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Camry's earlier post about a crappy old fart she was able to tell off brought on some PTSD from when I was but a lowly sub-sandwich maker/delivery boy. For a very long time we had a 99 cent american cold cut sub (which wasn't half bad) and of course this brought out lots of cheap, nasty EWs.. but the worst was this one old man.. he had to have been about 90..
Every damn day he would come shuffling in, inevitably right in the middle of the lunch rush, and order his 99 cent 8" american cold cut sub. Now of course he wanted it a very specific way (light mustard, extra olives, exactly 3 tomato slices, bla bla bla). That was no problem.. the problem was he was always so damn grouchy and petulant about it, and worse yet, was never, EVER, satisfied about how his damn under-$1 sub came out. So every day (with a store full of customers behind him), he would then open up his sub and start dissecting it piece by piece to see if it was to his liking. Of course, it never was, and then he'd extend a bony finger and shout: "you made it wrong.. again! what the hell is wrong with you people?!" This process, I kid you not, could take anywhere upwards of 5 whole minutes. So we'd have to remake his damn sub, with agitated customers waiting (some saying f- this and leaving) and manager "overseeing" the sub making to make sure, somehow, that Crusty O. McPooppants got what he wanted. I later asked him why he put up with him, and he said "we have to keep our good customers." Good customers!!?? Other people were leaving the store cause of this fossil (who I'm sure were ready to spend way more than $1). Ugh.. bad memories..
Now, I don't usually advocate the practice of kicking elderly people in the groin.. but in this guy's case, I'd say it was warranted. *
*that was a joke... for some of the humor-challenged mods.
Every damn day he would come shuffling in, inevitably right in the middle of the lunch rush, and order his 99 cent 8" american cold cut sub. Now of course he wanted it a very specific way (light mustard, extra olives, exactly 3 tomato slices, bla bla bla). That was no problem.. the problem was he was always so damn grouchy and petulant about it, and worse yet, was never, EVER, satisfied about how his damn under-$1 sub came out. So every day (with a store full of customers behind him), he would then open up his sub and start dissecting it piece by piece to see if it was to his liking. Of course, it never was, and then he'd extend a bony finger and shout: "you made it wrong.. again! what the hell is wrong with you people?!" This process, I kid you not, could take anywhere upwards of 5 whole minutes. So we'd have to remake his damn sub, with agitated customers waiting (some saying f- this and leaving) and manager "overseeing" the sub making to make sure, somehow, that Crusty O. McPooppants got what he wanted. I later asked him why he put up with him, and he said "we have to keep our good customers." Good customers!!?? Other people were leaving the store cause of this fossil (who I'm sure were ready to spend way more than $1). Ugh.. bad memories..
Now, I don't usually advocate the practice of kicking elderly people in the groin.. but in this guy's case, I'd say it was warranted. *
*that was a joke... for some of the humor-challenged mods.
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