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The first time I went into Subway in America and asked for a cheese & tomato sandwich, I discovered that there was a big difference between what people in the U
by timthorn 12y ago
The first time I went into Subway in America and asked for a cheese & tomato sandwich, I discovered that there was a big difference between what people in the US think of as a sandwich and a British sarnie. And just don't try for a cheese and pickle sandwich...
- nsxwolf 12y agoThe first time I went into Subway in Australia they asked me "what salads" I wanted. I thought they were asking me if I wanted a salad. They were asking me what I wanted on it! I told my friends and they wanted to know what they say in America if not "what salads", and I said "they just say what do you want on it", and they thought that was pretty funny.
- talmand 12y agoI find that amusing because I've always said that Subway serves salad with a side of small, tasteless, worthless sandwich.
- JoeAltmaier 12y agoI've always thought they weren't a restaurant at all. Think about it. What benefit does a restaurant give? There are only 3. They cook the food. They serve the food. They clean up the dishes. Subway does none of those. They count Zero on the restaurant scale. They don't even have recipes. They advertise that they do - the new chicken carbonara! Try asking for it. "What do you want on that?" I answer "I don't know, what does it come with?" They say "It doesn't come with anything." Once I dragged the signpost from the doorway over to the counter and pointed at the ad, which included a list of ingredients. "I want that". The poor girl cried. The pinnacle of incompetence was my son asking for a BLT. "What do you want on it?" My god.
- noarchy 12y agoYou clearly know what Subway's deal is, but something about it doesn't agree with you? It almost sounds like you were trolling them, or playing dumb just to get a reaction out of them.
- JoeAltmaier 12y agoWhich has zero to do with what kind of establishment Subway is. Which is, Not a Restaurant. And yes, they tick me off in a way that gets a rise out of me. Charging $9 for substandard sandwiches and providing zero service.
- noarchy 12y agoAnd? Are you somehow obligated to do business with them? When you choose to hand over your money to them, you're not conveying the message that their sandwiches are substandard, or that they provide zero service.
- nsxwolf 12y agoSometimes it's the least bad option, and you have to eat something.
- JoeAltmaier 12y agoI don't. In the last 10 years, I've only gone there when somebody else wanted it. On a car trip, or with business associates etc. Just enough to make me hate them all over again.