Hillbilly at Subway

[blas]

I mean, I live in a very smart part of the state here. Many, many small unincorporated or tiny little towns of less than a few thousand people. But hell, even a town of 2,000 people has a Subway.

I can't fathom how someone hasn't been to a Subway before, or if that's not the case, how ordering a sandwich can be the most mind boggling difficult task....and why basic manners never seem to be used at Subway by customers.

As usual, I get behind some idiot in line who has either never been to a Subway, or ordering a sandwich for them is like trying to do trigonometry in second grade.

"Ah want wheat bread!"

The poor teenaged Subway girl asks, "Footlong or six inch?"

"Ah want Roooooast Beef!"

"Is that a footlong or six inch sir?"

"Roast Beef!"

"Sir, did you want a footlong or six inch?"

"Footlong. WHEAT bread!"

Wow. That sure was hard.

He hemmed. And hawed. At cheese. Took him a good minute to decide what kind of cheese he wanted. I can't be certain, but he's looking and acting like a stereotypical hillbilly. Aren't we supposed to be cheese connoiseurs in this state?!

And that wasn't even the worst part.

He wanted bacon with the sandwich. The girl asked "Did you want the bacon toasted seperately, or with the sandwich?" (some sandwiches maybe you just want the meat toasted and not your bread or whatever).

"Ahhh wah?"

"Did you want your whole sandwich toasted, or just the bacon?"

"Ahhh want tha whole thing toasted! Why would ye just toast the bacon?!"

And don't forget the hemming a hawwwing over veggies. And that he nearly blew a gasket over Subway not having green olives.

Criminey.

I was super, super overly polite to the girl, hoping I'd show Larry the Cable Guy's uncle that he was being an uncivilized boar, but of course, that did no good. He probably thinks it's totally normal to treat people like that.

[Android Kaeli]

I can see not knowing what you want on a sandwich if you really can't decide that one time, but it isn't rocket science. It doesn't take a special degree to order anything from any place. If a person is not sure what they want, or what a place has on certain things, ask.

Then again, that could be just me.

[Spork4pedro]

After working next to a Subway for 6 months I am fully convinced that place just attracts the dumbest people. It would amaze me how the simple things make brains just shut down. Cheese? uuuuhhh......the yellow one? I want the green veggies!

Green olives though? I've never seen a sandwich place with those. Black olives yes, but never the green.

[Kristev]

I want: A footlong sub, Italian herb & cheese. Oh, you don't have it, then I'll have Montery Cheddar. This is an easy sub, and I'll teach you every step.

Start with the marina sauce, on the bottom, please. Think of this like a pizza. Then I'll have pepperoni. Seven slices, by tradition. No other meat is needed, thank you. Swiss cheese, if you please. Yes, I will have bacon today, thank you. Toasted, naturally. Now just onions and a considerable amount of parmesan. Please don't cut it; I don't want to eat traces of someone else's sub. Two cookies and a drink, please, both sugar cookies. They usually ring this up as a variation of a spicy Italian.

There. That's my usual Subway order. It almost never changes. Is it too complicated or hard?

[smileyeagle1021]

subway is so visual that people really don't have any excuse... worst case scenario, start pointing at what you want, so I can never understand why it is so hard for people.

My order does vary, but most often, footlong spicy italian on either wheat or rosemary and sea salt, with pepperjack cheese, toasted, with lettuce, tomato, onion, green peppers, mayo, oil, vinegar, salt, and oregano. No cookie or chips, just a small soda. that is $7, here's my visa card and my subway rewards card. Total time to go through the line, just over two minutes. Even when I do something different, it doesn't take more than 3 minutes.

[blas]

I'm a picky eater, and usually stick to pretty plain sandwiches. Most of the people at the Subway I go to already know what I like, they only have to ask me which meat I want that day, and some of them even know that I don't have it toasted during the work week. LOL.

[mharbourgirl]

Green olives though? I've never seen a sandwich place with those. Black olives yes, but never the green.

Some Mr. Sub's I've been too have green olives, and a lot of independent sandwich shops do. I like black olives just as much, and they're perfectly acceptable on a sammich, but green olives just have that special something. *sigh* And I'm cooking a chicken dinner this afternoon, but now I want a sammich.

The Hubster still thinks I'm insane for adoring them like I do. But he's the guy who likes to eat jalapenos straight from the jar, so he's in no position to talk.

[Moirae]

I don't know why ordering something is so hard for some people, and not just in fast food joints/restaurants. Its idiotic.

[Pixilated]

After working next to a Subway for 6 months I am fully convinced that place just attracts the dumbest people. It would amaze me how the simple things make brains just shut down. Cheese? uuuuhhh......the yellow one? I want the green veggies!

Green olives though? I've never seen a sandwich place with those. Black olives yes, but never the green.

http://www.pitapit.com/ offers both black and green olives, but they're the only one I know that does (does a pita even qualify as a sandwich, LOL?)

Still ... for crying out loud, if they don't have the green, go with the black, or just forget the damn olives! It's a sandwich!

[Flying Grype]

The Italian sub and pizza shops will totally have green olives, but yeah, nobody else seems to. Of course, fast food subs are so tasteless that a green olive would completely overpower the rest of the food. No offense to those who make the sandwiches, you aren't the ones stocking the ingredients...

[El Pollo Guerrera]

Footlonghamonwholewheatnocheesenottoastedlettuceto matoesonionsgreenpeppersolivesbananapeppersalittle mustardalittlepeppernosaltpleasenomealdealthankyou haveagoodday.

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[Racket_Man]

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