ad: Mom with 15 kids @ movie theatre that just sold out of the movie she wanted to take them to. Not a 911 emergency.

I love it! My SO told me that it's because there had been a rash of uninsured people using 911 as their health care method, in addition to the rest of the pointless and stupid 911 calls.

[infinitemonkies]

At least she left quickly and didn't accuse us of hoarding bottles for ourselves in the store room.

Sigh. That's a new low I wasn't expecting.

I've seen people flip out because the restaurant runs out of an ingredient before, (most recently, saw a guy lose his shit at Mickey D's cause they were out of Sweet n Sour,) and I've seen SCs accuse employees of hoarding (Nintendo Wii, Ipad, etc)
But this is the first I've seen them together. How many Sc's do you think she's dealt with that DID accuse the subway staff of hoarding bottles of sweet chili sauce?